diff --git a/modules/xfeatures2d/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/xfeatures2d/CMakeLists.txt
index 63b4240e5..2dd2ce87f 100644
--- a/modules/xfeatures2d/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/xfeatures2d/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 set(the_description "Contributed/Experimental Algorithms for Salient 2D Features Detection")
-ocv_define_module(xfeatures2d opencv_core opencv_cudaarithm opencv_imgproc opencv_features2d opencv_calib3d opencv_shape opencv_highgui opencv_videoio opencv_ml)
+ocv_define_module(xfeatures2d opencv_core opencv_imgproc opencv_features2d opencv_calib3d opencv_shape opencv_highgui opencv_videoio opencv_ml
+                  OPTIONAL opencv_cudaarithm)