diff --git a/modules/js/src/core_bindings.cpp b/modules/js/src/core_bindings.cpp
index b00bfb0d5f..c48ffb966c 100644
--- a/modules/js/src/core_bindings.cpp
+++ b/modules/js/src/core_bindings.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,11 @@
 
 using namespace emscripten;
 using namespace cv;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_OPENCV_DNN
 using namespace dnn;
+#endif
+
 
 namespace binding_utils
 {