diff --git a/modules/core/misc/java/src/java/core+Mat.java b/modules/core/misc/java/src/java/core+Mat.java
index 6db255417ccabaca94a561ea2ac030ee033a3b17..98cdba97366d782428b73d0fa4dac634be21b8d3 100644
--- a/modules/core/misc/java/src/java/core+Mat.java
+++ b/modules/core/misc/java/src/java/core+Mat.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.opencv.core;
 
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
 // C++: class Mat
 //javadoc: Mat
 public class Mat {
@@ -39,6 +41,19 @@ public class Mat {
         return;
     }
 
+    //
+    // C++: Mat::Mat(int rows, int cols, int type, void* data)
+    //
+
+    // javadoc: Mat::Mat(rows, cols, type, data)
+    public Mat(int rows, int cols, int type, ByteBuffer data)
+    {
+
+        nativeObj = n_Mat(rows, cols, type, data);
+
+        return;
+    }
+
     //
     // C++: Mat::Mat(Size size, int type)
     //
@@ -1101,6 +1116,9 @@ public class Mat {
     // C++: Mat::Mat(int rows, int cols, int type)
     private static native long n_Mat(int rows, int cols, int type);
 
+    // C++: Mat::Mat(int rows, int cols, int type, void* data)
+    private static native long n_Mat(int rows, int cols, int type, ByteBuffer data);
+
     // C++: Mat::Mat(Size size, int type)
     private static native long n_Mat(double size_width, double size_height, int type);
 
diff --git a/modules/core/misc/java/test/MatTest.java b/modules/core/misc/java/test/MatTest.java
index 3ff0c8be0728c8ba9e28474e5891c7b875f7cd3d..7d0731aa716915a04a14e9d8a0923be044191820 100644
--- a/modules/core/misc/java/test/MatTest.java
+++ b/modules/core/misc/java/test/MatTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package org.opencv.test.core;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
 import org.opencv.core.Core;
 import org.opencv.core.CvException;
@@ -1001,4 +1002,16 @@ public class MatTest extends OpenCVTestCase {
         assertMatEqual(truth, dst);
     }
 
+    public void testMatFromByteBuffer() {
+        ByteBuffer bbuf = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(64*64);
+        bbuf.putInt(0x01010101);
+        Mat m = new Mat(64,64,CvType.CV_8UC1,bbuf);
+        assertEquals(4, Core.countNonZero(m));
+        Core.add(m, new Scalar(1), m);
+        assertEquals(4096, Core.countNonZero(m));
+        m.release();
+        assertEquals(2, bbuf.get(0));
+        assertEquals(1, bbuf.get(4095));
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/modules/java/generator/src/cpp/Mat.cpp b/modules/java/generator/src/cpp/Mat.cpp
index c85a3d74007a444ecee5effe123fc9e9ccb0904b..6122a7e1e3d7e291a15bd2aaffa280ac419c3000 100644
--- a/modules/java/generator/src/cpp/Mat.cpp
+++ b/modules/java/generator/src/cpp/Mat.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,31 @@ JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_org_opencv_core_Mat_n_1Mat__
 
 
 
+//
+//   Mat::Mat(int rows, int cols, int type, void* data)
+//
+
+JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_org_opencv_core_Mat_n_1Mat__IIILjava_nio_ByteBuffer_2
+  (JNIEnv* env, jclass, jint rows, jint cols, jint type, jobject data);
+
+JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_org_opencv_core_Mat_n_1Mat__IIILjava_nio_ByteBuffer_2
+  (JNIEnv* env, jclass, jint rows, jint cols, jint type, jobject data)
+{
+    static const char method_name[] = "Mat::n_1Mat__IIILByteBuffer()";
+    try {
+        LOGD("%s", method_name);
+        return (jlong) new Mat( rows, cols, type, (void*)env->GetDirectBufferAddress(data) );
+    } catch(const std::exception &e) {
+        throwJavaException(env, &e, method_name);
+    } catch (...) {
+        throwJavaException(env, 0, method_name);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+
 //
 //   Mat::Mat(int rows, int cols, int type)
 //