diff --git a/contrib/modules/dnn/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/modules/dnn/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e7a471993..262f87f629 100644
--- a/contrib/modules/dnn/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/modules/dnn/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 
+ocv_module_disable(dnn)
+
 if(APPLE_FRAMEWORK OR WINRT
     OR AARCH64 # protobuf doesn't know this platform
 )