diff --git a/samples/gpu/cascadeclassifier_nvidia_api.cpp b/samples/gpu/cascadeclassifier_nvidia_api.cpp
index 8d1ceb70b0..f3d58cae5a 100644
--- a/samples/gpu/cascadeclassifier_nvidia_api.cpp
+++ b/samples/gpu/cascadeclassifier_nvidia_api.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #pragma warning( disable : 4201 4408 4127 4100)
 #endif
 
-#include "cvconfig.h"
+#include "opencv2/cvconfig.h"
 #include <iostream>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <cstdio>