diff --git a/modules/core/src/copy.cpp b/modules/core/src/copy.cpp
index 8276ffddb..cc26b3eb3 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/copy.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/copy.cpp
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ void repeat(InputArray _src, int ny, int nx, OutputArray _dst)
 {
     Mat src = _src.getMat();
     CV_Assert( src.dims <= 2 );
+    CV_Assert( ny > 0 && nx > 0 );
 
     _dst.create(src.rows*ny, src.cols*nx, src.type());
     Mat dst = _dst.getMat();
diff --git a/modules/ocl/include/opencv2/ocl/ocl.hpp b/modules/ocl/include/opencv2/ocl/ocl.hpp
index af24f0aca..601885303 100644
--- a/modules/ocl/include/opencv2/ocl/ocl.hpp
+++ b/modules/ocl/include/opencv2/ocl/ocl.hpp
@@ -631,6 +631,9 @@ namespace cv
         //! initializes a scaled identity matrix
         CV_EXPORTS void setIdentity(oclMat& src, const Scalar & val = Scalar(1));
 
+        //! fills the output array with repeated copies of the input array
+        CV_EXPORTS void repeat(const oclMat & src, int ny, int nx, oclMat & dst);
+
         //////////////////////////////// Filter Engine ////////////////////////////////
 
         /*!
diff --git a/modules/ocl/perf/perf_arithm.cpp b/modules/ocl/perf/perf_arithm.cpp
index d71901e89..24eab3b91 100644
--- a/modules/ocl/perf/perf_arithm.cpp
+++ b/modules/ocl/perf/perf_arithm.cpp
@@ -1051,3 +1051,40 @@ PERF_TEST_P(AbsFixture, Abs,
     else
         OCL_PERF_ELSE
 }
+
+///////////// Repeat ////////////////////////
+
+typedef Size_MatType RepeatFixture;
+
+PERF_TEST_P(RepeatFixture, Repeat,
+            ::testing::Combine(::testing::Values(OCL_SIZE_1000, OCL_SIZE_2000),
+                               OCL_PERF_ENUM(CV_8UC1, CV_8UC4, CV_32FC1, CV_32FC4)))
+{
+    const Size_MatType_t params = GetParam();
+    const Size srcSize = get<0>(params);
+    const int type = get<1>(params);
+    const int nx = 3, ny = 2;
+    const Size dstSize(srcSize.width * nx, srcSize.height * ny);
+
+    Mat src(srcSize, type), dst(dstSize, type);
+    declare.in(src, WARMUP_RNG).out(dst);
+
+    if (RUN_OCL_IMPL)
+    {
+        ocl::oclMat oclSrc(src), oclDst(dstSize, type);
+
+        OCL_TEST_CYCLE() cv::ocl::repeat(oclSrc, ny, nx, oclDst);
+
+        oclDst.download(dst);
+
+        SANITY_CHECK(dst);
+    }
+    else if (RUN_PLAIN_IMPL)
+    {
+        TEST_CYCLE() cv::repeat(src, ny, nx, dst);
+
+        SANITY_CHECK(dst);
+    }
+    else
+        OCL_PERF_ELSE
+}
diff --git a/modules/ocl/src/arithm.cpp b/modules/ocl/src/arithm.cpp
index 9b24b16b0..f8a069082 100644
--- a/modules/ocl/src/arithm.cpp
+++ b/modules/ocl/src/arithm.cpp
@@ -1706,3 +1706,21 @@ void cv::ocl::setIdentity(oclMat& src, const Scalar & scalar)
     openCLExecuteKernel(src.clCxt, &arithm_setidentity, "setIdentity", global_threads, local_threads,
                         args, -1, -1, buildOptions.c_str());
 }
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+////////////////////////////////// Repeat ////////////////////////////////////
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+void cv::ocl::repeat(const oclMat & src, int ny, int nx, oclMat & dst)
+{
+    CV_Assert(nx > 0 && ny > 0);
+    dst.create(src.rows * ny, src.cols * nx, src.type());
+
+    for (int y = 0; y < ny; ++y)
+        for (int x = 0; x < nx; ++x)
+        {
+            Rect roi(x * src.cols, y * src.rows, src.cols, src.rows);
+            oclMat hdr = dst(roi);
+            src.copyTo(hdr);
+        }
+}
diff --git a/modules/ocl/test/test_arithm.cpp b/modules/ocl/test/test_arithm.cpp
index 11b945c5b..17260580d 100644
--- a/modules/ocl/test/test_arithm.cpp
+++ b/modules/ocl/test/test_arithm.cpp
@@ -192,13 +192,13 @@ PARAM_TEST_CASE(ArithmTestBase, MatDepth, Channels, bool)
         use_roi = GET_PARAM(2);
     }
 
