diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/core.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/core.hpp
index dbcae0b944..42ab6a17d5 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/core.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/core.hpp
@@ -2539,7 +2539,7 @@ CV_EXPORTS_W void fillPoly(InputOutputArray img, InputArrayOfArrays pts,
                            Point offset=Point() );
 
 //! draws one or more polygonal curves
-CV_EXPORTS void polylines(Mat& img, const Point** pts, const int* npts,
+CV_EXPORTS void polylines(Mat& img, const Point* const* pts, const int* npts,
                           int ncontours, bool isClosed, const Scalar& color,
                           int thickness=1, int lineType=8, int shift=0 );
 
diff --git a/modules/core/src/drawing.cpp b/modules/core/src/drawing.cpp
index c48b04801a..50e51fb334 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/drawing.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/drawing.cpp
@@ -1730,7 +1730,7 @@ void fillPoly( Mat& img, const Point** pts, const int* npts, int ncontours,
 }
 
 
-void polylines( Mat& img, const Point** pts, const int* npts, int ncontours, bool isClosed,
+void polylines( Mat& img, const Point* const* pts, const int* npts, int ncontours, bool isClosed,
                 const Scalar& color, int thickness, int line_type, int shift )
 {
     if( line_type == CV_AA && img.depth() != CV_8U )