diff --git a/samples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 7de6c1c278..5cb736e19d 100644
--- a/samples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ endif()
 if(NOT HAVE_opencv_cudaarithm OR NOT HAVE_opencv_cudafilters)
   ocv_list_filterout(cpp_samples "/gpu/")
 endif()
-if(NOT VTK_USE_FILE)
+if(NOT BUILD_opencv_viz OR NOT VTK_USE_FILE)
   ocv_list_filterout(cpp_samples "/viz/")
 endif()
 if(NOT HAVE_IPP_A)