diff --git a/modules/objdetect/include/opencv2/objdetect/objdetect.hpp b/modules/objdetect/include/opencv2/objdetect/objdetect.hpp
index a78bef56f..f0bb58e5f 100644
--- a/modules/objdetect/include/opencv2/objdetect/objdetect.hpp
+++ b/modules/objdetect/include/opencv2/objdetect/objdetect.hpp
@@ -534,12 +534,14 @@ public:
         int shrinkage;
     };
 
+    enum { NO_REJECT = 1, DOLLAR = 2, /*PASCAL = 4,*/ DEFAULT = NO_REJECT};
+
     // An empty cascade will be created.
     // Param minScale is a minimum scale relative to the original size of the image on which cascade will be applyed.
     // Param minScale is a maximum scale relative to the original size of the image on which cascade will be applyed.
     // Param scales is a number of scales from minScale to maxScale.
     // Param rejfactor is used for NMS.
-    CV_WRAP SCascade(const double minScale = 0.4, const double maxScale = 5., const int scales = 55, const int rejfactor = 1);
+    CV_WRAP SCascade(const double minScale = 0.4, const double maxScale = 5., const int scales = 55, const int rejCriteria = 1);
 
     CV_WRAP virtual ~SCascade();
 
@@ -571,7 +573,7 @@ private:
     double maxScale;
 
     int   scales;
-    int   rejfactor;
+    int   rejCriteria;
 };
 
 CV_EXPORTS bool initModule_objdetect(void);
diff --git a/modules/objdetect/src/objdetect_init.cpp b/modules/objdetect/src/objdetect_init.cpp
index d53c9480d..77afeaa6e 100644
--- a/modules/objdetect/src/objdetect_init.cpp
+++ b/modules/objdetect/src/objdetect_init.cpp
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ namespace cv
 {
 
 CV_INIT_ALGORITHM(SCascade, "CascadeDetector.SCascade",
-                  obj.info()->addParam(obj, "minScale",  obj.minScale);
-                  obj.info()->addParam(obj, "maxScale",  obj.maxScale);
-                  obj.info()->addParam(obj, "scales",    obj.scales);
-                  obj.info()->addParam(obj, "rejfactor", obj.rejfactor));
+                  obj.info()->addParam(obj, "minScale",    obj.minScale);
+                  obj.info()->addParam(obj, "maxScale",    obj.maxScale);
+                  obj.info()->addParam(obj, "scales",      obj.scales);
+                  obj.info()->addParam(obj, "rejCriteria", obj.rejCriteria));
 
 bool initModule_objdetect(void)
 {
diff --git a/modules/objdetect/src/softcascade.cpp b/modules/objdetect/src/softcascade.cpp
index 0ee7c0fd4..384a989fe 100644
--- a/modules/objdetect/src/softcascade.cpp
+++ b/modules/objdetect/src/softcascade.cpp
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ struct cv::SCascade::Fields
 };
 
 cv::SCascade::SCascade(const double mins, const double maxs, const int nsc, const int rej)
-: fields(0), minScale(mins), maxScale(maxs), scales(nsc), rejfactor(rej) {}
+: fields(0), minScale(mins), maxScale(maxs), scales(nsc), rejCriteria(rej) {}
 
 cv::SCascade::~SCascade() { delete fields;}
 
@@ -439,6 +439,68 @@ bool cv::SCascade::load(const FileNode& fn)
     return fields->fill(fn);
 }
 
+namespace {
+typedef cv::SCascade::Detection Detection;
+typedef std::vector<Detection>  dvector;
+
+struct NMS
+{
+
+    virtual ~NMS(){}
+    virtual void apply(dvector& objects) const = 0;
+};
+
+
+struct ConfidenceLess
+{
+    bool operator()(const Detection& a, const Detection& b) const
+    {
+        return a.confidence > b.confidence;
+    }
+};
+
+struct DollarNMS: public NMS
+{
+    virtual ~DollarNMS(){}
+
+    static float overlap(const cv::Rect &a, const cv::Rect &b)
+    {
+        int w = std::min(a.x + a.width,  b.x + b.width)  - std::max(a.x, b.x);
+        int h = std::min(a.y + a.height, b.y + b.height) - std::max(a.y, b.y);
+
+        return (w < 0 || h < 0)? 0.f : (float)(w * h);
+    }
+
+    virtual void apply(dvector& objects) const
+    {
+        std::sort(objects.begin(), objects.end(), ConfidenceLess());
+
+        for (dvector::iterator dIt = objects.begin(); dIt != objects.end(); ++dIt)
+        {
+            const Detection &a = *dIt;
+            for (dvector::iterator next = dIt + 1; next != objects.end(); )
+            {
+                const Detection &b = *next;
+
+                const float ovl =  overlap(a.bb, b.bb) / std::min(a.bb.area(), b.bb.area());
+
+                if (ovl > 0.65f)
+                    next = objects.erase(next);
+                else
+                    ++next;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+};
+
+cv::Ptr<NMS> createNMS(int type)
+{
+    CV_Assert(type == cv::SCascade::DOLLAR);
+    return cv::Ptr<NMS>(new DollarNMS);
+}
+
+}
+
 void cv::SCascade::detectNoRoi(const cv::Mat& image, std::vector<Detection>& objects) const
 {
     Fields& fld = *fields;
@@ -459,6 +521,9 @@ void cv::SCascade::detectNoRoi(const cv::Mat& image, std::vector<Detection>& obj
             }
         }
     }
+
+    if (rejCriteria != NO_REJECT)
+        createNMS(rejCriteria)->apply(objects);
 }
 
 void cv::SCascade::detect(cv::InputArray _image, cv::InputArray _rois, std::vector<Detection>& objects) const
@@ -506,6 +571,9 @@ void cv::SCascade::detect(cv::InputArray _image, cv::InputArray _rois, std::vect
              }
          }
     }
+
+    if (rejCriteria != NO_REJECT)
+    	createNMS(rejCriteria)->apply(objects);
 }
 
 void cv::SCascade::detect(InputArray _image, InputArray _rois,  OutputArray _rects, OutputArray _confs) const