diff --git a/samples/dnn/models.yml b/samples/dnn/models.yml
index 4d2774c71e..f72a385942 100644
--- a/samples/dnn/models.yml
+++ b/samples/dnn/models.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,22 @@ opencv_fd:
   rgb: false
   sample: "object_detection"
 
+# YOLOv8 object detection family from ultralytics (https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics)
+# Might be used for all YOLOv8n YOLOv8s YOLOv8m YOLOv8l and YOLOv8x
+yolov8x:
+  load_info:
+    url: "https://huggingface.co/cabelo/yolov8/resolve/main/yolov8x.onnx?download=true"
+    sha1: "462f15d668c046d38e27d3df01fe8142dd004cb4"
+  model: "yolov8x.onnx"
+  mean: 0.0
+  scale: 0.00392
+  width: 640
+  height: 640
+  rgb: true
+  classes: "object_detection_classes_yolo.txt"
+  background_label_id: 0
+  sample: "yolo_detector"
+
 # YOLO4 object detection family from Darknet (https://github.com/AlexeyAB/darknet)
 # YOLO object detection family from Darknet (https://pjreddie.com/darknet/yolo/)
 # Might be used for all YOLOv2, TinyYolov2, YOLOv3, YOLOv4 and TinyYolov4