diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/include/opencv2/imgcodecs.hpp b/modules/imgcodecs/include/opencv2/imgcodecs.hpp
index dcb038a985..5839c58c90 100644
--- a/modules/imgcodecs/include/opencv2/imgcodecs.hpp
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/include/opencv2/imgcodecs.hpp
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ enum ImwriteFlags {
        IMWRITE_EXR_TYPE            = (3 << 4) + 0, /* 48 */ //!< override EXR storage type (FLOAT (FP32) is default)
        IMWRITE_WEBP_QUALITY        = 64, //!< For WEBP, it can be a quality from 1 to 100 (the higher is the better). By default (without any parameter) and for quality above 100 the lossless compression is used.
        IMWRITE_PAM_TUPLETYPE       = 128,//!< For PAM, sets the TUPLETYPE field to the corresponding string value that is defined for the format
+       IMWRITE_TIFF_RESUNIT = 256,//!< For TIFF, use to specify which DPI resolution unit to set; see libtiff documentation for valid values
+       IMWRITE_TIFF_XDPI = 257,//!< For TIFF, use to specify the X direction DPI
+       IMWRITE_TIFF_YDPI = 258 //!< For TIFF, use to specify the Y direction DPI
      };
 
 enum ImwriteEXRTypeFlags {
diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_tiff.cpp b/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_tiff.cpp
index e2aa2bd989..901bfce17a 100644
--- a/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_tiff.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_tiff.cpp
@@ -748,9 +748,13 @@ bool TiffEncoder::writeLibTiff( const std::vector<Mat>& img_vec, const std::vect
     // defaults for now, maybe base them on params in the future
     int compression = COMPRESSION_LZW;
     int predictor = PREDICTOR_HORIZONTAL;
+    int resUnit = -1, dpiX = -1, dpiY = -1;
 
     readParam(params, TIFFTAG_COMPRESSION, compression);
     readParam(params, TIFFTAG_PREDICTOR, predictor);
+    readParam(params, IMWRITE_TIFF_RESUNIT, resUnit);
+    readParam(params, IMWRITE_TIFF_XDPI, dpiX);
+    readParam(params, IMWRITE_TIFF_YDPI, dpiY);
 
     //Iterate through each image in the vector and write them out as Tiff directories
     for (size_t page = 0; page < img_vec.size(); page++)
@@ -817,6 +821,16 @@ bool TiffEncoder::writeLibTiff( const std::vector<Mat>& img_vec, const std::vect
             return false;
         }
 
+        if (((resUnit >= RESUNIT_NONE && resUnit <= RESUNIT_CENTIMETER) && !TIFFSetField(pTiffHandle, TIFFTAG_RESOLUTIONUNIT, resUnit))
+            || (dpiX >= 0 && !TIFFSetField(pTiffHandle, TIFFTAG_XRESOLUTION, (float)dpiX))
+            || (dpiY >= 0 && !TIFFSetField(pTiffHandle, TIFFTAG_YRESOLUTION, (float)dpiY))
+            )
+        {
+            TIFFClose(pTiffHandle);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+
         // row buffer, because TIFFWriteScanline modifies the original data!
         size_t scanlineSize = TIFFScanlineSize(pTiffHandle);
         AutoBuffer<uchar> _buffer(scanlineSize + 32);