diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 96f104a987..5abf449804 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ OCV_OPTION(BUILD_WITH_STATIC_CRT    "Enables use of staticaly linked CRT for sta
 OCV_OPTION(BUILD_FAT_JAVA_LIB       "Create fat java wrapper containing the whole OpenCV library" ON IF NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX )
 OCV_OPTION(BUILD_ANDROID_SERVICE    "Build OpenCV Manager for Google Play" OFF IF ANDROID AND ANDROID_SOURCE_TREE )
 OCV_OPTION(BUILD_ANDROID_PACKAGE    "Build platform-specific package for Google Play" OFF IF ANDROID )
+OCV_OPTION(BUILD_CUDA_STUBS         "Build CUDA modules stubs when no CUDA SDK" OFF  IF (NOT IOS) )
 
 # 3rd party libs
 OCV_OPTION(BUILD_ZLIB               "Build zlib from source"             WIN32 OR APPLE )
diff --git a/modules/cuda/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
index a79b7d3bf4..389e90b47e 100644
--- a/modules/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if(IOS)
+if(IOS OR (NOT HAVE_CUDA AND NOT BUILD_CUDA_STUBS))
   ocv_module_disable(cuda)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/modules/cudaarithm/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/cudaarithm/CMakeLists.txt
index e3df9d2844..c819ec928d 100644
--- a/modules/cudaarithm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/cudaarithm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if(IOS)
+if(IOS OR (NOT HAVE_CUDA AND NOT BUILD_CUDA_STUBS))
   ocv_module_disable(cudaarithm)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/modules/cudabgsegm/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/cudabgsegm/CMakeLists.txt
index 526e4b1850..3a882824b1 100644
--- a/modules/cudabgsegm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/cudabgsegm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if(IOS)
+if(IOS OR (NOT HAVE_CUDA AND NOT BUILD_CUDA_STUBS))
   ocv_module_disable(cudabgsegm)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/modules/cudacodec/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/cudacodec/CMakeLists.txt
index 30d95bacb6..ace7cb3763 100644
--- a/modules/cudacodec/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/cudacodec/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if(IOS OR APPLE)
+if(IOS OR APPLE OR (NOT HAVE_CUDA AND NOT BUILD_CUDA_STUBS))
   ocv_module_disable(cudacodec)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/modules/cudafeatures2d/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/cudafeatures2d/CMakeLists.txt
index 69eba34b1f..1db7462501 100644
--- a/modules/cudafeatures2d/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/cudafeatures2d/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if(IOS)
+if(IOS OR (NOT HAVE_CUDA AND NOT BUILD_CUDA_STUBS))
   ocv_module_disable(cudafeatures2d)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/modules/cudafilters/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/cudafilters/CMakeLists.txt
index 8589881153..dfc814cfa0 100644
--- a/modules/cudafilters/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/cudafilters/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if(IOS)
+if(IOS OR (NOT HAVE_CUDA AND NOT BUILD_CUDA_STUBS))
   ocv_module_disable(cudafilters)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/modules/cudaimgproc/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/cudaimgproc/CMakeLists.txt
index 961702966b..089135d713 100644
--- a/modules/cudaimgproc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/cudaimgproc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if(IOS)
+if(IOS OR (NOT HAVE_CUDA AND NOT BUILD_CUDA_STUBS))
   ocv_module_disable(cudaimgproc)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/modules/cudaoptflow/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/cudaoptflow/CMakeLists.txt
index 27dbc6a519..b7a2109fbb 100644
--- a/modules/cudaoptflow/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/cudaoptflow/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if(IOS)
+if(IOS OR (NOT HAVE_CUDA AND NOT BUILD_CUDA_STUBS))
   ocv_module_disable(cudaoptflow)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/modules/cudastereo/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/cudastereo/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f63add8d8..9f3d0f2415 100644
--- a/modules/cudastereo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/cudastereo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if(IOS)
+if(IOS OR (NOT HAVE_CUDA AND NOT BUILD_CUDA_STUBS))
   ocv_module_disable(cudastereo)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/modules/cudawarping/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/cudawarping/CMakeLists.txt
index a6b38f9545..97f3e8983b 100644
--- a/modules/cudawarping/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/cudawarping/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if(IOS)
+if(IOS OR (NOT HAVE_CUDA AND NOT BUILD_CUDA_STUBS))
   ocv_module_disable(cudawarping)
 endif()