diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b4265bd..f1621e0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ OCV_OPTION(INSTALL_FORCE_UNIX_PATHS "Force unix-style installation" OFF)
 # OpenCV build options
 # ===================================================
 OCV_OPTION(ENABLE_CCACHE              "Use ccache"                                               (UNIX AND NOT IOS AND (CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Makefile" OR CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Ninja")) )
-OCV_OPTION(ENABLE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS "Use precompiled headers"                                  ON IF (NOT IOS AND NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING) )
+OCV_OPTION(ENABLE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS "Use precompiled headers"                                  ON IF (NOT IOS AND (MSVC OR NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)) )
 OCV_OPTION(ENABLE_SOLUTION_FOLDERS    "Solution folder in Visual Studio or in other IDEs"        (MSVC_IDE OR CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES Xcode) )
 OCV_OPTION(ENABLE_PROFILING           "Enable profiling in the GCC compiler (Add flags: -g -pg)" OFF  IF CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX )
 OCV_OPTION(ENABLE_COVERAGE            "Enable coverage collection with  GCov"                    OFF  IF CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX )
diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
index c8242dd..97edd14 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ macro(ocv_create_module)
     set(the_module_target ${the_module})
   endif()
 
-  if(WINRT)
+  if(WINRT AND BUILD_TESTS)
     # removing APPCONTAINER from modules to run from console
     # in case of usual starting of WinRT test apps output is missing
     # so starting of console version w/o APPCONTAINER is required to get test results