diff --git a/samples/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
index b1f98e969d..34cb578a10 100644
--- a/samples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR)
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 add_subdirectory(cpp)
+add_subdirectory(java/tutorial_code)
 add_subdirectory(gpu)
 add_subdirectory(tapi)
 
@@ -78,6 +79,8 @@ endif()
 add_subdirectory(cpp)
 # FIXIT: can't use cvconfig.h in samples: add_subdirectory(gpu)
 
+add_subdirectory(java/tutorial_code)
+
 add_subdirectory(opencl)
 
 if(WIN32)
diff --git a/samples/java/tutorial_code/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/java/tutorial_code/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e301cf254f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/java/tutorial_code/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  CMake file for Java tutorials compilation.
+#
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+if(NOT ANT_EXECUTABLE)
+  return()
+endif()
+
+project(compile_java_tutorials)
+
+set(curdir "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+set(opencv_tutorial_java_bin_dir "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.compiled")
+set(target_name "compile_java_tutorials")
+set(TUTORIALS_DIRS "")
+
+FILE(GLOB children RELATIVE ${curdir} ${curdir}/*/*)
+FOREACH(child ${children})
+  if(IS_DIRECTORY ${curdir}/${child})
+    FILE(GLOB contains_java_files "${child}/*.java")
+    if(contains_java_files)
+      LIST(APPEND TUTORIALS_DIRS ${child})
+    endif()
+  endif()
+ENDFOREACH()
+
+add_custom_target("${target_name}" ALL
+                  DEPENDS opencv_java
+                 )
+
+FOREACH(tutorial_dir ${TUTORIALS_DIRS})
+  get_filename_component(tutorial_name ${tutorial_dir} NAME_WE)
+  add_custom_command(TARGET "${target_name}"
+                     COMMAND ${ANT_EXECUTABLE} -q
+                          -DocvJarDir="${OpenCV_BINARY_DIR}/bin"
+                          -DsrcDir="${tutorial_dir}"
+                          -DdstDir="${opencv_tutorial_java_bin_dir}/${tutorial_name}"
+                     WORKING_DIRECTORY "${curdir}"
+                     COMMENT "Compile the tutorial: ${tutorial_name}"
+                    )
+ENDFOREACH()
diff --git a/samples/java/tutorial_code/build.xml b/samples/java/tutorial_code/build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4bba3c97f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/java/tutorial_code/build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<project default="compile">
+
+    <property name="lib.dir"     value="${ocvJarDir}"/>
+    <path id="classpath">
+        <fileset dir="${lib.dir}" includes="**/*.jar"/>
+    </path>
+
+    <target name="compile">
+        <mkdir dir="${dstDir}"/>
+        <javac includeantruntime="false" srcdir="${srcDir}" destdir="${dstDir}" classpathref="classpath"/>
+    </target>
+
+</project>