diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1dccc3ab58..51e0b19f94 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ OCV_OPTION(WITH_PROTOBUF       "Enable libprotobuf"                          ON
 OCV_OPTION(WITH_IMGCODEC_HDR   "Include HDR support"                         ON)
 OCV_OPTION(WITH_IMGCODEC_SUNRASTER "Include SUNRASTER support"               ON)
 OCV_OPTION(WITH_IMGCODEC_PXM   "Include PNM (PBM,PGM,PPM) and PAM formats support" ON)
+OCV_OPTION(WITH_IMGCODEC_PFM   "Include PFM formats support"                 ON)
 
 # OpenCV build components
 # ===================================================
@@ -1227,6 +1228,10 @@ if(WITH_IMGCODEC_PXM OR DEFINED HAVE_IMGCODEC_PXM)
   status("    PXM:" HAVE_IMGCODEC_PXM THEN "YES" ELSE "NO")
 endif()
 
+if(WITH_IMGCODEC_PFM OR DEFINED HAVE_IMGCODEC_PFM)
+  status("    PFM:" HAVE_IMGCODEC_PFM THEN "YES" ELSE "NO")
+endif()
+
 # ========================== VIDEO IO ==========================
 status("")
 status("  Video I/O:")
diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGrfmt.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGrfmt.cmake
index 9f18e2bf62..91afcc4f12 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGrfmt.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVFindLibsGrfmt.cmake
@@ -268,3 +268,8 @@ if(WITH_IMGCODEC_PXM)
 elseif(DEFINED WITH_IMGCODEC_PXM)
   set(HAVE_IMGCODEC_PXM OFF)
 endif()
+if(WITH_IMGCODEC_PFM)
+  set(HAVE_IMGCODEC_PFM ON)
+elseif(DEFINED WITH_IMGCODEC_PFM)
+  set(HAVE_IMGCODEC_PFM OFF)
+endif()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/imgcodecs/CMakeLists.txt
index 434278c2a5..d771224d4c 100644
--- a/modules/imgcodecs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ if(HAVE_IMGCODEC_PXM)
   add_definitions(-DHAVE_IMGCODEC_PXM)
 endif()
 
+if (HAVE_IMGCODEC_PFM)
+  add_definitions(-DHAVE_IMGCODEC_PFM)
+endif()
+
 file(GLOB grfmt_hdrs ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src/grfmt*.hpp)
 file(GLOB grfmt_srcs ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src/grfmt*.cpp)
 
diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_pfm.cpp b/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_pfm.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d044042719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_pfm.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+// This file is part of OpenCV project.
+// It is subject to the license terms in the LICENSE file found in the top-level directory
+// of this distribution and at http://opencv.org/license.html.
+
+#include "precomp.hpp"
+#include "utils.hpp"
+#include "grfmt_pfm.hpp"
+#include <iostream>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_IMGCODEC_PFM
+
+namespace {
+
+static_assert(sizeof(float) == 4, "float must be 32 bit.");
+
+
+bool is_byte_order_swapped(double scale)
+{
+  // ".pfm" format file specifies that:
+  // positive scale means big endianess;
+  // negative scale means little endianess.
+
+  #ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+    return scale < 0.0;
+  #else
+    return scale >= 0.0;
+  #endif
+}
+
+void swap_endianess(uint32_t& ui)
+{
+  static const uint32_t A(0x000000ffU);
+  static const uint32_t B(0x0000ff00U);
+  static const uint32_t C(0x00ff0000U);
+  static const uint32_t D(0xff000000U);
+
+  ui = ( (ui & A) << 24 )
+     | ( (ui & B) <<  8 )
+     | ( (ui & C) >>  8 )
+     | ( (ui & D) >> 24 );
+}
+
+template<typename T> T atoT(const std::string& s);
+template<> int atoT<int>(const std::string& s) { return std::atoi(s.c_str()); }
+template<> double atoT<double>(const std::string& s) { return std::atof(s.c_str()); }
+
+template<typename T>
+T read_number(cv::RLByteStream& strm)
+{
+  // should be enogh to take string representation of any number
+  const size_t buffer_size = 2048;
+
+  std::vector<char> buffer(buffer_size, 0);
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < buffer_size; ++i) {
+    const int intc = strm.getByte();
+    CV_Assert(intc >= -128 && intc < 128);
+    char c = static_cast<char>(intc);
+    if (std::isspace(c)) {
+      break;
+    }
+    buffer[i] = c;
+  }
+  const std::string str(buffer.begin(), buffer.end());
+  return atoT<T>(str);
+}
+
+template<typename T> void write_anything(cv::WLByteStream& strm, const T& t)
+{
+  std::ostringstream ss;
+  ss << t;
+  strm.putBytes(ss.str().c_str(), static_cast<int>(ss.str().size()));
+}
+
+}
+
+namespace cv {
+
+PFMDecoder::~PFMDecoder()
+{
+}
+
+PFMDecoder::PFMDecoder()
+{
+  m_strm.close();
+}
+
+bool PFMDecoder::readHeader()
+{
+  if (m_buf.empty()) {
+    if (!m_strm.open(m_filename)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  } else {
+    if (!m_strm.open(m_buf)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (m_strm.getByte() != 'P') {
+    CV_Error(Error::StsError, "Unexpected file type (expected P)");
+  }
+
+  switch (m_strm.getByte()) {
+  case 'f':
+    m_type = CV_32FC1;
+    break;
+  case 'F':
+    m_type = CV_32FC3;
+    break;
+  default:
+    CV_Error(Error::StsError, "Unexpected file type (expected `f` or `F`)");
+  }
+
+  if ('\n' != m_strm.getByte()) {
+    CV_Error(Error::StsError, "Unexpected header format (expected line break)");
+  }
+
+
+  m_width = read_number<int>(m_strm);
+  m_height = read_number<int>(m_strm);
+  m_scale_factor = read_number<double>(m_strm);
+  m_swap_byte_order = is_byte_order_swapped(m_scale_factor);
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool PFMDecoder::readData(Mat& mat)
+{
+  if (!m_strm.isOpened()) {
+    CV_Error(Error::StsError, "Unexpected status in data stream");
+  }
+
+  Mat buffer(mat.size(), m_type);
+  for (int y = m_height - 1; y >= 0; --y) {
+    m_strm.getBytes(buffer.ptr(y), static_cast<int>(m_width * buffer.elemSize()));
+    if (is_byte_order_swapped(m_scale_factor)) {
+      for (int i = 0; i < m_width * buffer.channels(); ++i) {
+        static_assert( sizeof(uint32_t) == sizeof(float),
+                       "uint32_t and float must have same size." );
+        swap_endianess(buffer.ptr<uint32_t>(y)[i]);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (buffer.channels() == 3) {
+    cv::cvtColor(buffer, buffer, cv::COLOR_BGR2RGB);
+  }
+
+  CV_Assert(fabs(m_scale_factor) > 0.0f);
+  buffer *= 1.f / fabs(m_scale_factor);
+
+  buffer.convertTo(mat, mat.type());
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+size_t PFMDecoder::signatureLength() const
+{
+    return 3;
+}
+
+bool PFMDecoder::checkSignature( const String& signature ) const
+{
+    return signature.size() >= 3
+        && signature[0] == 'P'
+        && ( signature[1] == 'f' || signature[1] == 'F' )
+        && isspace(signature[2]);
+}
+
+void PFMDecoder::close()
+{
+  // noop
+}
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+PFMEncoder::PFMEncoder()
+{
+  m_description = "Portable image format - float (*.pfm)";
+}
+
+PFMEncoder::~PFMEncoder()
+{
+}
+
+bool PFMEncoder::isFormatSupported(int depth) const
+{
+  return CV_MAT_DEPTH(depth) == CV_32F || CV_MAT_DEPTH(depth) == CV_8U;
+}
+
+bool PFMEncoder::write(const Mat& img, const std::vector<int>& params)
+{
+  (void) params;
+
+  WLByteStream strm;
+  if (m_buf) {
+    if (!strm.open(*m_buf)) {
