diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 50e1bbdd8f..9ca5dd9de1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ if(APPLE)
 endif()
 
 set(WITH_TBB OFF CACHE BOOL "Include TBB support")
+set(WITH_EIGEN2 OFF CACHE BOOL "Include Eigen2 support")
 
 # ===================================================
 # Macros that checks if module have been installed.
@@ -347,7 +348,7 @@ if(UNIX)
     
     if(WITH_PVAPI)
       find_path(PVAPI_INCLUDE_PATH "PvApi.h"
-                PATHS "/usr/include" "/usr/local/include"
+                PATHS "/usr/local/include" "/usr/include"
                 DOC "The path to PvAPI header")
       if(PVAPI_INCLUDE_PATH)
         set(HAVE_PVAPI 1)
@@ -557,8 +558,8 @@ if (WITH_TBB)
     endif()        
     if (APPLE)
         set(TBB_DEFAULT_INCLUDE_DIRS
-          "/usr/include"
-          "/usr/local/include")  
+          "/usr/local/include"
+          "/usr/include")  
     endif() 
     if (WIN32)
         set(TBB_DEFAULT_INCLUDE_DIRS
@@ -624,6 +625,19 @@ if (WITH_TBB)
     endif()
 endif()
 
+
+############################## Eigen2 ##############################
+
+if(WITH_EIGEN2)
+	find_path(EIGEN2_INCLUDE_PATH "Eigen/Core"
+            PATHS "/usr/local/include/eigen2" "/opt/include/eigen2" "/usr/include/eigen2"
+            DOC "The path to Eigen2 headers")
+    if(EIGEN2_INCLUDE_PATH)
+        include_directories(${EIGEN2_INCLUDE_PATH})
+        set(HAVE_EIGEN2 1)
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 ############################### IPP ################################
 set(IPP_FOUND)
 set(OPENCV_LOADER_PATH)
@@ -1251,6 +1265,12 @@ else()
 message(STATUS "    Use TBB:                   NO")
 endif()
 
+if(HAVE_EIGEN2)
+message(STATUS "    Use Eigen2:                YES")
+else()
+message(STATUS "    Use Eigen2:                NO")
+endif()
+
 message(STATUS "")
 message(STATUS "  Documentation: ")
 
diff --git a/cvconfig.h.cmake b/cvconfig.h.cmake
index f77d5fec7e..6443622790 100644
--- a/cvconfig.h.cmake
+++ b/cvconfig.h.cmake
@@ -155,4 +155,7 @@
 #cmakedefine  WORDS_BIGENDIAN
 
 /* Intel Threading Building Blocks */
-#cmakedefine  HAVE_TBB
\ No newline at end of file
+#cmakedefine  HAVE_TBB
+
+/* Eigen2 Matrix & Linear Algebra Library */
+#cmakedefine  HAVE_EIGEN2
diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/core.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/core.hpp
index a51e3c73ab..5e39e8305d 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/core.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/core.hpp
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ public:
     static Matx eye();
     static Matx diag(const Vec<_Tp, MIN(m,n)>& d);
     static Matx randu(_Tp a, _Tp b);
-    static Matx randn(_Tp m, _Tp sigma);
+    static Matx randn(_Tp a, _Tp b);
     
     //! convertion to another data type
     template<typename T2> operator Matx<T2, m, n>() const;
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ public:
     template<int m1, int n1> Matx<_Tp, m1, n1> reshape() const;
     
     //! extract part of the matrix
-    template<int m1, int n1> Matx<_Tp, m1, n1> minor(int i, int j) const;
+    template<int m1, int n1> Matx<_Tp, m1, n1> get_minor(int i, int j) const;
     
     //! extract the matrix row
     Matx<_Tp, 1, n> row(int i) const;
diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/internal.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/internal.hpp
index 5f4d16477c..244dbc3fcf 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/internal.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/internal.hpp
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ CV_INLINE IppiSize ippiSize(int width, int height)
     #endif
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_EIGEN2
+    #include "opencv2/core/eigen.hpp"
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 
 #ifdef HAVE_TBB
diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/operations.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/operations.hpp
index e7627564f6..22651db45b 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/operations.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/operations.hpp
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ Matx<_Tp, m1, n1> Matx<_Tp, m, n>::reshape() const
 
 template<typename _Tp, int m, int n>
 template<int m1, int n1> inline
-Matx<_Tp, m1, n1> Matx<_Tp, m, n>::minor(int i, int j) const
+Matx<_Tp, m1, n1> Matx<_Tp, m, n>::get_minor(int i, int j) const
 {
     CV_DbgAssert(0 <= i && i+m1 <= m && 0 <= j && j+n1 <= n);
     Matx<_Tp, m1, n1> s;