diff --git a/doc/tutorials/core/how_to_use_OpenCV_parallel_for_/how_to_use_OpenCV_parallel_for_.markdown b/doc/tutorials/core/how_to_use_OpenCV_parallel_for_/how_to_use_OpenCV_parallel_for_.markdown
index f2a511fc21..f37b81e060 100644
--- a/doc/tutorials/core/how_to_use_OpenCV_parallel_for_/how_to_use_OpenCV_parallel_for_.markdown
+++ b/doc/tutorials/core/how_to_use_OpenCV_parallel_for_/how_to_use_OpenCV_parallel_for_.markdown
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ The first thing is to declare a custom class that inherits from @ref cv::Paralle
 `virtual void operator ()(const cv::Range& range) const`.
 
 The range in the `operator ()` represents the subset of pixels that will be treated by an individual thread.
-This splitting is done automatically to distribuate equally the computation load. We have to convert the pixel index coordinate
+This splitting is done automatically to distribute equally the computation load. We have to convert the pixel index coordinate
 to a 2D `[row, col]` coordinate. Also note that we have to keep a reference on the mat image to be able to modify in-place
 the image.
 
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ nstripes parameter in @ref cv::parallel_for_. For instance, if your processor ha
 or setting `nstripes=2` should be the same as by default it will use all the processor threads available but will split the
 workload only on two threads.
 
+@note
+C++ 11 standard allows to simplify the parallel implementation by get rid of the `ParallelMandelbrot` class and replacing it with lambda expression:
+
+@snippet how_to_use_OpenCV_parallel_for_.cpp mandelbrot-parallel-call-cxx11
+
 Results
 -----------
 
diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/utility.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/utility.hpp
index 8a923c9f42..411fc013dc 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/utility.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/utility.hpp
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@
 #include "opencv2/core.hpp"
 #include <ostream>
 
+#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
+#include <functional>
+#endif
+
 namespace cv
 {
 
@@ -478,6 +482,28 @@ public:
 */
 CV_EXPORTS void parallel_for_(const Range& range, const ParallelLoopBody& body, double nstripes=-1.);
 
+#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
+class ParallelLoopBodyLambdaWrapper : public ParallelLoopBody
+{
+private:
+    std::function<void(const Range&)> m_functor;
+public:
+    ParallelLoopBodyLambdaWrapper(std::function<void(const Range&)> functor) :
+        m_functor(functor)
+    { }
+
+    virtual void operator() (const cv::Range& range) const
+    {
+        m_functor(range);
+    }
+};
+
+inline void parallel_for_(const Range& range, std::function<void(const Range&)> functor, double nstripes=-1.)
+{
+    parallel_for_(range, ParallelLoopBodyLambdaWrapper(functor), nstripes);
+}
+#endif
+
 /////////////////////////////// forEach method of cv::Mat ////////////////////////////
 template<typename _Tp, typename Functor> inline
 void Mat::forEach_impl(const Functor& operation) {
diff --git a/samples/cpp/tutorial_code/core/how_to_use_OpenCV_parallel_for_/how_to_use_OpenCV_parallel_for_.cpp b/samples/cpp/tutorial_code/core/how_to_use_OpenCV_parallel_for_/how_to_use_OpenCV_parallel_for_.cpp
index c661b919b3..59dcb69954 100644
--- a/samples/cpp/tutorial_code/core/how_to_use_OpenCV_parallel_for_/how_to_use_OpenCV_parallel_for_.cpp
+++ b/samples/cpp/tutorial_code/core/how_to_use_OpenCV_parallel_for_/how_to_use_OpenCV_parallel_for_.cpp
@@ -101,10 +101,35 @@ int main()
     //! [mandelbrot-transformation]
 
     double t1 = (double) getTickCount();
+
+    #if __cplusplus >= 201103L
+
+    //! [mandelbrot-parallel-call-cxx11]
+    parallel_for_(Range(0, mandelbrotImg.rows*mandelbrotImg.cols), [&](const Range& range){
+        for (int r = range.start; r < range.end; r++)
+        {
+            int i = r / mandelbrotImg.cols;
+            int j = r % mandelbrotImg.cols;
+
+            float x0 = j / scaleX + x1;
+            float y0 = i / scaleY + y1;
+
+            complex<float> z0(x0, y0);
+            uchar value = (uchar) mandelbrotFormula(z0);
+            mandelbrotImg.ptr<uchar>(i)[j] = value;
+        }
+    });
+    //! [mandelbrot-parallel-call-cxx11]
+
+    #else
+
     //! [mandelbrot-parallel-call]
     ParallelMandelbrot parallelMandelbrot(mandelbrotImg, x1, y1, scaleX, scaleY);
     parallel_for_(Range(0, mandelbrotImg.rows*mandelbrotImg.cols), parallelMandelbrot);
     //! [mandelbrot-parallel-call]
+
+    #endif
+
     t1 = ((double) getTickCount() - t1) / getTickFrequency();
     cout << "Parallel Mandelbrot: " << t1 << " s" << endl;