diff --git a/modules/world/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/world/CMakeLists.txt
index 20edbd5733..2f4b1a4eb1 100644
--- a/modules/world/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/world/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ ocv_module_include_directories()
 #message(STATUS "${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_SOURCES}")
 ocv_create_module(${link_deps})
 
+if(";${OPENCV_MODULES_BUILD};" MATCHES ";opencv_viz;" AND OPENCV_MODULE_opencv_viz_IS_PART_OF_WORLD AND VTK_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "8.90.0")
+  vtk_module_autoinit(TARGETS opencv_world MODULES ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
+endif()
+
 ocv_target_compile_definitions(${the_module} PRIVATE OPENCV_MODULE_IS_PART_OF_WORLD=1)
 
 if(BUILD_opencv_imgcodecs AND OPENCV_MODULE_opencv_imgcodecs_IS_PART_OF_WORLD)