diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/persistence.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/persistence.hpp
index 8d48759714..cf09891006 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/persistence.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/persistence.hpp
@@ -462,6 +462,11 @@ public:
      */
     static String getDefaultObjectName(const String& filename);
 
+    /** @brief Returns the current format.
+     * @returns The current format, see FileStorage::Mode
+     */
+    CV_WRAP int getFormat() const;
+
     Ptr<CvFileStorage> fs; //!< the underlying C FileStorage structure
     String elname; //!< the currently written element
     std::vector<char> structs; //!< the stack of written structures
diff --git a/modules/core/src/persistence.cpp b/modules/core/src/persistence.cpp
index bb4d953d4a..ef655e0338 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/persistence.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/persistence.cpp
@@ -6920,6 +6920,12 @@ FileNode FileStorage::root(int streamidx) const
     return isOpened() ? FileNode(fs, cvGetRootFileNode(fs, streamidx)) : FileNode();
 }
 
+int FileStorage::getFormat() const
+{
+    CV_Assert(!fs.empty());
+    return fs->fmt & FORMAT_MASK;
+}
+
 FileStorage& operator << (FileStorage& fs, const String& str)
 {
     CV_TRACE_REGION_VERBOSE();
diff --git a/modules/core/test/test_io.cpp b/modules/core/test/test_io.cpp
index 253d2a60f0..939e80d7fb 100644
--- a/modules/core/test/test_io.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/test/test_io.cpp
@@ -1236,3 +1236,59 @@ TEST(Core_InputOutput, FileStorage_DMatch_vector_vector)
         }
     }
 }
+
+TEST(Core_InputOutput, FileStorage_format_xml)
+{
+    FileStorage fs;
+    fs.open("opencv_storage.xml", FileStorage::WRITE | FileStorage::MEMORY);
+    EXPECT_EQ(FileStorage::FORMAT_XML, fs.getFormat());
+}
+
+TEST(Core_InputOutput, FileStorage_format_xml_gz)
+{
+    FileStorage fs;
+    fs.open("opencv_storage.xml.gz", FileStorage::WRITE | FileStorage::MEMORY);
+    EXPECT_EQ(FileStorage::FORMAT_XML, fs.getFormat());
+}
+
+TEST(Core_InputOutput, FileStorage_format_json)
+{
+    FileStorage fs;
+    fs.open("opencv_storage.json", FileStorage::WRITE | FileStorage::MEMORY);
+    EXPECT_EQ(FileStorage::FORMAT_JSON, fs.getFormat());
+}
+
+TEST(Core_InputOutput, FileStorage_format_json_gz)
+{
+    FileStorage fs;
+    fs.open("opencv_storage.json.gz", FileStorage::WRITE | FileStorage::MEMORY);
+    EXPECT_EQ(FileStorage::FORMAT_JSON, fs.getFormat());
+}
+
+TEST(Core_InputOutput, FileStorage_format_yaml)
+{
+    FileStorage fs;
+    fs.open("opencv_storage.yaml", FileStorage::WRITE | FileStorage::MEMORY);
+    EXPECT_EQ(FileStorage::FORMAT_YAML, fs.getFormat());
+}
+
+TEST(Core_InputOutput, FileStorage_format_yaml_gz)
+{
+    FileStorage fs;
+    fs.open("opencv_storage.yaml.gz", FileStorage::WRITE | FileStorage::MEMORY);
+    EXPECT_EQ(FileStorage::FORMAT_YAML, fs.getFormat());
+}
+
+TEST(Core_InputOutput, FileStorage_format_yml)
+{
+    FileStorage fs;
+    fs.open("opencv_storage.yml", FileStorage::WRITE | FileStorage::MEMORY);
+    EXPECT_EQ(FileStorage::FORMAT_YAML, fs.getFormat());
+}
+
+TEST(Core_InputOutput, FileStorage_format_yml_gz)
+{
+    FileStorage fs;
+    fs.open("opencv_storage.yml.gz", FileStorage::WRITE | FileStorage::MEMORY);
+    EXPECT_EQ(FileStorage::FORMAT_YAML, fs.getFormat());
+}