diff --git a/modules/core/src/convert.cpp b/modules/core/src/convert.cpp
index 61499b39ab..6362475d00 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/convert.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/convert.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
 #include "precomp.hpp"
 #include "opencl_kernels_core.hpp"
 
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+#undef CV_NEON
+#endif
+
 namespace cv
 {