diff --git a/modules/videoio/include/opencv2/videoio.hpp b/modules/videoio/include/opencv2/videoio.hpp
index 281d51eded..e5d9627343 100644
--- a/modules/videoio/include/opencv2/videoio.hpp
+++ b/modules/videoio/include/opencv2/videoio.hpp
@@ -649,6 +649,18 @@ public:
     */
     CV_WRAP VideoCapture(int index);
 
+    /** @overload
+    @brief  Opens a camera for video capturing
+
+    @param index id of the video capturing device to open. To open default camera using default backend just pass 0.
+    (to backward compatibility usage of camera_id + domain_offset (CAP_*) is valid when apiPreference is CAP_ANY)
+    @param apiPreference preferred Capture API backends to use. Can be used to enforce a specific reader
+    implementation if multiple are available: e.g. cv::CAP_DSHOW or cv::CAP_MSMF or cv::CAP_V4L2.
+
+    @sa The list of supported API backends cv::VideoCaptureAPIs
+    */
+    CV_WRAP VideoCapture(int index, int apiPreference);
+
     /** @brief Default destructor
 
     The method first calls VideoCapture::release to close the already opened file or camera.
diff --git a/modules/videoio/src/cap.cpp b/modules/videoio/src/cap.cpp
index ff0bc6f609..36339703e6 100644
--- a/modules/videoio/src/cap.cpp
+++ b/modules/videoio/src/cap.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ VideoCapture::VideoCapture(int index)
     open(index);
 }
 
+VideoCapture::VideoCapture(int index, int apiPreference)
+{
+    CV_TRACE_FUNCTION();
+    open(index, apiPreference);
+}
+
 VideoCapture::~VideoCapture()
 {
     CV_TRACE_FUNCTION();
@@ -127,6 +133,17 @@ bool  VideoCapture::open(int cameraNum, int apiPreference)
 
     if (isOpened()) release();
 
+    if (apiPreference == CAP_ANY)
+    {
+        // interpret preferred interface (0 = autodetect)
+        int backendID = (cameraNum / 100) * 100;
+        if (backendID)
+        {
+            cameraNum %= 100;
+            apiPreference = backendID;
+        }
+    }
+
     const std::vector<VideoBackendInfo> backends = cv::videoio_registry::getAvailableBackends_CaptureByIndex();
     for (size_t i = 0; i < backends.size(); i++)
     {
@@ -156,14 +173,7 @@ bool VideoCapture::open(int index)
 {
     CV_TRACE_FUNCTION();
 
-    // interpret preferred interface (0 = autodetect)
-    int backendID = (index / 100) * 100;
-    if (backendID)
-    {
-        index %= 100;
-    }
-
-    return open(index, backendID);
+    return open(index, CAP_ANY);
 }
 
 bool VideoCapture::isOpened() const