diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/ocl.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/ocl.hpp
index c6b0cf2d0..f7fae9e4e 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/ocl.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/ocl.hpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public:
     String name() const;
     String extensions() const;
     String version() const;
-    String vendor() const;
+    String vendorName() const;
     String OpenCL_C_Version() const;
     String OpenCLVersion() const;
     int deviceVersionMajor() const;
@@ -161,6 +161,17 @@ public:
     size_t imageMaxBufferSize() const;
     size_t imageMaxArraySize() const;
 
+    enum
+    {
+        UNKNOWN_VENDOR=0,
+        VENDOR_AMD=1,
+        VENDOR_INTEL=2,
+        VENDOR_NVIDIA=3
+    };
+    int vendorID() const;
+    inline bool isAMD() const { return vendorID() == VENDOR_AMD; };
+    inline bool isIntel() const { return vendorID() == VENDOR_INTEL; };
+
     int maxClockFrequency() const;
     int maxComputeUnits() const;
     int maxConstantArgs() const;
diff --git a/modules/core/src/ocl.cpp b/modules/core/src/ocl.cpp
index 9c92b8381..1cbbc2ac4 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/ocl.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/ocl.cpp
@@ -1712,6 +1712,17 @@ struct Device::Impl
 
         String deviceVersion_ = getStrProp(CL_DEVICE_VERSION);
         parseDeviceVersion(deviceVersion_, deviceVersionMajor_, deviceVersionMinor_);
+
+        vendorName_ = getStrProp(CL_DEVICE_VENDOR);
+        if (vendorName_ == "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc." ||
+            vendorName_ == "AMD")
+            vendorID_ = VENDOR_AMD;
+        else if (vendorName_ == "Intel(R) Corporation")
+            vendorID_ = VENDOR_INTEL;
+        else if (vendorName_ == "NVIDIA Corporation")
+            vendorID_ = VENDOR_NVIDIA;
+        else
+            vendorID_ = UNKNOWN_VENDOR;
     }
 
     template<typename _TpCL, typename _TpOut>
@@ -1754,6 +1765,8 @@ struct Device::Impl
     int deviceVersionMajor_;
     int deviceVersionMinor_;
     String driverVersion_;
+    String vendorName_;
+    int vendorID_;
 };
 
 
@@ -1813,8 +1826,11 @@ String Device::extensions() const
 String Device::version() const
 { return p ? p->version_ : String(); }
 
-String Device::vendor() const
-{ return p ? p->getStrProp(CL_DEVICE_VENDOR) : String(); }
+String Device::vendorName() const
+{ return p ? p->vendorName_ : String(); }
+
+int Device::vendorID() const
+{ return p ? p->vendorID_ : 0; }
 
 String Device::OpenCL_C_Version() const
 { return p ? p->getStrProp(CL_DEVICE_OPENCL_C_VERSION) : String(); }
@@ -3009,6 +3025,12 @@ struct Program::Impl
             for( i = 0; i < n; i++ )
                 deviceList[i] = ctx.device(i).ptr();
 
+            Device device = Device::getDefault();
+            if (device.isAMD())
+                buildflags += " -D AMD_DEVICE";
+            else if (device.isIntel())
+                buildflags += " -D INTEL_DEVICE";
+
             retval = clBuildProgram(handle, n,
                                     (const cl_device_id*)deviceList,
                                     buildflags.c_str(), 0, 0);
diff --git a/modules/objdetect/src/cascadedetect.cpp b/modules/objdetect/src/cascadedetect.cpp
index bb187cd61..3f0e6e38c 100644
--- a/modules/objdetect/src/cascadedetect.cpp
+++ b/modules/objdetect/src/cascadedetect.cpp
@@ -583,9 +583,7 @@ bool HaarEvaluator::read(const FileNode& node, Size _origWinSize)
     localSize = lbufSize = Size(0, 0);
     if (ocl::haveOpenCL())
     {
-        String vname = ocl::Device::getDefault().vendor();
-        if (vname == "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc." ||
-            vname == "AMD")
+        if (ocl::Device::getDefault().isAMD())
         {
             localSize = Size(8, 8);
             lbufSize = Size(origWinSize.width + localSize.width,
@@ -769,9 +767,7 @@ bool LBPEvaluator::read( const FileNode& node, Size _origWinSize )
     if (ocl::haveOpenCL())
     {
         const ocl::Device& device = ocl::Device::getDefault();
-        String vname = device.vendor();
-        if ((vname == "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc." ||
-            vname == "AMD") && !device.hostUnifiedMemory())
+        if (device.isAMD() && !device.hostUnifiedMemory())
             localSize = Size(8, 8);
     }
     return true;