diff --git a/samples/cpp/bagofwords_classification.cpp b/samples/cpp/bagofwords_classification.cpp
index 7ea03c6eed..a8f9a50939 100644
--- a/samples/cpp/bagofwords_classification.cpp
+++ b/samples/cpp/bagofwords_classification.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/features2d/features2d.hpp"
+#include "opencv2/nonfree/nonfree.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/ml/ml.hpp"
 
 #include <fstream>
@@ -2515,6 +2516,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         return -1;
     }
 
+    cv::initModule_nonfree();
+
     const string vocPath = argv[1], resPath = argv[2];
 
     // Read or set default parameters
diff --git a/samples/cpp/descriptor_extractor_matcher.cpp b/samples/cpp/descriptor_extractor_matcher.cpp
index ce48220109..cb4d2ff238 100644
--- a/samples/cpp/descriptor_extractor_matcher.cpp
+++ b/samples/cpp/descriptor_extractor_matcher.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "opencv2/calib3d/calib3d.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/features2d/features2d.hpp"
+#include "opencv2/nonfree/nonfree.hpp"
 
 #include <iostream>
 
@@ -235,6 +236,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     	help(argv);
         return -1;
     }
+
+    cv::initModule_nonfree();
+
     bool isWarpPerspective = argc == 7;
     double ransacReprojThreshold = -1;
     if( !isWarpPerspective )