+      return false;
+    } else {
+      m_buf->reserve(alignSize(256 + sizeof(float) * img.channels() * img.total(), 256));
+    }
+  } else if (!strm.open(m_filename)) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  Mat float_img;
+  strm.putByte('P');
+  switch (img.channels()) {
+  case 1:
+    strm.putByte('f');
+    img.convertTo(float_img, CV_32FC1);
+    break;
+  case 3:
+    strm.putByte('F');
+    img.convertTo(float_img, CV_32FC3);
+    break;
+  default:
+    CV_Error(Error::StsBadArg, "Expected 1 or 3 channel image.");
+  }
+  strm.putByte('\n');
+
+
+  write_anything(strm, float_img.cols);
+  strm.putByte(' ');
+  write_anything(strm, float_img.rows);
+  strm.putByte('\n');
+#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+  write_anything(strm, 1.0);
+#else
+  write_anything(strm, -1.0);
+#endif
+
+  strm.putByte('\n');
+
+  // Comments are not officially supported in this file format.
+  // write_anything(strm, "# Generated by OpenCV " CV_VERSION "\n");
+
+  for (int y = float_img.rows - 1; y >= 0; --y)
+  {
+    if (float_img.channels() == 3) {
+      const float* bgr_row = float_img.ptr<float>(y);
+      size_t row_size = float_img.cols * float_img.channels();
+      std::vector<float> rgb_row(row_size);
+      for (int x = 0; x < float_img.cols; ++x) {
+        rgb_row[x*3+0] = bgr_row[x*3+2];
+        rgb_row[x*3+1] = bgr_row[x*3+1];
+        rgb_row[x*3+2] = bgr_row[x*3+0];
+      }
+      strm.putBytes(  reinterpret_cast<const uchar*>(rgb_row.data()),
+                      static_cast<int>(sizeof(float) * row_size));
+    } else if (float_img.channels() == 1) {
+      strm.putBytes(float_img.ptr(y), sizeof(float) * float_img.cols);
+    }
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+
+}
+
+
+#endif // HAVE_IMGCODEC_PFM
diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_pfm.hpp b/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_pfm.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9284f60515
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_pfm.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// This file is part of OpenCV project.
+// It is subject to the license terms in the LICENSE file found in the top-level directory
+// of this distribution and at http://opencv.org/license.html.
+
+#ifndef _GRFMT_PFM_H_
+#define _GRFMT_PFM_H_
+
+#include "grfmt_base.hpp"
+#include "bitstrm.hpp"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_IMGCODEC_PFM
+namespace cv
+{
+
+class PFMDecoder CV_FINAL : public BaseImageDecoder
+{
+public:
+    PFMDecoder();
+    virtual ~PFMDecoder() CV_OVERRIDE;
+
+    bool  readData( Mat& img ) CV_OVERRIDE;
+    bool  readHeader() CV_OVERRIDE;
+    void  close();
+
+    size_t signatureLength() const CV_OVERRIDE;
+    bool checkSignature( const String& signature ) const CV_OVERRIDE;
+    ImageDecoder newDecoder() const CV_OVERRIDE
+    {
+        return makePtr<PFMDecoder>();
+    }
+
+private:
+    RLByteStream m_strm;
+    double m_scale_factor;
+    bool m_swap_byte_order;
+};
+
+class PFMEncoder CV_FINAL : public BaseImageEncoder
+{
+public:
+    PFMEncoder();
+    virtual ~PFMEncoder() CV_OVERRIDE;
+
+    bool  isFormatSupported( int depth ) const CV_OVERRIDE;
+    bool  write( const Mat& img, const std::vector<int>& params ) CV_OVERRIDE;
+
+    ImageEncoder newEncoder() const CV_OVERRIDE
+    {
+        return makePtr<PFMEncoder>();
+    }
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif // HAVE_IMGCODEC_PXM
+
+#endif/*_GRFMT_PFM_H_*/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmts.hpp b/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmts.hpp
index 10bd88264e..4fd58d022d 100644
--- a/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmts.hpp
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmts.hpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 #include "grfmt_sunras.hpp"
 #include "grfmt_jpeg.hpp"
 #include "grfmt_pxm.hpp"
+#include "grfmt_pfm.hpp"
 #include "grfmt_tiff.hpp"
 #include "grfmt_png.hpp"
 #include "grfmt_jpeg2000.hpp"
diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/src/loadsave.cpp b/modules/imgcodecs/src/loadsave.cpp
index f5d9c98a3b..2044409435 100644
--- a/modules/imgcodecs/src/loadsave.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/src/loadsave.cpp
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ struct ImageCodecInitializer
         decoders.push_back( makePtr<PAMDecoder>() );
         encoders.push_back( makePtr<PAMEncoder>() );
     #endif
+    #ifdef HAVE_IMGCODEC_PFM
+        decoders.push_back( makePtr<PFMDecoder>() );
+        encoders.push_back( makePtr<PFMEncoder>() );
+    #endif
     #ifdef HAVE_TIFF
         decoders.push_back( makePtr<TiffDecoder>() );
         encoders.push_back( makePtr<TiffEncoder>() );
diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/test/test_grfmt.cpp b/modules/imgcodecs/test/test_grfmt.cpp
index 70b2f2714e..1b1eaa743e 100644
--- a/modules/imgcodecs/test/test_grfmt.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/test/test_grfmt.cpp
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ TEST_P(Imgcodecs_ExtSize, write_imageseq)
 
