diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsPerf.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsPerf.cmake
index 840d0c0834..5ab16ada2d 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsPerf.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsPerf.cmake
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ if(WITH_EIGEN)
   find_path(EIGEN_INCLUDE_PATH "Eigen/Core"
             PATHS /usr/local /opt /usr ENV ProgramFiles ENV ProgramW6432
             PATH_SUFFIXES include/eigen3 include/eigen2 Eigen/include/eigen3 Eigen/include/eigen2
-            DOC "The path to Eigen3/Eigen2 headers")
+            DOC "The path to Eigen3/Eigen2 headers"
+            CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_BOTH)
 
   if(EIGEN_INCLUDE_PATH)
     ocv_include_directories(${EIGEN_INCLUDE_PATH})