diff --git a/modules/core/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 14fac578a6..1ac4c9e25d 100644
--- a/modules/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ if(WINRT AND CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES WindowsStore AND CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION MAT
   list(APPEND extra_libs ole32.lib)
 endif()
 
+if(DEFINED WINRT AND NOT DEFINED ENABLE_WINRT_MODE_NATIVE)
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /ZW")
+endif()
+
 if(HAVE_CUDA)
   ocv_warnings_disable(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS -Wundef -Wenum-compare -Wunused-function -Wshadow)
 endif()
diff --git a/modules/videoio/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/videoio/CMakeLists.txt
index 75851c224e..b28efc7c4a 100644
--- a/modules/videoio/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/videoio/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ocv_add_module(videoio opencv_imgproc opencv_imgcodecs WRAP java python)
 #   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()
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ list(REMOVE_ITEM videoio_ext_hdrs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include/opencv2/${n
 # Dependencies used by the implementation referenced
 # below are not available on WinRT 8.0.
 # Enabling it for WiRT 8.1+ only.
-if(DEFINED WINRT AND NOT DEFINED WINRT_8_0)
+if(DEFINED WINRT AND NOT DEFINED WINRT_8_0 AND NOT DEFINED ENABLE_WINRT_MODE_NATIVE)
 
     # WinRT detected. Adding WinRT API header
     message(STATUS "  ${name}: WinRT detected. Adding WinRT API header")