diff --git a/modules/js/src/core_bindings.cpp b/modules/js/src/core_bindings.cpp
index d5bf9b076c..361a76fd54 100644
--- a/modules/js/src/core_bindings.cpp
+++ b/modules/js/src/core_bindings.cpp
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ EMSCRIPTEN_BINDINGS(binding_utils)
         .function("colRange", select_overload<Mat(int, int)const>(&cv::Mat::colRange))
         .function("colRange", select_overload<Mat(const Range&)const>(&cv::Mat::colRange))
         .function("step1", select_overload<size_t(int)const>(&cv::Mat::step1))
-        .function("clone", select_overload<Mat()const>(&cv::Mat::clone))
+        .function("mat_clone", select_overload<Mat()const>(&cv::Mat::clone))
         .function("depth", select_overload<int()const>(&cv::Mat::depth))
         .function("col", select_overload<Mat(int)const>(&cv::Mat::col))
         .function("dot", select_overload<double(const Mat&, const Mat&)>(&binding_utils::matDot))
diff --git a/modules/js/test/test_mat.js b/modules/js/test/test_mat.js
index a1d5c98b17..f0c5211568 100644
--- a/modules/js/test/test_mat.js
+++ b/modules/js/test/test_mat.js
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ QUnit.test('test_mat_creation', function(assert) {
     //   clone
     {
         let mat = cv.Mat.ones(5, 5, cv.CV_8UC1);
-        let mat2 = mat.clone();
+        let mat2 = mat.mat_clone();
 
         assert.equal(mat.channels, mat2.channels);
         assert.equal(mat.size().height, mat2.size().height);