         Mat img_gt(size, CV_MAKETYPE(CV_8U, cn), Scalar::all(0));
         circle(img_gt, center, radius, Scalar::all(255));
+
 #if 1
         if (ext == ".pbm" || ext == ".pgm" || ext == ".ppm")
         {
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ TEST_P(Imgcodecs_ExtSize, write_imageseq)
         EXPECT_EQ(img.type(), img.type());
         EXPECT_EQ(cn, img.channels());
 
+
         if (ext == ".jpg")
         {
             // JPEG format does not provide 100% accuracy
@@ -181,14 +183,21 @@ TEST_P(Imgcodecs_ExtSize, write_imageseq)
             EXPECT_LT(n, expected);
             EXPECT_PRED_FORMAT2(cvtest::MatComparator(10, 0), img, img_gt);
         }
+        else if (ext == ".pfm")
+        {
+            img_gt.convertTo(img_gt, CV_MAKETYPE(CV_32F, img.channels()));
+            double n = cvtest::norm(img, img_gt, NORM_L2);
+            EXPECT_LT(n, 1.);
+            EXPECT_PRED_FORMAT2(cvtest::MatComparator(0, 0), img, img_gt);
+        }
         else
         {
             double n = cvtest::norm(img, img_gt, NORM_L2);
             EXPECT_LT(n, 1.);
             EXPECT_PRED_FORMAT2(cvtest::MatComparator(0, 0), img, img_gt);
         }
+
 #if 0
-        std::cout << filename << std::endl;
         imshow("loaded", img);
         waitKey(0);
 #else
@@ -214,7 +223,10 @@ const string all_exts[] =
     ".ppm",
     ".pgm",
     ".pbm",
-    ".pnm"
+    ".pnm",
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_IMGCODEC_PFM
+    ".pfm",
 #endif
 };
 
@@ -337,6 +349,30 @@ TEST(Imgcodecs_Pam, read_write)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_IMGCODEC_PFM
+TEST(Imgcodecs_Pfm, read_write)
+{
+  Mat img = imread(findDataFile("readwrite/lena.pam"));
+  ASSERT_FALSE(img.empty());
+  img.convertTo(img, CV_32F, 1/255.0f);
+
+  std::vector<int> params;
+  string writefile = cv::tempfile(".pfm");
+  EXPECT_NO_THROW(cv::imwrite(writefile, img, params));
+  cv::Mat reread = cv::imread(writefile, IMREAD_UNCHANGED);
+
+  string writefile_no_param = cv::tempfile(".pfm");
+  EXPECT_NO_THROW(cv::imwrite(writefile_no_param, img));
+  cv::Mat reread_no_param = cv::imread(writefile_no_param, IMREAD_UNCHANGED);
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, cvtest::norm(reread, reread_no_param, NORM_INF));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, cvtest::norm(img, reread, NORM_INF));
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, remove(writefile.c_str()));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, remove(writefile_no_param.c_str()));
+}
+#endif
+
 TEST(Imgcodecs, write_parameter_type)
 {
     cv::Mat m(10, 10, CV_8UC1, cv::Scalar::all(0));