diff --git a/3rdparty/libtiff/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/libtiff/CMakeLists.txt
index 21e9fbcd73..4665a0a71e 100644
--- a/3rdparty/libtiff/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/libtiff/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ project(${TIFF_LIBRARY})
 include(CheckCSourceCompiles)
 include(CheckFunctionExists)
 include(CheckIncludeFile)
+include(CheckTypeSize)
 
 
 # Find libm, if available
diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
index 17f5b3b7dd..a84bbff453 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
@@ -863,6 +863,11 @@ macro(_ocv_create_module)
     ocv_target_link_libraries(${the_module} LINK_PRIVATE ${CUDA_LIBRARIES} ${CUDA_npp_LIBRARY})
   endif()
 
+  if(OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS)
+    target_compile_definitions(${the_module} ${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS})
+    unset(OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS CACHE)
+  endif()
+
   add_dependencies(opencv_modules ${the_module})
 
   if(ENABLE_SOLUTION_FOLDERS)
diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake
index e5ca276598..1bb539e957 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake
@@ -987,7 +987,14 @@ endfunction()
 
 function(ocv_target_compile_definitions target)
   _ocv_fix_target(target)
-  target_compile_definitions(${target} ${ARGN})
+  if(NOT TARGET ${target})
+    if(NOT DEFINED OPENCV_MODULE_${target}_LOCATION)
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "ocv_target_compile_definitions: invalid target: '${target}'")
+    endif()
+    set(OPENCV_MODULE_${target}_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS ${OPENCV_MODULE_${target}_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS} ${ARGN} CACHE INTERNAL "" FORCE)
+  else()
+    target_compile_definitions(${target} ${ARGN})
+  endif()
 endfunction()
 
 
diff --git a/modules/python/bindings/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/python/bindings/CMakeLists.txt
index e407ea9a11..d0b80c3bef 100644
--- a/modules/python/bindings/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/python/bindings/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 set(MODULE_NAME "python_bindings_generator")
+set(OPENCV_MODULE_IS_PART_OF_WORLD FALSE)
 ocv_add_module(${MODULE_NAME} INTERNAL)
 
 set(OPENCV_PYTHON_SIGNATURES_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pyopencv_signatures.json" CACHE INTERNAL "")