diff --git a/samples/gpu/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/gpu/CMakeLists.txt
index 85bee5058..8d14e1546 100644
--- a/samples/gpu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/gpu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ if(BUILD_EXAMPLES AND OCV_DEPENDENCIES_FOUND)
     set(the_target "example_${project}_${name}")
     add_executable(${the_target} ${srcs})
 
-    target_link_libraries(${the_target} ${OPENCV_LINKER_LIBS} ${OPENCV_GPU_SAMPLES_REQUIRED_DEPS})
+    target_link_libraries(${the_target} ${OPENCV_LINKER_LIBS} ${OPENCV_GPU_SAMPLES_REQUIRED_DEPS} cuda)
     if(HAVE_opencv_nonfree)
       target_link_libraries(${the_target} opencv_nonfree)
     endif()