diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.inl.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.inl.hpp
index 54103401f0..b4b1418794 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.inl.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.inl.hpp
@@ -1338,6 +1338,11 @@ Mat_<_Tp>::Mat_(int _dims, const int* _sz, const _Tp& _s)
     : Mat(_dims, _sz, DataType<_Tp>::type, Scalar(_s))
 {}
 
+template<typename _Tp> inline
+Mat_<_Tp>::Mat_(int _dims, const int* _sz, _Tp* _data, const size_t* _steps)
+    : Mat(_dims, _sz, DataType<_Tp>::type, _data, _steps)
+{}
+
 template<typename _Tp> inline
 Mat_<_Tp>::Mat_(const Mat_<_Tp>& m, const Range* ranges)
     : Mat(m, ranges)