diff --git a/modules/highgui/include/opencv2/highgui.hpp b/modules/highgui/include/opencv2/highgui.hpp
index 2f44c897de..f05825f784 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/include/opencv2/highgui.hpp
+++ b/modules/highgui/include/opencv2/highgui.hpp
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ enum { IMREAD_UNCHANGED  = -1, // 8bit, color or not
 
 enum { IMWRITE_JPEG_QUALITY     = 1,
        IMWRITE_JPEG_PROGRESSIVE = 2,
+       IMWRITE_JPEG_OPTIMIZE    = 3,
        IMWRITE_PNG_COMPRESSION  = 16,
        IMWRITE_PNG_STRATEGY     = 17,
        IMWRITE_PNG_BILEVEL      = 18,
diff --git a/modules/highgui/include/opencv2/highgui/highgui_c.h b/modules/highgui/include/opencv2/highgui/highgui_c.h
index 699c5b6b46..130302150f 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/include/opencv2/highgui/highgui_c.h
+++ b/modules/highgui/include/opencv2/highgui/highgui_c.h
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ enum
 {
     CV_IMWRITE_JPEG_QUALITY =1,
     CV_IMWRITE_JPEG_PROGRESSIVE =2,
+    CV_IMWRITE_JPEG_OPTIMIZE =3,
     CV_IMWRITE_PNG_COMPRESSION =16,
     CV_IMWRITE_PNG_STRATEGY =17,
     CV_IMWRITE_PNG_BILEVEL =18,
diff --git a/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_jpeg.cpp b/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_jpeg.cpp
index 383dbdcf55..147f185e4c 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_jpeg.cpp
+++ b/modules/highgui/src/grfmt_jpeg.cpp
@@ -599,6 +599,7 @@ bool JpegEncoder::write( const Mat& img, const std::vector<int>& params )
 
         int quality = 95;
         int progressive = 0;
+        int optimize = 0;
 
         for( size_t i = 0; i < params.size(); i += 2 )
         {
@@ -612,6 +613,11 @@ bool JpegEncoder::write( const Mat& img, const std::vector<int>& params )
             {
                 progressive = params[i+1];
             }
+
+            if( params[i] == CV_IMWRITE_JPEG_OPTIMIZE )
+            {
+                optimize = params[i+1];
+            }
         }
 
         jpeg_set_defaults( &cinfo );
@@ -619,6 +625,8 @@ bool JpegEncoder::write( const Mat& img, const std::vector<int>& params )
                           TRUE /* limit to baseline-JPEG values */ );
         if( progressive )
             jpeg_simple_progression( &cinfo );
+        if( optimize )
+            cinfo.optimize_coding = TRUE;
         jpeg_start_compress( &cinfo, TRUE );
 
         if( channels > 1 )
diff --git a/modules/highgui/test/test_grfmt.cpp b/modules/highgui/test/test_grfmt.cpp
index bfb396881e..2f76406296 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/test/test_grfmt.cpp
+++ b/modules/highgui/test/test_grfmt.cpp
@@ -410,6 +410,30 @@ TEST(Highgui_Jpeg, encode_decode_progressive_jpeg)
 
     remove(output_progressive.c_str());
 }
+
+TEST(Highgui_Jpeg, encode_decode_optimize_jpeg)
+{
+    cvtest::TS& ts = *cvtest::TS::ptr();
+    string input = string(ts.get_data_path()) + "../cv/shared/lena.png";
+    cv::Mat img = cv::imread(input);
+    ASSERT_FALSE(img.empty());
+
+    std::vector<int> params;
+    params.push_back(IMWRITE_JPEG_OPTIMIZE);
+    params.push_back(1);
+
+    string output_optimized = cv::tempfile(".jpg");
+    EXPECT_NO_THROW(cv::imwrite(output_optimized, img, params));
+    cv::Mat img_jpg_optimized = cv::imread(output_optimized);
+
+    string output_normal = cv::tempfile(".jpg");
+    EXPECT_NO_THROW(cv::imwrite(output_normal, img));
+    cv::Mat img_jpg_normal = cv::imread(output_normal);
+
+    EXPECT_EQ(0, cv::norm(img_jpg_optimized, img_jpg_normal, NORM_INF));
+
+    remove(output_optimized.c_str());
+}
 #endif