diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/core.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/core.hpp
index c56eb5f76..bb39a9ff0 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/core.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/core.hpp
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ template<typename _Tp, size_t fixed_size = 1024/sizeof(_Tp)+8> class CV_EXPORTS
 CV_EXPORTS std::string format( const char* fmt, ... );
 CV_EXPORTS std::string tempfile( const char* suffix CV_DEFAULT(0));
 
+CV_EXPORTS void glob(std::string pattern, std::vector<std::string>& result, bool recursive = false);
+
 // matrix decomposition types
 enum { DECOMP_LU=0, DECOMP_SVD=1, DECOMP_EIG=2, DECOMP_CHOLESKY=3, DECOMP_QR=4, DECOMP_NORMAL=16 };
 enum { NORM_INF=1, NORM_L1=2, NORM_L2=4, NORM_L2SQR=5, NORM_HAMMING=6, NORM_HAMMING2=7, NORM_TYPE_MASK=7, NORM_RELATIVE=8, NORM_MINMAX=32 };
diff --git a/modules/core/src/glob.cpp b/modules/core/src/glob.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e91d856d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core/src/glob.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+#include "precomp.hpp"
+
+#if defined WIN32 || defined _WIN32 || defined WINCE
+# include <windows.h>
+const char dir_separators[] = "/\\";
+const char native_separator = '\\';
+#else
+# include <dirent.h>
+const char dir_separators[] = "/";
+const char native_separator = '/';
+#endif
+
+#ifndef _WIN32_WCE
+# include <sys/stat.h>
+#endif
+
+
+static bool isDir(std::string path)
+{
+#ifndef _WIN32_WCE
+    struct stat stat_buf;
+    stat( path.c_str(), &stat_buf);
+    int is_dir = S_ISDIR( stat_buf.st_mode);
+
+    return is_dir != 0;
+#else
+    /* unsupported */
+    return false;
+#endif
+}
+
+static bool wildcmp(const char *string, const char *wild)
+{
+    // Based on wildcmp written by Jack Handy - <A href="mailto:jakkhandy@hotmail.com">jakkhandy@hotmail.com</A>
+    const char *cp = 0, *mp = 0;
+
+    while ((*string) && (*wild != '*'))
+    {
+        if ((*wild != *string) && (*wild != '?'))
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        wild++;
+        string++;
+    }
+
+    while (*string)
+    {
+        if (*wild == '*')
+        {
+            if (!*++wild)
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            mp = wild;
+            cp = string + 1;
+        }
+        else if ((*wild == *string) || (*wild == '?'))
+        {
+            wild++;
+            string++;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            wild = mp;
+            string = cp++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    while (*wild == '*')
+    {
+        wild++;
+    }
+
+    return *wild == 0;
+}
+
+static void glob_rec(const std::string& directory, const std::string& wildchart, std::vector<std::string>& result, bool recursive)
+{
+    DIR *dir;
+    struct dirent *ent;
+    if ((dir = opendir (directory.c_str())) != 0)
+    {
+        /* find all the files and directories within directory */
+        try
+        {
+            while ((ent = readdir (dir)) != 0)
+            {
+                const char* name = ent->d_name;
+                if((name[0] == 0) || (name[0] == '.' && name[1] == 0) || (name[0] == '.' && name[1] == '.' && name[2] == 0))
+                    continue;
+
+                std::string path = directory + native_separator + name;
+
+                if (isDir(path))
+                {
+                    if (recursive)
+                        glob_rec(path, wildchart, result, recursive);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    if (wildchart.empty() || wildcmp(name, wildchart.c_str()))
+                        result.push_back(path);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        catch (...)
+        {
+            closedir(dir);
+            throw;
+        }
+        closedir(dir);
+    }
+    else CV_Error(CV_StsObjectNotFound, "could not open directory");
+}
+
+void cv::glob(std::string pattern, std::vector<std::string>& result, bool recursive)
+{
+    result.clear();
+    std::string path, wildchart;
+
+    if (isDir(pattern))
+    {
+        if(strchr(dir_separators, pattern[pattern.size() - 1]) != 0)
+        {
+            path = pattern.substr(0, pattern.size() - 1);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            path = pattern;
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        size_t pos = pattern.find_last_of(dir_separators);
+        if (pos == std::string::npos)
+        {
+            wildchart = pattern;
+            path = ".";
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            path = pattern.substr(0, pos);
+            wildchart = pattern.substr(pos + 1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    glob_rec(path, wildchart, result, recursive);
+}
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diff --git a/modules/core/test/test_io.cpp b/modules/core/test/test_io.cpp
index 6b55eb2bb..7d4e7d939 100644
--- a/modules/core/test/test_io.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/test/test_io.cpp
@@ -454,3 +454,19 @@ protected:
 TEST(Core_InputOutput, huge) { CV_BigMatrixIOTest test; test.safe_run(); }
 */
 
+TEST(Core_globbing, accurasy)
+{
+    std::string patternLena    = cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "lena*.*";
+    std::string patternLenaPng = cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path() + "lena.png";
+
+    std::vector<std::string> lenas, pngLenas;
+    cv::glob(patternLena, lenas, true);
+    cv::glob(patternLenaPng, pngLenas, true);
+
+    ASSERT_GT(lenas.size(), pngLenas.size());
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < pngLenas.size(); ++i)
+    {
+        ASSERT_NE(std::find(lenas.begin(), lenas.end(), pngLenas[i]), lenas.end());
+    }
+}
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