diff --git a/modules/gapi/include/opencv2/gapi/infer/bindings_onnx.hpp b/modules/gapi/include/opencv2/gapi/infer/bindings_onnx.hpp
index 0b6dab6a9d..f7bb259924 100644
--- a/modules/gapi/include/opencv2/gapi/infer/bindings_onnx.hpp
+++ b/modules/gapi/include/opencv2/gapi/infer/bindings_onnx.hpp
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ public:
     GAPI_WRAP
     PyParams& cfgSessionOptions(const std::map<std::string, std::string>& options);
 
+    GAPI_WRAP
+    PyParams& cfgOptLevel(const int opt_level);
+
     GBackend backend() const;
     std::string tag() const;
     cv::util::any params() const;
diff --git a/modules/gapi/include/opencv2/gapi/infer/onnx.hpp b/modules/gapi/include/opencv2/gapi/infer/onnx.hpp
index fd0f69a768..eb6316b446 100644
--- a/modules/gapi/include/opencv2/gapi/infer/onnx.hpp
+++ b/modules/gapi/include/opencv2/gapi/infer/onnx.hpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <opencv2/gapi/opencv_includes.hpp>
 #include <opencv2/gapi/util/any.hpp>
+#include <opencv2/gapi/util/optional.hpp>
 
 #include <opencv2/core/cvdef.h>     // GAPI_EXPORTS
 #include <opencv2/gapi/gkernel.hpp> // GKernelPackage
@@ -354,6 +355,7 @@ struct ParamDesc {
     std::map<std::string, std::string> session_options;
     std::vector<cv::gapi::onnx::ep::EP> execution_providers;
     bool disable_mem_pattern;
+    cv::util::optional<int> opt_level;
 };
 } // namespace detail
 
@@ -648,6 +650,17 @@ public:
         return *this;
     }
 
+    /** @brief Configures optimization level for ONNX Runtime.
+
+    @param opt_level [optimization level]: Valid values are 0 (disable), 1 (basic), 2 (extended), 99 (all).
+    Please see onnxruntime_c_api.h (enum GraphOptimizationLevel) for the full list of all optimization levels.
+    @return the reference on modified object.
+    */
+    Params<Net>& cfgOptLevel(const int opt_level) {
+        desc.opt_level = cv::util::make_optional(opt_level);
+        return *this;
+    }
+
     // BEGIN(G-API's network parametrization API)
     GBackend      backend() const { return cv::gapi::onnx::backend(); }
     std::string   tag()     const { return Net::tag(); }
@@ -675,7 +688,7 @@ public:
     @param model_path path to model file (.onnx file).
     */
     Params(const std::string& tag, const std::string& model_path)
-        : desc{model_path, 0u, 0u, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, true, {}, {}, {}, {}, false}, m_tag(tag) {}
+        : desc{ model_path, 0u, 0u, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, {}, true, {}, {}, {}, {}, false, {} }, m_tag(tag) {}
 
     /** @see onnx::Params::cfgMeanStdDev. */
     void cfgMeanStdDev(const std::string &layer,
@@ -724,6 +737,11 @@ public:
         desc.session_options.insert(options.begin(), options.end());
     }
 
+/** @see onnx::Params::cfgOptLevel. */
+    void cfgOptLevel(const int opt_level) {
+        desc.opt_level = cv::util::make_optional(opt_level);
+    }
+
     // BEGIN(G-API's network parametrization API)
     GBackend      backend() const { return cv::gapi::onnx::backend(); }
     std::string   tag()     const { return m_tag; }
diff --git a/modules/gapi/src/backends/onnx/bindings_onnx.cpp b/modules/gapi/src/backends/onnx/bindings_onnx.cpp
index 294ad8a3cc..5a2e3d2f6d 100644
--- a/modules/gapi/src/backends/onnx/bindings_onnx.cpp
+++ b/modules/gapi/src/backends/onnx/bindings_onnx.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ cv::gapi::onnx::PyParams::cfgSessionOptions(const std::map<std::string, std::str
     return *this;
 }
 
+cv::gapi::onnx::PyParams&
+cv::gapi::onnx::PyParams::cfgOptLevel(const int opt_level) {
+    m_priv->cfgOptLevel(opt_level);
+    return *this;
+}
+
 cv::gapi::GBackend cv::gapi::onnx::PyParams::backend() const {
     return m_priv->backend();
 }
diff --git a/modules/gapi/src/backends/onnx/gonnxbackend.cpp b/modules/gapi/src/backends/onnx/gonnxbackend.cpp
index 0d9a16a7bd..fc9b12b081 100644
--- a/modules/gapi/src/backends/onnx/gonnxbackend.cpp
+++ b/modules/gapi/src/backends/onnx/gonnxbackend.cpp
@@ -701,6 +701,26 @@ namespace cv {
 namespace gimpl {
 namespace onnx {
 
+static GraphOptimizationLevel convertToGraphOptimizationLevel(const int opt_level) {
+    switch (opt_level) {
+    case ORT_DISABLE_ALL:
+        return ORT_DISABLE_ALL;
+    case ORT_ENABLE_BASIC:
+        return ORT_ENABLE_BASIC;
+    case ORT_ENABLE_EXTENDED:
+        return ORT_ENABLE_EXTENDED;
+    case ORT_ENABLE_ALL:
+        return ORT_ENABLE_ALL;
+    default:
+        if (opt_level > ORT_ENABLE_ALL) {  // relax constraint
+            return ORT_ENABLE_ALL;
+        }
+        else {
+            cv::util::throw_error(std::invalid_argument("Invalid argument opt_level = " + std::to_string(opt_level)));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 ONNXCompiled::ONNXCompiled(const gapi::onnx::detail::ParamDesc &pp)
     : params(pp) {
     // Validate input parameters before allocating any resources
@@ -726,6 +746,10 @@ ONNXCompiled::ONNXCompiled(const gapi::onnx::detail::ParamDesc &pp)
     if (pp.disable_mem_pattern) {
         session_options.DisableMemPattern();
     }
+
+    if (pp.opt_level.has_value()) {
+        session_options.SetGraphOptimizationLevel(convertToGraphOptimizationLevel(pp.opt_level.value()));
+    }
     this_env = Ort::Env(ORT_LOGGING_LEVEL_WARNING, "");
 #ifndef _WIN32
     this_session = Ort::Session(this_env, params.model_path.data(), session_options);