diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 71b4b36087..83d567685e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -519,7 +519,9 @@ endif(WIN32 AND NOT MINGW)
 #       CHECK FOR SYSTEM LIBRARIES, OPTIONS, ETC..
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 if(UNIX)
-  find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
+  if(NOT APPLE_FRAMEWORK)
+    find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
+  endif()
   include(CheckFunctionExists)
   include(CheckIncludeFile)
 
diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/imgcodecs/CMakeLists.txt
index 8da6c176cd..546d956a98 100644
--- a/modules/imgcodecs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ if(IOS)
   list(APPEND imgcodecs_srcs ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src/ios_conversions.mm)
   list(APPEND IMGCODECS_LIBRARIES "-framework Accelerate" "-framework CoreGraphics" "-framework QuartzCore" "-framework AssetsLibrary")
 endif()
+if(APPLE_FRAMEWORK)
+  list(APPEND IMGCODECS_LIBRARIES "-framework UIKit")
+endif()
 
 if(UNIX)
   #these variables are set by CHECK_MODULE macro
diff --git a/modules/videoio/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/videoio/CMakeLists.txt
index 763304adbb..cbcb8a1a63 100644
--- a/modules/videoio/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/videoio/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ if(IOS)
        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src/cap_ios_video_camera.mm)
 
   list(APPEND VIDEOIO_LIBRARIES "-framework Accelerate" "-framework AVFoundation" "-framework CoreGraphics" "-framework CoreImage" "-framework CoreMedia" "-framework CoreVideo" "-framework QuartzCore" "-framework AssetsLibrary")
-  if(APPLE_FRAMEWORK AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+  if(APPLE_FRAMEWORK)
     list(APPEND VIDEOIO_LIBRARIES "-framework UIKit")
   endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/platforms/ios/build_framework.py b/platforms/ios/build_framework.py
index 2770a5a102..a09c2fa916 100644
--- a/platforms/ios/build_framework.py
+++ b/platforms/ios/build_framework.py
@@ -122,37 +122,32 @@ class Builder:
 
     def getCMakeArgs(self, arch, target):
 
-        if self.dynamic:
-            args = [
-                "cmake",
-                "-GXcode",
-                "-DAPPLE_FRAMEWORK=ON",
-                "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=install",
-                "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release",
-                "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON",
-                "-DCMAKE_MACOSX_BUNDLE=ON",
-                "-DCMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=NO",
-            ]
-        else:
-            args = [
-                "cmake",
-                "-GXcode",
-                "-DAPPLE_FRAMEWORK=ON",
-                "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=install",
-                "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release",
-            ]
+        args = [
+            "cmake",
+            "-GXcode",
+            "-DAPPLE_FRAMEWORK=ON",
+            "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=install",
+            "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release",
+        ] + ([
+            "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON",
+            "-DCMAKE_MACOSX_BUNDLE=ON",
+            "-DCMAKE_XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=NO",
+        ] if self.dynamic else [])
 
         if len(self.exclude) > 0:
-            args += ["-DBUILD_opencv_world=OFF"]
-            args += ("-DBUILD_opencv_%s=OFF" % m for m in self.exclude)
+            args += ["-DBUILD_opencv_world=OFF"] if not self.dynamic else []
+            args += ["-DBUILD_opencv_%s=OFF" % m for m in self.exclude]
 
         return args
 
     def getBuildCommand(self, archs, target):
 
+        buildcmd = [
+            "xcodebuild",
+        ]
+
         if self.dynamic:
-            buildcmd = [
-                "xcodebuild",
+            buildcmd += [
                 "IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=8.0",
                 "ONLY_ACTIVE_ARCH=NO",
             ]
@@ -160,25 +155,19 @@ class Builder:
             for arch in archs:
                 buildcmd.append("-arch")
                 buildcmd.append(arch.lower())
-
+        else:
+            arch = ";".join(archs)
             buildcmd += [
+                "IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=6.0",
+                "ARCHS=%s" % arch,
+            ]
+
+        buildcmd += [
                 "-sdk", target.lower(),
                 "-configuration", "Release",
                 "-parallelizeTargets",
                 "-jobs", "4",
-                "-target","ALL_BUILD",
-            ]
-        else:
-            arch = ";".join(archs)
-            buildcmd = [
-                "xcodebuild",
-                "IPHONEOS_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=6.0",
-                "ARCHS=%s" % arch,
-                "-sdk", target.lower(),
-                "-configuration", "Release",
-                "-parallelizeTargets",
-                "-jobs", "4"
-            ]
+            ] + (["-target","ALL_BUILD"] if self.dynamic else [])
 
         return buildcmd