diff --git a/modules/matlab/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/matlab/CMakeLists.txt
index 3713b56c1..f15fa983b 100644
--- a/modules/matlab/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/matlab/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -194,3 +194,7 @@ install(DIRECTORY   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/+cv/private/
         DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/matlab/+cv/private
         FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.${MATLAB_MEXEXT}"
 )
+install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/matlab
+        FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "cv.m"
+)
diff --git a/modules/matlab/generator/filters.py b/modules/matlab/generator/filters.py
index c37b9ee1c..b07b43d3a 100644
--- a/modules/matlab/generator/filters.py
+++ b/modules/matlab/generator/filters.py
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ def noutputs(args):
     '''Counts the number of output arguments in the input list'''
     return len(outputs(args))
 
+def convertibleToInt(string):
+    try:
+        int(string)
+        return True
+    except ValueError:
+        return False
+
 def capitalizeFirst(text):
     return text[0].upper() + text[1:]
 
diff --git a/modules/matlab/generator/gen_matlab.py b/modules/matlab/generator/gen_matlab.py
index 44b77c776..2b317a678 100644
--- a/modules/matlab/generator/gen_matlab.py
+++ b/modules/matlab/generator/gen_matlab.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class MatlabWrapperGenerator(object):
         jtemplate = Environment(loader=PackageLoader('templates', ''), trim_blocks=True, lstrip_blocks=True)
 
         # add the custom filters
+        jtemplate.filters['convertibleToInt'] = convertibleToInt
         jtemplate.filters['toUpperCamelCase'] = toUpperCamelCase
         jtemplate.filters['toLowerCamelCase'] = toLowerCamelCase
         jtemplate.filters['toUnderCase'] = toUnderCase
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ class MatlabWrapperGenerator(object):
         populatedm = tconstm.render(constants=const)
         with open(output_map_dir+'/map.cpp', 'wb') as f:
             f.write(populatedc)
-        with open(output_map_dir+'/map.m', 'wb') as f:
+        with open(output_dir+'/cv.m', 'wb') as f:
             f.write(populatedm)
 
 
diff --git a/modules/matlab/generator/gen_matlab_caller.py b/modules/matlab/generator/gen_matlab_caller.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2979cf63d..000000000
--- a/modules/matlab/generator/gen_matlab_caller.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#/usr/bin/env python
-
-# add the hdr_parser to the path
-import sys
-sys.path.append(sys.argv[1])
-
-# get the IO from the command line arguments
-input_files = sys.argv[2:-1]
-output_dir  = sys.argv[-1]
-
-# create the generator
-from gen_matlab import MatlabWrapperGenerator
-mwg = MatlabWrapperGenerator()
-mwg.gen(input_files, output_dir)
diff --git a/modules/matlab/generator/templates/template_map_base.m b/modules/matlab/generator/templates/template_map_base.m
index 79dee7670..ddde7f50e 100644
--- a/modules/matlab/generator/templates/template_map_base.m
+++ b/modules/matlab/generator/templates/template_map_base.m
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@
 classdef cv
     properties (Constant = true)
     {% for key, val in constants.items() %}
+        {% if val|convertibleToInt %}
         {{key}} = {{val}};
+        {% else %}
+        {{key}} = {{constants[val]}};
+        {% endif %}
     {% endfor %}
     end
 end