diff --git a/modules/photo/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/photo/CMakeLists.txt
index b3e0e18dc..5b47d3a1d 100644
--- a/modules/photo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/photo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ if(HAVE_CUDA)
   ocv_warnings_disable(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS -Wundef -Wmissing-declarations)
 endif()
 
-ocv_define_module(photo opencv_imgproc OPTIONAL opencv_gpuimgproc)
+ocv_define_module(photo opencv_imgproc OPTIONAL opencv_gpuarithm opencv_gpuimgproc)
diff --git a/modules/photo/perf/perf_gpu.cpp b/modules/photo/perf/perf_gpu.cpp
index f33dd8199..ec62f7a0c 100644
--- a/modules/photo/perf/perf_gpu.cpp
+++ b/modules/photo/perf/perf_gpu.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
 #include "opencv2/photo/gpu.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/ts/gpu_perf.hpp"
 
+#include "opencv2/opencv_modules.hpp"
+
+#if defined (HAVE_CUDA) && defined(HAVE_OPENCV_GPUARITHM) && defined(HAVE_OPENCV_GPUIMGPROC)
+
 using namespace std;
 using namespace testing;
 using namespace perf;
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ using namespace perf;
 
 DEF_PARAM_TEST(Sz_Depth_Cn_WinSz_BlockSz, cv::Size, MatDepth, MatCn, int, int);
 
-PERF_TEST_P(Sz_Depth_Cn_WinSz_BlockSz, Denoising_NonLocalMeans,
+PERF_TEST_P(Sz_Depth_Cn_WinSz_BlockSz, GPU_NonLocalMeans,
             Combine(GPU_DENOISING_IMAGE_SIZES,
                     Values<MatDepth>(CV_8U),
                     GPU_CHANNELS_1_3,
@@ -100,7 +104,7 @@ PERF_TEST_P(Sz_Depth_Cn_WinSz_BlockSz, Denoising_NonLocalMeans,
 
 DEF_PARAM_TEST(Sz_Depth_Cn_WinSz_BlockSz, cv::Size, MatDepth, MatCn, int, int);
 
-PERF_TEST_P(Sz_Depth_Cn_WinSz_BlockSz, Denoising_FastNonLocalMeans,
+PERF_TEST_P(Sz_Depth_Cn_WinSz_BlockSz, GPU_FastNonLocalMeans,
             Combine(GPU_DENOISING_IMAGE_SIZES,
                     Values<MatDepth>(CV_8U),
                     GPU_CHANNELS_1_3,
@@ -146,7 +150,7 @@ PERF_TEST_P(Sz_Depth_Cn_WinSz_BlockSz, Denoising_FastNonLocalMeans,
 
 DEF_PARAM_TEST(Sz_Depth_WinSz_BlockSz, cv::Size, MatDepth, int, int);
 
-PERF_TEST_P(Sz_Depth_WinSz_BlockSz, Denoising_FastNonLocalMeansColored,
+PERF_TEST_P(Sz_Depth_WinSz_BlockSz, GPU_FastNonLocalMeansColored,
             Combine(GPU_DENOISING_IMAGE_SIZES,
                     Values<MatDepth>(CV_8U),
                     Values(21),
@@ -185,3 +189,5 @@ PERF_TEST_P(Sz_Depth_WinSz_BlockSz, Denoising_FastNonLocalMeansColored,
         CPU_SANITY_CHECK(dst);
     }
 }
+
+#endif
diff --git a/modules/photo/src/cuda/nlm.cu b/modules/photo/src/cuda/nlm.cu
index 03044697d..44ed4dc6b 100644
--- a/modules/photo/src/cuda/nlm.cu
+++ b/modules/photo/src/cuda/nlm.cu
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
 //
 //M*/
 
-#if !defined CUDA_DISABLER
-
 #include "opencv2/core/cuda/common.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/core/cuda/vec_traits.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/core/cuda/vec_math.hpp"
@@ -564,6 +562,3 @@ namespace cv { namespace gpu { namespace cudev
         }
     }
 }}}
-
-
-#endif /* CUDA_DISABLER */
diff --git a/modules/photo/src/denoising_gpu.cpp b/modules/photo/src/denoising_gpu.cpp
index 65d6f8121..954b1611b 100644
--- a/modules/photo/src/denoising_gpu.cpp
+++ b/modules/photo/src/denoising_gpu.cpp
@@ -44,13 +44,21 @@
 
 #include "opencv2/photo/gpu.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/core/gpu_private.hpp"
-#include "opencv2/gpuarithm.hpp"
-#include "opencv2/gpuimgproc.hpp"
+
+#include "opencv2/opencv_modules.hpp"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_OPENCV_GPUARITHM
+#  include "opencv2/gpuarithm.hpp"
+#endif
+
+#ifdef HAVE_OPENCV_GPUIMGPROC
+#  include "opencv2/gpuimgproc.hpp"
+#endif
 
 using namespace cv;
 using namespace cv::gpu;
 
