diff --git a/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_png.cpp b/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_png.cpp
index 1cb37e4586..c91a12748b 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_png.cpp
+++ b/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_png.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 #else
 #include <png.h>
 #endif
+#include <zlib.h>
 #include "grfmt_png.hpp"
 
 namespace cv