diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
index 80c07bda3..4076d9fab 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVModule.cmake
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #   <add extra installation rules>
 #   ocv_add_accuracy_tests(<extra dependencies>)
 #   ocv_add_perf_tests(<extra dependencies>)
+#   ocv_add_samples(<extra dependencies>)
 #
 #
 # If module have no "extra" then you can define it in one line:
@@ -578,6 +579,7 @@ macro(ocv_define_module module_name)
 
   ocv_add_accuracy_tests()
   ocv_add_perf_tests()
+  ocv_add_samples()
 endmacro()
 
 # ensures that all passed modules are available
@@ -722,6 +724,48 @@ function(ocv_add_accuracy_tests)
   endif()
 endfunction()
 
+function(ocv_add_samples)
+  set(samples_path "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/samples")
+  string(REGEX REPLACE "^opencv_" "" module_id ${the_module})
+
+  if(BUILD_EXAMPLES AND EXISTS "${samples_path}")
+    set(samples_deps ${the_module} ${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_DEPS} opencv_highgui ${ARGN})
+    ocv_check_dependencies(${samples_deps})
+
+    if(OCV_DEPENDENCIES_FOUND)
+      file(GLOB sample_sources "${samples_path}/*.cpp")
+      ocv_include_modules(${OPENCV_MODULE_${the_module}_DEPS})
+
+      foreach(source ${sample_sources})
+        get_filename_component(name "${source}" NAME_WE)
+        set(the_target "example_${module_id}_${name}")
+
+        add_executable(${the_target} "${source}")
+        target_link_libraries(${the_target} ${samples_deps})
+
+        set_target_properties(${the_target} PROPERTIES PROJECT_LABEL "(sample) ${name}")
+
+        if(ENABLE_SOLUTION_FOLDERS)
+          set_target_properties(${the_target} PROPERTIES
+            OUTPUT_NAME "${module_id}-example-${name}"
+            FOLDER "samples/${module_id}")
+        endif()
+
+        if(WIN32)
+          install(TARGETS ${the_target} RUNTIME DESTINATION "samples/${module_id}" COMPONENT main)
+        endif()
+      endforeach()
+    endif()
+  endif()
+
+  if(INSTALL_C_EXAMPLES AND NOT WIN32 AND EXISTS "${samples_path}")
+    file(GLOB sample_files "${samples_path}/*")
+    install(FILES ${sample_files}
+            DESTINATION share/OpenCV/samples/${module_id}
+            PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ GROUP_READ WORLD_READ)
+  endif()
+endfunction()
+
 # internal macro; finds all link dependencies of the module
 # should be used at the end of CMake processing
 macro(__ocv_track_module_link_dependencies the_module optkind)