diff --git a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
index dfa824070..4e214219d 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/highgui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ if(HAVE_QT)
   list(APPEND HIGHGUI_LIBRARIES ${QT_LIBRARIES} ${QT_QTTEST_LIBRARY})
   list(APPEND highgui_srcs src/window_QT.cpp ${_MOC_OUTFILES} ${_RCC_OUTFILES} )
 
-  CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG(-Wno-missing-declarations HAVE_CXX_WNO_MISSING_DECLARATIONS)
+  ocv_check_flag_support(CXX -Wno-missing-declarations HAVE_CXX_WNO_MISSING_DECLARATIONS)
   if(HAVE_CXX_WNO_MISSING_DECLARATIONS)
-    set_source_files_properties(${_RCC_OUTFILES} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-Wno-missing-declarations")
+    set_source_files_properties(${_RCC_OUTFILES} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS -Wno-missing-declarations)
   endif()
 elseif(WIN32)
   list(APPEND highgui_srcs src/window_w32.cpp)