diff --git a/cmake/templates/OpenCVConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/templates/OpenCVConfig.cmake.in
index 6d1c1a990b..de7fe80475 100644
--- a/cmake/templates/OpenCVConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/templates/OpenCVConfig.cmake.in
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ if(NOT DEFINED OpenCV_MODULES_SUFFIX)
 endif()
 
 if(NOT TARGET opencv_core)
+  # Extract directory name from full path of the file currently being processed.
+  # Note that CMake 2.8.3 introduced CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR, but we do this
+  # manually to support older versions of CMake as well.
+  get_filename_component(CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}" PATH)
+
   include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/OpenCVModules${OpenCV_MODULES_SUFFIX}.cmake)
 endif()