diff --git a/modules/core/doc/basic_structures.rst b/modules/core/doc/basic_structures.rst
index 886a886df..280c317ae 100644
--- a/modules/core/doc/basic_structures.rst
+++ b/modules/core/doc/basic_structures.rst
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ RotatedRect
         RotatedRect();
         RotatedRect(const Point2f& center, const Size2f& size, float angle);
         RotatedRect(const CvBox2D& box);
+        RotatedRect(const Point2f& point1, const Point2f& point2, const Point2f& point3);
 
         //! returns 4 vertices of the rectangle
         void points(Point2f pts[]) const;
@@ -338,7 +339,11 @@ The class represents rotated (i.e. not up-right) rectangles on a plane. Each rec
         :param size: Width and height of the rectangle.
         :param angle: The rotation angle in a clockwise direction. When the angle is 0, 90, 180, 270 etc., the rectangle becomes an up-right rectangle.
         :param box: The rotated rectangle parameters as the obsolete CvBox2D structure.
+    .. ocv:function:: RotatedRect::RotatedRect(const Point2f& point1, const Point2f& point2, const Point2f& point3)
 
+        :param point1:
+        :param point2:
+        :param point3: Any 3 end points of the RotatedRect. They must be given in order (either clockwise or anticlockwise).
     .. ocv:function:: void RotatedRect::points( Point2f pts[] ) const
     .. ocv:function:: Rect RotatedRect::boundingRect() const
 
diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/types.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/types.hpp
index e2b49749e..0b09c6fb0 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/types.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/types.hpp
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ public:
     //! various constructors
     RotatedRect();
     RotatedRect(const Point2f& center, const Size2f& size, float angle);
+    RotatedRect(const Point2f& point1, const Point2f& point2, const Point2f& point3);
 
     //! returns 4 vertices of the rectangle
     void points(Point2f pts[]) const;
diff --git a/modules/core/src/matrix.cpp b/modules/core/src/matrix.cpp
index 03b649072..a1d6044d5 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/matrix.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/matrix.cpp
@@ -5204,6 +5204,30 @@ void normalize( const SparseMat& src, SparseMat& dst, double a, int norm_type )
 
 ////////////////////// RotatedRect //////////////////////
 
+RotatedRect::RotatedRect(const Point2f& _point1, const Point2f& _point2, const Point2f& _point3)
+{
+    Point2f _center = 0.5f * (_point1 + _point3);
+    Vec2f vecs[2];
+    vecs[0] = Vec2f(_point1 - _point2);
+    vecs[1] = Vec2f(_point2 - _point3);
+    // check that given sides are perpendicular
+    CV_Assert( abs(vecs[0].dot(vecs[1])) / (norm(vecs[0]) * norm(vecs[1])) <= FLT_EPSILON );
+
+    // wd_i stores which vector (0,1) or (1,2) will make the width
+    // One of them will definitely have slope within -1 to 1
+    int wd_i = 0;
+    if( abs(vecs[1][1]) < abs(vecs[1][0]) ) wd_i = 1;
+    int ht_i = (wd_i + 1) % 2;
+
+    float _angle = atan(vecs[wd_i][1] / vecs[wd_i][0]) * 180.0f / (float) CV_PI;
+    float _width = (float) norm(vecs[wd_i]);
+    float _height = (float) norm(vecs[ht_i]);
+
+    center = _center;
+    size = Size2f(_width, _height);
+    angle = _angle;
+}
+
 void RotatedRect::points(Point2f pt[]) const
 {
     double _angle = angle*CV_PI/180.;
diff --git a/modules/core/test/test_rotatedrect.cpp b/modules/core/test/test_rotatedrect.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c600ef1dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core/test/test_rotatedrect.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+/*M///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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+
+#include "test_precomp.hpp"
+
+using namespace cv;
+using namespace std;
+
+class Core_RotatedRectConstructorTest : public cvtest::BaseTest
+{
+public:
+    Core_RotatedRectConstructorTest();
+protected:
+    int prepare_test_case( int );
+    void run_func();
+    int validate_test_results( int );
+    float MAX_COORD_VAL;
+    Point2f a, b, c;
+    RotatedRect rec;
+};
+
+Core_RotatedRectConstructorTest::Core_RotatedRectConstructorTest()
+{
+    test_case_count = 100;
+    MAX_COORD_VAL = 1000.0f;
+}
+
+int Core_RotatedRectConstructorTest::prepare_test_case( int test_case_idx )
+{
+    cvtest::BaseTest::prepare_test_case( test_case_idx );
+    RNG& rng = ts->get_rng();
+    a = Point2f( rng.uniform(-MAX_COORD_VAL, MAX_COORD_VAL), rng.uniform(-MAX_COORD_VAL, MAX_COORD_VAL) );
+    do
+    {
+        b = Point2f( rng.uniform(-MAX_COORD_VAL, MAX_COORD_VAL), rng.uniform(-MAX_COORD_VAL, MAX_COORD_VAL) );
+    }
+    while( norm(a - b) <= FLT_EPSILON );
+    Vec2f along(a - b);
+    Vec2f perp = Vec2f(-along[1], along[0]);
+    double d = (double) rng.uniform(1.0f, 5.0f);
+    if( cvtest::randInt(rng) % 2 == 0 ) d = -d;
+    c = Point2f( (float) ((double) b.x + d * perp[0]), (float) ((double) b.y + d * perp[1]) );
+    return 1;
+}
+
+void Core_RotatedRectConstructorTest::run_func()
+{
+    rec = RotatedRect(a, b, c);
+}
+
+int Core_RotatedRectConstructorTest::validate_test_results( int )
+{
+    Point2f vertices[4];
+    rec.points(vertices);
+    int count_match = 0;
+    for( int i = 0; i < 4; i++ )
+    {
+        if( norm(vertices[i] - a) <= 0.001 ) count_match++;
+        else if( norm(vertices[i] - b) <= 0.001 ) count_match++;
+        else if( norm(vertices[i] - c) <= 0.001 ) count_match++;
+    }
+    if( count_match == 3 )
+        return cvtest::TS::OK;
+    ts->printf( cvtest::TS::LOG, "RotatedRect end points don't match those supplied in constructor");
+    ts->set_failed_test_info( cvtest::TS::FAIL_INVALID_OUTPUT );
+    return cvtest::TS::OK;
+}
+
+TEST(Core_RotatedRect, three_point_constructor) { Core_RotatedRectConstructorTest test; test.safe_run(); }