diff --git a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
index c6baa05a15..2e886295e0 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -182,15 +182,15 @@ endif(WITH_IMAGEIO)
 if(WITH_AVFOUNDATION)
   add_definitions(-DHAVE_AVFOUNDATION=1)
   list(APPEND highgui_srcs src/cap_avfoundation.mm)
-  list(APPEND HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES "-framework AVFoundation")
+  list(APPEND HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES "-framework AVFoundation" "-framework QuartzCore")
 elseif(APPLE)
   add_definitions(-DHAVE_QUICKTIME=1)
   if(WITH_QUICKTIME)
     list(APPEND highgui_srcs src/cap_qt.cpp)
-    list(APPEND HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES "-framework Carbon" "-framework QuickTime" "-framework CoreFoundation")
+    list(APPEND HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES "-framework Carbon" "-framework QuickTime" "-framework CoreFoundation" "-framework QuartzCore")
   else()
     list(APPEND highgui_srcs src/cap_qtkit.mm)
-    list(APPEND HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES "-framework QTKit")
+    list(APPEND HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES "-framework QTKit" "-framework QuartzCore")
   endif()
 endif()