diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
index 46e1ca56f5..ef15fca979 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ macro(ocv_add_module _name)
     set(OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_LINK_DEPS "" CACHE INTERNAL "")
 
     # parse list of dependencies
-    if("${ARGV1}" STREQUAL "INTERNAL" OR "${ARGV1}" STREQUAL "BINDINGS")
+    if(" ${ARGV1}" STREQUAL " INTERNAL" OR " ${ARGV1}" STREQUAL " BINDINGS")
       set(OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_CLASS "${ARGV1}" CACHE INTERNAL "The category of the module")
       set(__ocv_argn__ ${ARGN})
       list(REMOVE_AT __ocv_argn__ 0)
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ endmacro()
 # Usage: _glob_locations(<output paths list> <output names list> <folder> [<folder> ...])
 function(_glob_locations out_paths out_names)
   foreach(path ${ARGN})
-    message(STATUS "Inspect: ${path}")
+    #message(STATUS "Inspect: ${path}")
     list(LENGTH paths before)
     get_filename_component(path "${path}" ABSOLUTE)
     # Either module itself
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ function(_glob_locations out_paths out_names)
       # Either flat collection of modules
       file(GLOB subdirs RELATIVE "${path}" "${path}/*")
       foreach(subdir ${subdirs})
-        message(STATUS "Inspect: ${path}/${subdir}")
+        #message(STATUS "Inspect: ${path}/${subdir}")
         if(EXISTS "${path}/${subdir}/CMakeLists.txt")
           list(APPEND paths "${path}/${subdir}")
           list(APPEND names "${subdir}")
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ function(_add_modules_1 paths names)
   foreach(i RANGE ${len})
     list(GET ${paths} ${i} path)
     list(GET ${names} ${i} name)
-    message(STATUS "First pass: ${name} => ${path}")
+    #message(STATUS "First pass: ${name} => ${path}")
     include("${path}/cmake/init.cmake" OPTIONAL)
     add_subdirectory("${path}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.firstpass/${name}")
   endforeach()
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ function(_add_modules_2)
         message(WARNING "Incorrect module name: ${m}")
       endif()
       string(REGEX REPLACE "^opencv_" "" name "${m}")
-      message(STATUS "Second pass: ${name} => ${OPENCV_MODULE_${m}_LOCATION}")
+      #message(STATUS "Second pass: ${name} => ${OPENCV_MODULE_${m}_LOCATION}")
       add_subdirectory("${OPENCV_MODULE_${m}_LOCATION}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${name}")
     endif()
   endforeach()
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ function(__ocv_sort_modules_by_deps __lst)
           break()
         endif()
       else()
-        message(FATAL_ERROR WARNING "Unresolved dependencies or loop in dependency graph (${length_after})\n"
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "FATAL: Unresolved dependencies or loop in dependency graph (${length_after})\n"
           "Processed ${__lst}: ${${__lst}}\n"
           "Good modules: ${result}\n"
           "Bad modules: ${input}"
@@ -652,12 +652,14 @@ endmacro()
 # setup include paths for the list of passed modules
 macro(ocv_target_include_modules target)
   foreach(d ${ARGN})
-    if(d MATCHES "^opencv_" AND HAVE_${d})
-      if (EXISTS "${OPENCV_MODULE_${d}_LOCATION}/include")
+    if(d MATCHES "^opencv_")
+      if(HAVE_${d} AND EXISTS "${OPENCV_MODULE_${d}_LOCATION}/include")
         ocv_target_include_directories(${target} "${OPENCV_MODULE_${d}_LOCATION}/include")
       endif()
     elseif(EXISTS "${d}")
       ocv_target_include_directories(${target} "${d}")
+    else()
+      message(WARNING "Unexpected include: ${d} (module=${the_module})")
     endif()
   endforeach()
 endmacro()
@@ -686,14 +688,7 @@ macro(ocv_module_include_directories)
       "${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_LOCATION}/src"
       "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" # for precompiled headers
       )
-  foreach(arg ${ARGN})
-    if(IS_ABSOLUTE "${arg}")
-      list(APPEND incs "${arg}")
-    else()
-      list(APPEND incs "${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_LOCATION}/${arg}")
-    endif()
-  endforeach()
-  ocv_target_include_modules(${the_module} ${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_DEPS} ${incs})
+  ocv_target_include_modules(${the_module} ${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_DEPS} ${ARGN})
 endmacro()
 
 
diff --git a/modules/cudev/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/cudev/CMakeLists.txt
index e27186c57d..742f7c8ae5 100644
--- a/modules/cudev/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/cudev/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ocv_warnings_disable(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS /wd4189 /wd4505 -Wundef -Wmissing-declarati
 
 ocv_add_module(cudev)
 
-ocv_module_include_directories(opencv_core opencv_hal)
+ocv_module_include_directories(opencv_core)
 
 file(GLOB_RECURSE lib_hdrs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include/opencv2/${name}/*.hpp")
 file(GLOB         lib_srcs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src/*.cpp")
diff --git a/modules/dnn/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/dnn/CMakeLists.txt
index 00e0adfc91..944574e3e5 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/dnn/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,16 +53,16 @@ ocv_warnings_disable(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS
 )
 
 if(PROTOBUF_UPDATE_FILES)
-  file(GLOB proto_files "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/tensorflow/*.proto" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/caffe/opencv-caffe.proto")
+  file(GLOB proto_files "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src/tensorflow/*.proto" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src/caffe/opencv-caffe.proto")
   set(PROTOBUF_GENERATE_CPP_APPEND_PATH ON) # required for tensorflow
   protobuf_generate_cpp(fw_srcs fw_hdrs ${proto_files})
 else()
-  file(GLOB fw_srcs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/misc/tensorflow/*.cc" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/misc/caffe/opencv-caffe.pb.cc")
-  file(GLOB fw_hdrs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/misc/tensorflow/*.h" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/misc/caffe/opencv-caffe.pb.h")
-  set(fw_inc "misc/caffe" "misc/tensorflow")
+  file(GLOB fw_srcs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/misc/tensorflow/*.cc" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/misc/caffe/opencv-caffe.pb.cc")
+  file(GLOB fw_hdrs "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/misc/tensorflow/*.h" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/misc/caffe/opencv-caffe.pb.h")
+  set(fw_inc "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/misc/caffe" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/misc/tensorflow")
 endif()
 
-ocv_module_include_directories(${fw_inc} src/ocl4dnn/include ${OPENCL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+ocv_module_include_directories(${fw_inc} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src/ocl4dnn/include ${OPENCL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 ocv_glob_module_sources(SOURCES ${fw_srcs})
 ocv_create_module(libprotobuf ${LAPACK_LIBRARIES})
 ocv_add_samples()