diff --git a/modules/core/misc/python/pyopencv_core.hpp b/modules/core/misc/python/pyopencv_core.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..782dd5a73b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core/misc/python/pyopencv_core.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#ifndef OPENCV_CORE_PYOPENCV_CORE_HPP
+#define OPENCV_CORE_PYOPENCV_CORE_HPP
+
+#ifdef HAVE_OPENCV_CORE
+
+static PyObject* pycvMakeType(PyObject* , PyObject* args, PyObject* kw) {
+    const char *keywords[] = { "depth", "channels", NULL };
+
+    int depth, channels;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "ii", (char**)keywords, &depth, &channels))
+        return NULL;
+
+    int type = CV_MAKETYPE(depth, channels);
+    return PyInt_FromLong(type);
+}
+
+#define PYOPENCV_EXTRA_METHODS_CV \
+  {"CV_MAKETYPE", CV_PY_FN_WITH_KW(pycvMakeType), "CV_MAKETYPE(depth, channels) -> retval"},
+
+#endif  // HAVE_OPENCV_CORE
+#endif  // OPENCV_CORE_PYOPENCV_CORE_HPP
diff --git a/modules/python/test/test_misc.py b/modules/python/test/test_misc.py
index 0e5f5bc018..2bd6d0890f 100644
--- a/modules/python/test/test_misc.py
+++ b/modules/python/test/test_misc.py
@@ -142,6 +142,15 @@ class Bindings(NewOpenCVTests):
         with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
             obj.except_ = 32
 
+    def test_maketype(self):
+        data = {
+            cv.CV_8UC3: [cv.CV_8U, 3],
+            cv.CV_16SC1: [cv.CV_16S, 1],
+            cv.CV_32FC4: [cv.CV_32F, 4],
+            cv.CV_64FC2: [cv.CV_64F, 2],
+        }
+        for ref, (depth, channels) in data.items():
+            self.assertEqual(ref, cv.CV_MAKETYPE(depth, channels))
 
 
 class Arguments(NewOpenCVTests):