-#if !defined (HAVE_CUDA) || defined (CUDA_DISABLER)
+#if !defined (HAVE_CUDA) || !defined(HAVE_OPENCV_GPUARITHM) || !defined(HAVE_OPENCV_GPUIMGPROC)
 
 void cv::gpu::nonLocalMeans(const GpuMat&, GpuMat&, float, int, int, int, Stream&) { throw_no_cuda(); }
 void cv::gpu::FastNonLocalMeansDenoising::simpleMethod(const GpuMat&, GpuMat&, float, int, int, Stream&) { throw_no_cuda(); }
@@ -147,7 +155,4 @@ void cv::gpu::FastNonLocalMeansDenoising::labMethod( const GpuMat& src, GpuMat&
     cv::gpu::cvtColor(lab, dst, cv::COLOR_Lab2BGR, 0, s);
 }
 
-
 #endif
-
-
diff --git a/modules/photo/test/test_denoising_gpu.cpp b/modules/photo/test/test_denoising_gpu.cpp
index f46a49fc1..caf3b23f2 100644
--- a/modules/photo/test/test_denoising_gpu.cpp
+++ b/modules/photo/test/test_denoising_gpu.cpp
@@ -45,18 +45,20 @@
 #include "opencv2/photo/gpu.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/ts/gpu_test.hpp"
 
-#ifdef HAVE_CUDA
+#include "opencv2/opencv_modules.hpp"
+
+#if defined (HAVE_CUDA) && defined(HAVE_OPENCV_GPUARITHM) && defined(HAVE_OPENCV_GPUIMGPROC)
 
 using namespace cvtest;
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Brute Force Non local means
 
-TEST(BruteForceNonLocalMeans, Regression)
+TEST(GPU_BruteForceNonLocalMeans, Regression)
 {
     using cv::gpu::GpuMat;
 
-    cv::Mat bgr  = readImage("denoising/lena_noised_gaussian_sigma=20_multi_0.png", cv::IMREAD_COLOR);
+    cv::Mat bgr  = readImage("../gpu/denoising/lena_noised_gaussian_sigma=20_multi_0.png", cv::IMREAD_COLOR);
     ASSERT_FALSE(bgr.empty());
 
     cv::Mat gray;
@@ -67,12 +69,12 @@ TEST(BruteForceNonLocalMeans, Regression)
     cv::gpu::nonLocalMeans(GpuMat(gray), dgray, 20);
 
 #if 0
-    dumpImage("denoising/nlm_denoised_lena_bgr.png", cv::Mat(dbgr));
-    dumpImage("denoising/nlm_denoised_lena_gray.png", cv::Mat(dgray));
+    dumpImage("../gpu/denoising/nlm_denoised_lena_bgr.png", cv::Mat(dbgr));
+    dumpImage("../gpu/denoising/nlm_denoised_lena_gray.png", cv::Mat(dgray));
 #endif
 
-    cv::Mat bgr_gold  = readImage("denoising/nlm_denoised_lena_bgr.png", cv::IMREAD_COLOR);
-    cv::Mat gray_gold  = readImage("denoising/nlm_denoised_lena_gray.png", cv::IMREAD_GRAYSCALE);
+    cv::Mat bgr_gold  = readImage("../gpu/denoising/nlm_denoised_lena_bgr.png", cv::IMREAD_COLOR);
+    cv::Mat gray_gold  = readImage("../gpu/denoising/nlm_denoised_lena_gray.png", cv::IMREAD_GRAYSCALE);
     ASSERT_FALSE(bgr_gold.empty() || gray_gold.empty());
 
     EXPECT_MAT_NEAR(bgr_gold, dbgr, 1e-4);
@@ -82,11 +84,11 @@ TEST(BruteForceNonLocalMeans, Regression)
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Fast Force Non local means
 
-TEST(FastNonLocalMeans, Regression)
+TEST(GPU_FastNonLocalMeans, Regression)
 {
     using cv::gpu::GpuMat;
 
-    cv::Mat bgr  = readImage("denoising/lena_noised_gaussian_sigma=20_multi_0.png", cv::IMREAD_COLOR);
+    cv::Mat bgr  = readImage("../gpu/denoising/lena_noised_gaussian_sigma=20_multi_0.png", cv::IMREAD_COLOR);
     ASSERT_FALSE(bgr.empty());
 
     cv::Mat gray;
@@ -99,12 +101,12 @@ TEST(FastNonLocalMeans, Regression)
     fnlmd.labMethod(GpuMat(bgr),  dbgr, 20, 10);
 
 #if 0
-    dumpImage("denoising/fnlm_denoised_lena_bgr.png", cv::Mat(dbgr));
-    dumpImage("denoising/fnlm_denoised_lena_gray.png", cv::Mat(dgray));
+    dumpImage("../gpu/denoising/fnlm_denoised_lena_bgr.png", cv::Mat(dbgr));
+    dumpImage("../gpu/denoising/fnlm_denoised_lena_gray.png", cv::Mat(dgray));
 #endif
 
-    cv::Mat bgr_gold  = readImage("denoising/fnlm_denoised_lena_bgr.png", cv::IMREAD_COLOR);
-    cv::Mat gray_gold  = readImage("denoising/fnlm_denoised_lena_gray.png", cv::IMREAD_GRAYSCALE);
+    cv::Mat bgr_gold  = readImage("../gpu/denoising/fnlm_denoised_lena_bgr.png", cv::IMREAD_COLOR);
+    cv::Mat gray_gold  = readImage("../gpu/denoising/fnlm_denoised_lena_gray.png", cv::IMREAD_GRAYSCALE);
     ASSERT_FALSE(bgr_gold.empty() || gray_gold.empty());
 
     EXPECT_MAT_NEAR(bgr_gold, dbgr, 1);