diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVDetectTBB.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVDetectTBB.cmake
index 426487a88c..9417a53dd9 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVDetectTBB.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVDetectTBB.cmake
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function(ocv_tbb_env_guess _found)
   find_library(TBB_ENV_LIB NAMES "tbb")
   find_library(TBB_ENV_LIB_DEBUG NAMES "tbb_debug" PATHS ENV LIBRARY_PATH ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
   find_library(TBB_ENV_LIB_DEBUG NAMES "tbb_debug")
-  if (TBB_ENV_INCLUDE AND TBB_ENV_LIB)
+  if (TBB_ENV_INCLUDE AND (TBB_ENV_LIB OR TBB_ENV_LIB_DEBUG))
     ocv_tbb_verify()
     ocv_tbb_read_version("${TBB_ENV_INCLUDE}")
     add_library(tbb UNKNOWN IMPORTED)