diff --git a/modules/java/jni/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/java/jni/CMakeLists.txt
index 45fee3745d..7cab64a96c 100644
--- a/modules/java/jni/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/java/jni/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ endforeach()
 set(__type MODULE)
 if(BUILD_FAT_JAVA_LIB)
   set(__type SHARED) # samples link to libopencv_java
+elseif(APPLE)
+  set(CMAKE_SHARED_MODULE_SUFFIX ".dylib")  # Java is not able to load .so files
 endif()
 ocv_add_library(${the_module} ${__type}
     ${handwritten_h_sources} ${handwritten_cpp_sources} ${generated_cpp_sources}