diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b5ccd73e7..c081649501 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -748,7 +748,15 @@ else()
         status("    Cocoa:"  YES)
       endif()
     else()
-      status("    GTK+ 2.x:" HAVE_GTK      THEN "YES (ver ${ALIASOF_gtk+-2.0_VERSION})"     ELSE NO)
+      if(HAVE_GTK3)
+        status("    GTK+ 3.x:" HAVE_GTK     THEN "YES (ver ${ALIASOF_gtk+-3.0_VERSION})"     ELSE NO)
+      elseif(HAVE_GTK)
+        status("    GTK+ 2.x:" HAVE_GTK      THEN "YES (ver ${ALIASOF_gtk+-2.0_VERSION})"     ELSE NO)
+      else()
+        if(DEFINED WITH_GTK)
+          staus("    GTK+:" NO)
+        endif()
+      endif()
       status("    GThread :" HAVE_GTHREAD  THEN "YES (ver ${ALIASOF_gthread-2.0_VERSION})"  ELSE NO)
       status("    GtkGlExt:" HAVE_GTKGLEXT THEN "YES (ver ${ALIASOF_gtkglext-1.0_VERSION})" ELSE NO)
     endif()
diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGUI.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGUI.cmake
index c9f3fbb6ba..f44261c3c1 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGUI.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGUI.cmake
@@ -43,15 +43,16 @@ ocv_clear_vars(HAVE_GTK HAVE_GTK3 HAVE_GTHREAD HAVE_GTKGLEXT)
 if(WITH_GTK AND NOT HAVE_QT)
   if(NOT WITH_GTK_2_X)
     CHECK_MODULE(gtk+-3.0 HAVE_GTK3)
-    set(HAVE_GTK TRUE)
-  elseif(NOT HAVE_GTK3)
+    set(HAVE_GTK HAVE_GTK3)
+  else()
     CHECK_MODULE(gtk+-2.0 HAVE_GTK)
     if(HAVE_GTK AND (ALIASOF_gtk+-2.0_VERSION VERSION_LESS MIN_VER_GTK))
       message (FATAL_ERROR "GTK support requires a minimum version of ${MIN_VER_GTK} (${ALIASOF_gtk+-2.0_VERSION} found)")
+      set(HAVE_GTK FALSE)
     endif()
   endif()
   CHECK_MODULE(gthread-2.0 HAVE_GTHREAD)
-  if(HAVE_GTK OR HAVE_GTK3 AND NOT HAVE_GTHREAD)
+  if(HAVE_GTK AND NOT HAVE_GTHREAD)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "gthread not found. This library is required when building with GTK support")
   endif()
   if(WITH_OPENGL AND NOT HAVE_GTK3)