diff --git a/modules/ocl/include/opencv2/ocl/matrix_operations.hpp b/modules/ocl/include/opencv2/ocl/matrix_operations.hpp
index 3dca0434f1..ad3a16755f 100644
--- a/modules/ocl/include/opencv2/ocl/matrix_operations.hpp
+++ b/modules/ocl/include/opencv2/ocl/matrix_operations.hpp
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 #ifndef __OPENCV_OCL_MATRIX_OPERATIONS_HPP__
 #define __OPENCV_OCL_MATRIX_OPERATIONS_HPP__
 
+#include "opencv2/ocl/ocl.hpp"
+
 namespace cv
 {