-    void random_roi()
+    virtual void random_roi()
     {
         const int type = CV_MAKE_TYPE(depth, cn);
 
         Size roiSize = randomSize(1, MAX_VALUE);
-        Border srcBorder = randomBorder(0, use_roi ? MAX_VALUE : 0);
-        randomSubMat(src1, src1_roi, roiSize, srcBorder, type, 2, 11);
+        Border src1Border = randomBorder(0, use_roi ? MAX_VALUE : 0);
+        randomSubMat(src1, src1_roi, roiSize, src1Border, type, 2, 11);
 
         Border src2Border = randomBorder(0, use_roi ? MAX_VALUE : 0);
         randomSubMat(src2, src2_roi, roiSize, src2Border, type, -1540, 1740);
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ PARAM_TEST_CASE(ArithmTestBase, MatDepth, Channels, bool)
         cv::threshold(mask, mask, 0.5, 255., CV_8UC1);
 
 
-        generateOclMat(gsrc1_whole, gsrc1_roi, src1, roiSize, srcBorder);
+        generateOclMat(gsrc1_whole, gsrc1_roi, src1, roiSize, src1Border);
         generateOclMat(gsrc2_whole, gsrc2_roi, src2, roiSize, src2Border);
         generateOclMat(gdst1_whole, gdst1_roi, dst1, roiSize, dst1Border);
         generateOclMat(gdst2_whole, gdst2_roi, dst2, roiSize, dst2Border);
@@ -1522,6 +1522,48 @@ OCL_TEST_P(Norm, NORM_L2)
         }
 }
 
+//// Repeat
+
+struct RepeatTestCase :
+        public ArithmTestBase
+{
+    int nx, ny;
+
+    virtual void random_roi()
+    {
+        const int type = CV_MAKE_TYPE(depth, cn);
+
+        nx = randomInt(1, 4);
+        ny = randomInt(1, 4);
+
+        Size srcRoiSize = randomSize(1, MAX_VALUE);
+        Border srcBorder = randomBorder(0, use_roi ? MAX_VALUE : 0);
+        randomSubMat(src1, src1_roi, srcRoiSize, srcBorder, type, 2, 11);
+
+        Size dstRoiSize(srcRoiSize.width * nx, srcRoiSize.height * ny);
+        Border dst1Border = randomBorder(0, use_roi ? MAX_VALUE : 0);
+        randomSubMat(dst1, dst1_roi, dstRoiSize, dst1Border, type, 5, 16);
+
+        generateOclMat(gsrc1_whole, gsrc1_roi, src1, srcRoiSize, srcBorder);
+        generateOclMat(gdst1_whole, gdst1_roi, dst1, dstRoiSize, dst1Border);
+    }
+};
+
+typedef RepeatTestCase Repeat;
+
+OCL_TEST_P(Repeat, Mat)
+{
+    for (int i = 0; i < LOOP_TIMES; ++i)
+    {
+        random_roi();
+
+        cv::repeat(src1_roi, ny, nx, dst1_roi);
+        cv::ocl::repeat(gsrc1_roi, ny, nx, gdst1_roi);
+
+        Near();
+    }
+}
+
 //////////////////////////////////////// Instantiation /////////////////////////////////////////
 
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(Arithm, Lut, Combine(Values(CV_8U, CV_8S, CV_16U, CV_16S, CV_32S, CV_32F, CV_64F), Values(1, 2, 3, 4), Bool(), Bool()));
@@ -1557,5 +1599,6 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(Arithm, AddWeighted, Combine(Values(CV_8U, CV_8S, CV_16U
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(Arithm, SetIdentity, Combine(Values(CV_8U, CV_8S, CV_16U, CV_16S, CV_32S, CV_32F, CV_64F), Values(1, 2, 3, 4), Bool()));
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(Arithm, MeanStdDev, Combine(Values(CV_8U, CV_8S, CV_16U, CV_16S, CV_32S, CV_32F, CV_64F), Values(1, 2, 3, 4), Bool()));
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(Arithm, Norm, Combine(Values(CV_8U, CV_8S, CV_16U, CV_16S, CV_32S, CV_32F, CV_64F), Values(1, 2, 3, 4), Bool()));
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(Arithm, Repeat, Combine(Values(CV_8U, CV_8S, CV_16U, CV_16S, CV_32S, CV_32F, CV_64F), Values(1, 2, 3, 4), Bool()));
 
 #endif // HAVE_OPENCL