diff --git a/modules/dnn/include/opencv2/dnn/shape_utils.hpp b/modules/dnn/include/opencv2/dnn/shape_utils.hpp
index 609809e110..b77333bd48 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/include/opencv2/dnn/shape_utils.hpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/include/opencv2/dnn/shape_utils.hpp
@@ -235,6 +235,23 @@ Range normalize_axis_range(const Range& r, int axisSize)
     return clamped;
 }
 
+static inline
+bool isAllOnes(const MatShape &inputShape, int startPos, int endPos)
+{
+    CV_Assert(!inputShape.empty());
+
+    CV_CheckGE((int) inputShape.size(), startPos, "");
+    CV_CheckGE(startPos, 0, "");
+    CV_CheckLE(startPos, endPos, "");
+    CV_CheckLE((size_t)endPos, inputShape.size(), "");
+
+    for (size_t i = startPos; i < endPos; i++)
+    {
+        if (inputShape[i] != 1)
+            return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
 CV__DNN_EXPERIMENTAL_NS_END
 }
 }
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/eltwise_layer.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/eltwise_layer.cpp
index 77e1a1171a..f30bb6b43d 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/eltwise_layer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/eltwise_layer.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include "../op_halide.hpp"
 #include "../op_inf_engine.hpp"
 #include "../ie_ngraph.hpp"
+#include <opencv2/dnn/shape_utils.hpp>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_OPENCL
 #include "opencl_kernels_dnn.hpp"
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ public:
         : outputChannels(0)
     {
         setParamsFrom(params);
+        hasVecInput = false;
         op = SUM;
         if (params.has("operation"))
         {
@@ -149,6 +151,9 @@ public:
 
     virtual bool supportBackend(int backendId) CV_OVERRIDE
     {
+        if (hasVecInput && ELTWISE_CHANNNELS_SAME)
+            return backendId == DNN_BACKEND_OPENCV;
+
         return backendId == DNN_BACKEND_OPENCV ||
                backendId == DNN_BACKEND_HALIDE ||
                ((((backendId == DNN_BACKEND_INFERENCE_ENGINE_NN_BUILDER_2019 && (preferableTarget != DNN_TARGET_OPENCL || coeffs.empty()))
@@ -197,9 +202,6 @@ public:
             {
                 CV_Assert(0 && "Internal error");
             }
-
-            for (size_t j = 2; j < dims; j++)
-                CV_Assert(inputs[0][j] == inputs[i][j]);
         }
 
         channelsMode = variableChannels ? channelsModeInput : ELTWISE_CHANNNELS_SAME;
@@ -207,9 +209,56 @@ public:
 
         outputs.assign(1, inputs[0]);
         outputs[0][1] = numChannels;
+
+        if (dims > 2)
+        {
+            size_t vecIdx = 0;
+            bool isVecFound = false;
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < inputs.size(); i++)
+            {
+                bool allOnes = isAllOnes(inputs[i], 2, dims);
+                if (!allOnes && !isVecFound)
+                {
+                    vecIdx = i;
+                    isVecFound = true;
+                }
+
+                if (!allOnes && i != vecIdx)
+                {
+                    for (size_t j = 2; j < dims; j++)
+                    {
+                         CV_Assert(inputs[vecIdx][j] == inputs[i][j]);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (channelsModeInput == ELTWISE_CHANNNELS_SAME && isVecFound)
+            {
+                for (size_t j = 2; j < dims; j++)
+                {
+                    outputs[0][j] = inputs[vecIdx][j];
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         return false;
     }
 
+    void finalize(InputArrayOfArrays inputs_arr, OutputArrayOfArrays) CV_OVERRIDE
+    {
+        std::vector<Mat> inputs;
+        inputs_arr.getMatVector(inputs);
+
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < inputs.size(); i++)
+        {
+            MatShape inpShape = shape(inputs[i].size);
+            if (isAllOnes(inpShape, 2, inputs[i].dims))
+            {
+                hasVecInput = true;
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
     class EltwiseInvoker : public ParallelLoopBody
     {
@@ -502,6 +551,9 @@ public:
         if ((inputs_.depth() == CV_16S && op != SUM) || (channelsMode != ELTWISE_CHANNNELS_SAME))
             return false;
 
+        if (hasVecInput)
+            return false; // TODO not implemented yet: https://github.com/opencv/opencv/pull/19477
+
         inputs_.getUMatVector(inputs);
         outputs_.getUMatVector(outputs);
 
@@ -602,6 +654,47 @@ public:
 
         CV_Assert(outputs.size() == 1);
         const int nstripes = getNumThreads();
+
+        if (channelsModeInput == ELTWISE_CHANNNELS_SAME && inputs[0].dims > 2)
+        {
+            for (size_t i = 0; i < inputs.size(); i++)
+            {
+                MatShape inpShape = shape(inputs[i].size);
+                bool allOnes = isAllOnes(inpShape, 2, inputs[i].dims);
+
+                if (allOnes)
+                {
+                    Mat tmpInput = inputs[i];
+                    MatShape outShape = shape(outputs[0].size);
+                    size_t xSize = outShape[2];
+                    for (size_t j = 3; j < outShape.size(); j++)
+                        xSize *= outShape[j];
+
+                    int dimVec[3] = {outShape[0], outShape[1], (int) xSize};
+                    std::vector<int> matSizesVec(&dimVec[0], &dimVec[0] + 3);
+                    inputs[i] = Mat(matSizesVec, tmpInput.type());
+
+                    std::vector<int> idx(outShape.size(), 0);
+                    std::vector<int> outIdx(inpShape.size(), 0);
+
+                    for (size_t j = 0; j < outShape[0]; j++)
+                    {
+                        outIdx[0] = idx[0] = j;
+                        for(size_t k = 0; k < outShape[1]; k++)
+                        {
+                            outIdx[1] = idx[1] = k;
+                            for (size_t x = 0; x < xSize; x++)
+                            {
+                                outIdx[2] = x;
+                                inputs[i].at<float>(outIdx.data()) = tmpInput.at<float>(idx.data());
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    inputs[i] = inputs[i].reshape(0, outShape);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         EltwiseInvoker::run(*this,
                             &inputs[0], (int)inputs.size(), outputs[0],
                             nstripes);
@@ -739,6 +832,9 @@ public:
     }
 
     Ptr<ActivationLayer> activ;
+
+private:
+    bool hasVecInput;
 };
 
 Ptr<EltwiseLayer> EltwiseLayer::create(const LayerParams& params)
diff --git a/modules/dnn/test/test_tf_importer.cpp b/modules/dnn/test/test_tf_importer.cpp
index 6a1a44f03a..62a559a672 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/test/test_tf_importer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/test/test_tf_importer.cpp
@@ -205,6 +205,11 @@ TEST_P(Test_TensorFlow_layers, eltwise)
     runTensorFlowNet("eltwise_sub");
 }
 
+TEST_P(Test_TensorFlow_layers, eltwise_add_vec)
+{
+    runTensorFlowNet("eltwise_add_vec");
+}
+
 TEST_P(Test_TensorFlow_layers, channel_broadcast)
 {
     if (backend == DNN_BACKEND_INFERENCE_ENGINE_NN_BUILDER_2019)