diff --git a/modules/core/src/persistence_types.cpp b/modules/core/src/persistence_types.cpp
index cd4fad05fb..5bf419ec06 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/persistence_types.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/persistence_types.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ void write( FileStorage& fs, const String& name, const Mat& m )
 {
     char dt[22];
 
-    if( m.dims <= 2 )
+    if( m.dims == 2 || m.empty() )
     {
         fs.startWriteStruct(name, FileNode::MAP, String("opencv-matrix"));
         fs << "rows" << m.rows;
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ void read(const FileNode& node, Mat& m, const Mat& default_mat)
     CV_Assert(!data_node.empty());
 
     size_t nelems = data_node.size();
+    if (nelems == 0)
+        m = Mat();
     CV_Assert(nelems == m.total()*m.channels());
 
     data_node.readRaw(dt, (uchar*)m.ptr(), m.total()*m.elemSize());
diff --git a/modules/core/test/test_io.cpp b/modules/core/test/test_io.cpp
index fd6cbace2d..be56329068 100644
--- a/modules/core/test/test_io.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/test/test_io.cpp
@@ -2025,4 +2025,49 @@ TEST(Core_InputOutput, FileStorage_invalid_attribute_value_regression_25946)
     ASSERT_EQ(0, std::remove(fileName.c_str()));
 }
 
+template <typename T>
+T fsWriteRead(const T& expectedValue, const char* ext)
+{
+    std::string fname = cv::tempfile(ext);
+    FileStorage fs_w(fname, FileStorage::WRITE);
+    fs_w << "value" << expectedValue;
+    fs_w.release();
+
+    FileStorage fs_r(fname, FileStorage::READ);
+
+    T value;
+    fs_r["value"] >> value;
+    return value;
+}
+
+void testExactMat(const Mat& src, const char* ext)
+{
+    bool srcIsEmpty = src.empty();
+    Mat dst = fsWriteRead(src, ext);
+    EXPECT_EQ(dst.empty(), srcIsEmpty);
+    EXPECT_EQ(src.dims, dst.dims);
+    EXPECT_EQ(src.size, dst.size);
+    EXPECT_EQ(cv::norm(src, dst, NORM_INF), 0.0);
+}
+
+typedef testing::TestWithParam<const char*> FileStorage_exact_type;
+TEST_P(FileStorage_exact_type, empty_mat)
+{
+    testExactMat(Mat(), GetParam());
+}
+
+TEST_P(FileStorage_exact_type, mat_0d)
+{
+    testExactMat(Mat({}, CV_32S, Scalar(8)), GetParam());
+}
+
+TEST_P(FileStorage_exact_type, mat_1d)
+{
+    testExactMat(Mat({1}, CV_32S, Scalar(8)), GetParam());
+}
+
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(Core_InputOutput,
+    FileStorage_exact_type, Values(".yml", ".xml", ".json")
+);
+
 }} // namespace