diff --git a/modules/core/perf/opencl/perf_arithm.cpp b/modules/core/perf/opencl/perf_arithm.cpp
index ce4482579..98f650473 100644
--- a/modules/core/perf/opencl/perf_arithm.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/perf/opencl/perf_arithm.cpp
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ OCL_PERF_TEST_P(MagnitudeFixture, Magnitude, ::testing::Combine(
 typedef Size_MatType TransposeFixture;
 
 OCL_PERF_TEST_P(TransposeFixture, Transpose, ::testing::Combine(
-                OCL_TEST_SIZES, OCL_TEST_TYPES))
+                OCL_TEST_SIZES, OCL_TEST_TYPES_134))
 {
     const Size_MatType_t params = GetParam();
     const Size srcSize = get<0>(params);
diff --git a/modules/core/src/matrix.cpp b/modules/core/src/matrix.cpp
index a1d6044d5..db1ce760f 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/matrix.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/matrix.cpp
@@ -2893,10 +2893,7 @@ static inline int divUp(int a, int b)
 static bool ocl_transpose( InputArray _src, OutputArray _dst )
 {
     const int TILE_DIM = 32, BLOCK_ROWS = 8;
-    int type = _src.type(), cn = CV_MAT_CN(type);
-
-    if (cn == 3)
-        return false;
+    int type = _src.type(), cn = CV_MAT_CN(type), depth = CV_MAT_DEPTH(type);
 
     UMat src = _src.getUMat();
     _dst.create(src.cols, src.rows, type);
@@ -2912,8 +2909,9 @@ static bool ocl_transpose( InputArray _src, OutputArray _dst )
     }
 
     ocl::Kernel k(kernelName.c_str(), ocl::core::transpose_oclsrc,
-                  format("-D T=%s -D TILE_DIM=%d -D BLOCK_ROWS=%d",
-                         ocl::memopTypeToStr(type), TILE_DIM, BLOCK_ROWS));
+                  format("-D T=%s -D T1=%s -D cn=%d -D TILE_DIM=%d -D BLOCK_ROWS=%d",
+                         ocl::memopTypeToStr(type), ocl::memopTypeToStr(depth),
+                         cn, TILE_DIM, BLOCK_ROWS));
     if (k.empty())
         return false;
 
diff --git a/modules/core/src/opencl/transpose.cl b/modules/core/src/opencl/transpose.cl
index 575cdab3d..b5ec4b6f9 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/opencl/transpose.cl
+++ b/modules/core/src/opencl/transpose.cl
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@
 //
 //M*/
 
+#if cn != 3
+#define loadpix(addr) *(__global const T *)(addr)
+#define storepix(val, addr)  *(__global T *)(addr) = val
+#define TSIZE (int)sizeof(T)
+#else
+#define loadpix(addr) vload3(0, (__global const T1 *)(addr))
+#define storepix(val, addr) vstore3(val, 0, (__global T1 *)(addr))
+#define TSIZE ((int)sizeof(T1)*3)
+#endif
+
 #define LDS_STEP      TILE_DIM
 
 __kernel void transpose(__global const uchar * srcptr, int src_step, int src_offset, int src_rows, int src_cols,
@@ -74,17 +84,16 @@ __kernel void transpose(__global const uchar * srcptr, int src_step, int src_off
     int x_index = mad24(groupId_y, TILE_DIM, lx);
     int y_index = mad24(groupId_x, TILE_DIM, ly);
 
-    __local T title[TILE_DIM * LDS_STEP];
+    __local T tile[TILE_DIM * LDS_STEP];
 
     if (x < src_cols && y < src_rows)
     {
-        int index_src = mad24(y, src_step, mad24(x, (int)sizeof(T), src_offset));
+        int index_src = mad24(y, src_step, mad24(x, TSIZE, src_offset));
 
         for (int i = 0; i < TILE_DIM; i += BLOCK_ROWS)
             if (y + i < src_rows)
             {
-                __global const T * src = (__global const T *)(srcptr + index_src);
-                title[mad24(ly + i, LDS_STEP, lx)] = src[0];
+                tile[mad24(ly + i, LDS_STEP, lx)] = loadpix(srcptr + index_src);
                 index_src = mad24(BLOCK_ROWS, src_step, index_src);
             }
     }
@@ -92,13 +101,12 @@ __kernel void transpose(__global const uchar * srcptr, int src_step, int src_off
 
     if (x_index < src_rows && y_index < src_cols)
     {
-        int index_dst = mad24(y_index, dst_step, mad24(x_index, (int)sizeof(T), dst_offset));
+        int index_dst = mad24(y_index, dst_step, mad24(x_index, TSIZE, dst_offset));
 
         for (int i = 0; i < TILE_DIM; i += BLOCK_ROWS)
             if ((y_index + i) < src_cols)
             {
-                __global T * dst = (__global T *)(dstptr + index_dst);
-                dst[0] = title[mad24(lx, LDS_STEP, ly + i)];
+                storepix(tile[mad24(lx, LDS_STEP, ly + i)], dstptr + index_dst);
                 index_dst = mad24(BLOCK_ROWS, dst_step, index_dst);
             }
     }
@@ -111,14 +119,14 @@ __kernel void transpose_inplace(__global uchar * srcptr, int src_step, int src_o
 
     if (y < src_rows && x < y)
     {
-        int src_index = mad24(y, src_step, mad24(x, (int)sizeof(T), src_offset));
-        int dst_index = mad24(x, src_step, mad24(y, (int)sizeof(T), src_offset));
+        int src_index = mad24(y, src_step, mad24(x, TSIZE, src_offset));
+        int dst_index = mad24(x, src_step, mad24(y, TSIZE, src_offset));
 
-        __global T * src = (__global T *)(srcptr + src_index);
-        __global T * dst = (__global T *)(srcptr + dst_index);
+        __global const uchar * src = srcptr + src_index;
+        __global uchar * dst = srcptr + dst_index;
 
-        T tmp = dst[0];
-        dst[0] = src[0];
-        src[0] = tmp;
+        T tmp = loadpix(dst);
+        storepix(loadpix(src), dst);
+        storepix(tmp, src);
     }
 }