diff --git a/modules/flann/src/precomp.hpp b/modules/flann/src/precomp.hpp
index 67deeeb8c0..8c511ced52 100644
--- a/modules/flann/src/precomp.hpp
+++ b/modules/flann/src/precomp.hpp
@@ -13,5 +13,7 @@
 // index types
 #include "opencv2/flann/all_indices.h"
 
+#include "opencv2/flann/flann_base.hpp"
+
 #endif