diff --git a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
index 9d1745e7b7..eee6a934ac 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ocv_add_module(highgui opencv_imgproc opencv_imgcodecs opencv_videoio WRAP pytho
 #   Jose Luis Blanco, 2008
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-if(WINRT_8_1)
+if(DEFINED WINRT AND NOT DEFINED ENABLE_WINRT_MODE_NATIVE)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /ZW")
 endif()
 
diff --git a/modules/videostab/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/videostab/CMakeLists.txt
index 49e75f9ad1..c31fcfceb5 100644
--- a/modules/videostab/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/videostab/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ if(HAVE_CUDA)
   ocv_warnings_disable(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS -Wundef -Wmissing-declarations -Wshadow -Wunused-parameter)
 endif()
 
-if(WINRT_8_1)
+if(DEFINED WINRT AND NOT DEFINED ENABLE_WINRT_MODE_NATIVE)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /ZW")
 endif()