diff --git a/modules/core/src/persistence.cpp b/modules/core/src/persistence.cpp
index 2f81934103..74644efe7f 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/persistence.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/persistence.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,14 @@ typedef void* gzFile;
 #endif
 
 #if USE_ZLIB
-#include <zlib.h>
+#  undef HAVE_UNISTD_H //to avoid redefinition
+#  ifndef _LFS64_LARGEFILE
+#    define _LFS64_LARGEFILE 0
+#  endif
+#  ifndef _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
+#    define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 0
+#  endif
+#  include <zlib.h>
 #endif
 
 /****************************************************************************************\
diff --git a/modules/core/src/precomp.hpp b/modules/core/src/precomp.hpp
index 3046b2398d..77bc4c34a0 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/precomp.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/precomp.hpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #ifndef __OPENCV_PRECOMP_H__
 #define __OPENCV_PRECOMP_H__
 
-#ifdef HAVE_CVCONFIG_H 
+#ifdef HAVE_CVCONFIG_H
 #include "cvconfig.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -196,9 +196,9 @@ inline bool checkScalar(const Mat& sc, int atype, int sckind, int akind)
     return sc.size() == Size(1, 1) || sc.size() == Size(1, cn) || sc.size() == Size(cn, 1) ||
            (sc.size() == Size(1, 4) && sc.type() == CV_64F && cn <= 4);
 }
-    
+
 void convertAndUnrollScalar( const Mat& sc, int buftype, uchar* scbuf, size_t blocksize );
-    
+
 }
 
 #endif /*_CXCORE_INTERNAL_H_*/
diff --git a/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_png.cpp b/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_png.cpp
index d566a9c4ad..8f9df830c6 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_png.cpp
+++ b/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_png.cpp
@@ -51,12 +51,21 @@
     and png2bmp sample from libpng distribution (Copyright (C) 1999-2001 MIYASAKA Masaru)
 \****************************************************************************************/
 
+#undef HAVE_UNISTD_H //to avoid redefinition
+#ifndef _LFS64_LARGEFILE
+#  define _LFS64_LARGEFILE 0
+#endif
+#ifndef _FILE_OFFSET_BITS
+#  define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 0
+#endif
+
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBPNG_PNG_H
 #include <libpng/png.h>
 #else
 #include <png.h>
 #endif
 #include <zlib.h>
+
 #include "grfmt_png.hpp"
 
 #if defined _MSC_VER && _MSC_VER >= 1200