diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.hpp
index f1a2ee42e0..89369a947d 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.hpp
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ public:
     template<typename _Tp> _OutputArray(std::vector<_Tp>& vec);
     _OutputArray(std::vector<bool>& vec);
     template<typename _Tp> _OutputArray(std::vector<std::vector<_Tp> >& vec);
+    _OutputArray(std::vector<std::vector<bool> >&);
     template<typename _Tp> _OutputArray(std::vector<Mat_<_Tp> >& vec);
     template<typename _Tp> _OutputArray(Mat_<_Tp>& m);
     template<typename _Tp> _OutputArray(_Tp* vec, int n);
diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.inl.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.inl.hpp
index 556c3e7a23..df8ec483c0 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.inl.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.inl.hpp
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ template<typename _Tp> inline
 _OutputArray::_OutputArray(std::vector<std::vector<_Tp> >& vec)
 { init(FIXED_TYPE + STD_VECTOR_VECTOR + DataType<_Tp>::type + ACCESS_WRITE, &vec); }
 
+inline
+_OutputArray::_OutputArray(std::vector<std::vector<bool> >&)
+{ CV_Error(Error::StsUnsupportedFormat, "std::vector<std::vector<bool> > cannot be an output array\n"); }
+
 template<typename _Tp> inline
 _OutputArray::_OutputArray(std::vector<Mat_<_Tp> >& vec)
 { init(FIXED_TYPE + STD_VECTOR_MAT + DataType<_Tp>::type + ACCESS_WRITE, &vec); }