diff --git a/modules/viz/include/opencv2/viz/viz3d.hpp b/modules/viz/include/opencv2/viz/viz3d.hpp
index 806f782478..624798b81f 100644
--- a/modules/viz/include/opencv2/viz/viz3d.hpp
+++ b/modules/viz/include/opencv2/viz/viz3d.hpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ namespace temp_viz
         void showLine(const String &id, const Point3f &pt1, const Point3f &pt2, const Color &color);
         void showPlane(const String &id, const Vec4f &coefs, const Color &color);
         void showPlane(const String &id, const Vec4f &coefs, const Point3f &pt, const Color &color);
+        void showCube(const String &id, const Point3f &pt1, const Point3f &pt2, const Color &color);
 
         bool addPlane (const ModelCoefficients &coefficients, const String &id = "plane");
         bool addPlane (const ModelCoefficients &coefficients, double x, double y, double z, const String &id = "plane");
diff --git a/modules/viz/src/q/viz3d_impl.hpp b/modules/viz/src/q/viz3d_impl.hpp
index fb1855de95..3ba3e19ca1 100644
--- a/modules/viz/src/q/viz3d_impl.hpp
+++ b/modules/viz/src/q/viz3d_impl.hpp
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ public:
     void showLine (const String &id, const cv::Point3f &pt1, const cv::Point3f &pt2, const Color &color);
     void showPlane (const String &id, const cv::Vec4f &coefs, const Color &color);
     void showPlane (const String &id ,const cv::Vec4f &coefs, const cv::Point3f &pt, const Color &color);
+    void showCube (const String &id, const Point3f &pt1, const Point3f &pt2, const Color &color);
 
     bool addPolygon(const cv::Mat& cloud, const Color& color, const std::string &id = "polygon");
     bool addArrow (const cv::Point3f &pt1, const cv::Point3f &pt2, const Color& color, bool display_length, const std::string &id = "arrow");
diff --git a/modules/viz/src/viz3d.cpp b/modules/viz/src/viz3d.cpp
index ec8cf73c9c..c5bd70c8d4 100644
--- a/modules/viz/src/viz3d.cpp
+++ b/modules/viz/src/viz3d.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ void temp_viz::Viz3d::showPlane(const String &id, const Vec4f &coefs, const Poin
     impl_->showPlane(id, coefs, pt, color);
 }
 
+void temp_viz::Viz3d::showCube(const String &id, const Point3f &pt1, const Point3f &pt2, const Color &color)
+{
+    impl_->showCube(id, pt1, pt2, color);
+}
+
 bool temp_viz::Viz3d::removeCoordinateSystem (const String &id)
 {
     return impl_->removeCoordinateSystem(id);
diff --git a/modules/viz/src/viz3d_impl.cpp b/modules/viz/src/viz3d_impl.cpp
index dfa64d9310..6c32a55292 100644
--- a/modules/viz/src/viz3d_impl.cpp
+++ b/modules/viz/src/viz3d_impl.cpp
@@ -372,6 +372,41 @@ void temp_viz::Viz3d::VizImpl::showPlane (const String &id ,const cv::Vec4f &coe
     }
 }
 
+void temp_viz::Viz3d::VizImpl::showCube (const String &id, const Point3f &pt1, const Point3f &pt2, const Color &color)
+{
+    // Check if this Id already exists
+    ShapeActorMap::iterator am_it = shape_actor_map_->find (id);
+    bool exists = (am_it != shape_actor_map_->end());
+    Color c = vtkcolor(color);
+    // If it exists just update
+    if (exists)
+    {
+        vtkSmartPointer<vtkLODActor> actor = vtkLODActor::SafeDownCast (am_it->second);
+        reinterpret_cast<vtkDataSetMapper*>(actor->GetMapper ())->SetInput(createCube(pt1, pt2));
+        actor->GetProperty ()->SetColor (c.val);
+        actor->GetMapper ()->ScalarVisibilityOff ();
+        actor->Modified ();
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        // Create a plane
+        vtkSmartPointer<vtkDataSet> data = createCube (pt1, pt2);
+
+        // Create an Actor
+        vtkSmartPointer<vtkLODActor> actor;
+        createActorFromVTKDataSet (data, actor);
+        //  actor->GetProperty ()->SetRepresentationToWireframe ();
+        actor->GetProperty ()->SetRepresentationToSurface ();
+        actor->GetProperty ()->SetLighting (false);
+        actor->GetProperty ()->SetColor (c.val);
+        actor->GetMapper ()->ScalarVisibilityOff ();
+        renderer_->AddActor(actor);
+
+        // Save the pointer/ID pair to the global actor map
+        (*shape_actor_map_)[id] = actor;
+    }
+}
+
 
 bool temp_viz::Viz3d::VizImpl::addPolygonMesh (const Mesh3d& mesh, const Mat& mask, const std::string &id)
 {
diff --git a/modules/viz/test/test_viz3d.cpp b/modules/viz/test/test_viz3d.cpp
index 3d3d2c108d..4c3490ce07 100644
--- a/modules/viz/test/test_viz3d.cpp
+++ b/modules/viz/test/test_viz3d.cpp
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ TEST(Viz_viz3d, accuracy)
         v.showLine("line3", cv::Point3f(0.0,0.0,0.0), cv::Point3f(pos_x, 1.0f-pos_y, pos_z) , temp_viz::Color(255-col_blue, 255-col_green, 255-col_red));
         v.showLine("line4", cv::Point3f(0.0,0.0,0.0), cv::Point3f(pos_x, pos_y, 1.0f-pos_z) , temp_viz::Color(255-col_blue, 255-col_green, 255-col_red));
         v.showPlane("plane1", cv::Vec4f(pos_x*pos_y,pos_y,pos_z,pos_x+pos_y*pos_z), temp_viz::Color(255-col_blue, 255-col_green, 255-col_red));
+        v.showCube("cube1", cv::Point3f(pos_x, pos_y, pos_z), cv::Point3f(pos_x+0.5, pos_y+0.5, pos_z+0.5), temp_viz::Color(255,150,50));
         
         angle_x += 0.1f;
         angle_y -= 0.1f;