diff --git a/modules/gapi/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/gapi/CMakeLists.txt
index b30bee1872..3a8b8d2bc0 100644
--- a/modules/gapi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/gapi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ endif()
 
 if(WIN32)
   # Required for htonl/ntohl on Windows
-  target_link_libraries(${the_module} PRIVATE wsock32 ws2_32)
+  ocv_target_link_libraries(${the_module} PRIVATE wsock32 ws2_32)
 endif()
 
 ocv_add_perf_tests()