diff --git a/modules/gapi/perf/cpu/gapi_core_perf_tests_fluid.cpp b/modules/gapi/perf/cpu/gapi_core_perf_tests_fluid.cpp
index a142109315..d91ce65fff 100644
--- a/modules/gapi/perf/cpu/gapi_core_perf_tests_fluid.cpp
+++ b/modules/gapi/perf/cpu/gapi_core_perf_tests_fluid.cpp
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(SqrtPerfTestFluid, SqrtPerfTest,
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(AddPerfTestFluid, AddPerfTest,
     Combine(Values(Tolerance_FloatRel_IntAbs(1e-6, 1).to_compare_f()),
             Values(szSmall128, szVGA, sz720p, sz1080p),
-            Values(CV_8UC1, CV_8UC3, CV_16SC1, CV_32FC1),
-            Values(-1, CV_8U, CV_32F),
+            Values(CV_8UC1, CV_8UC3, CV_16UC1, CV_16SC1, CV_32FC1),
+            Values(-1, CV_8U, CV_16U, CV_16S, CV_32F),
             Values(cv::compile_args(CORE_FLUID))));
 
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(AddCPerfTestFluid, AddCPerfTest,
diff --git a/modules/gapi/src/backends/fluid/gfluidcore.cpp b/modules/gapi/src/backends/fluid/gfluidcore.cpp
index bb33c45d85..866381f39b 100644
--- a/modules/gapi/src/backends/fluid/gfluidcore.cpp
+++ b/modules/gapi/src/backends/fluid/gfluidcore.cpp
@@ -379,136 +379,6 @@ CV_ALWAYS_INLINE int absdiff_simd(const T in1[], const T in2[], T out[], int len
     return 0;
 }
 
-template<typename T, typename VT>
-CV_ALWAYS_INLINE int add_simd_sametype(const T in1[], const T in2[], T out[], int length)
-{
-    constexpr int nlanes = static_cast<int>(VT::nlanes);
-
-    if (length < nlanes)
-        return 0;
-
-    int x = 0;
-    for (;;)
-    {
-        for (; x <= length - nlanes; x += nlanes)
-        {
-            VT a = vx_load(&in1[x]);
-            VT b = vx_load(&in2[x]);
-            vx_store(&out[x], a + b);
-        }
-
-        if (x < length && (in1 != out) && (in2 != out))
-        {
-            x = length - nlanes;
-            continue;  // process one more time (unaligned tail)
-        }
-        break;
-    }
-
-    return x;
-}
-
-template<typename SRC, typename DST>
-CV_ALWAYS_INLINE int add_simd(const SRC in1[], const SRC in2[], DST out[], int length)
-{
-    if (std::is_same<DST, float>::value && !std::is_same<SRC, float>::value)
-        return 0;
-
-    if (std::is_same<DST, SRC>::value)
-    {
-        if (std::is_same<DST, uchar>::value)
-        {
-            return add_simd_sametype<uchar, v_uint8>(reinterpret_cast<const uchar*>(in1),
-                                                     reinterpret_cast<const uchar*>(in2),
-                                                     reinterpret_cast<uchar*>(out), length);
-        }
-        else if (std::is_same<DST, short>::value)
-        {
-            return add_simd_sametype<short, v_int16>(reinterpret_cast<const short*>(in1),
-                                                     reinterpret_cast<const short*>(in2),
-                                                     reinterpret_cast<short*>(out), length);
-        }
-        else if (std::is_same<DST, float>::value)
-        {
-            return add_simd_sametype<float, v_float32>(reinterpret_cast<const float*>(in1),
-                                                       reinterpret_cast<const float*>(in2),
-                                                       reinterpret_cast<float*>(out), length);
-        }
-    }
-    else if (std::is_same<SRC, short>::value && std::is_same<DST, uchar>::value)
-    {
-        constexpr int nlanes = static_cast<int>(v_uint8::nlanes);
-
-        if (length < nlanes)
-            return 0;
-
-        int x = 0;
-        for (;;)
-        {
-            for (; x <= length - nlanes; x += nlanes)
-            {
-                v_int16 a1 = vx_load(reinterpret_cast<const short*>(&in1[x]));
-                v_int16 a2 = vx_load(reinterpret_cast<const short*>(&in1[x + nlanes / 2]));
-                v_int16 b1 = vx_load(reinterpret_cast<const short*>(&in2[x]));
-                v_int16 b2 = vx_load(reinterpret_cast<const short*>(&in2[x + nlanes / 2]));
-
-                vx_store(reinterpret_cast<uchar*>(&out[x]), v_pack_u(a1 + b1, a2 + b2));
-            }
-
-            if (x < length)
-            {
-                CV_DbgAssert((reinterpret_cast<const short*>(in1) != reinterpret_cast<const short*>(out)) &&
-                             (reinterpret_cast<const short*>(in2) != reinterpret_cast<const short*>(out)));
-                x = length - nlanes;
-                continue;  // process one more time (unaligned tail)
-            }
-            break;
-        }
-
-        return x;
-    }
-    else if (std::is_same<SRC, float>::value && std::is_same<DST, uchar>::value)
-    {
-        constexpr int nlanes = static_cast<int>(v_uint8::nlanes);
-
-        if (length < nlanes)
-            return 0;
-
-        int x = 0;
-        for (;;)
-        {
-            for (; x <= length - nlanes; x += nlanes)
-            {
-                v_float32 a1 = vx_load(reinterpret_cast<const float*>(&in1[x]));
-                v_float32 a2 = vx_load(reinterpret_cast<const float*>(&in1[x + nlanes / 4]));
-                v_float32 a3 = vx_load(reinterpret_cast<const float*>(&in1[x + 2 * nlanes / 4]));
-                v_float32 a4 = vx_load(reinterpret_cast<const float*>(&in1[x + 3 * nlanes / 4]));
-
-                v_float32 b1 = vx_load(reinterpret_cast<const float*>(&in2[x]));
-                v_float32 b2 = vx_load(reinterpret_cast<const float*>(&in2[x + nlanes / 4]));
-                v_float32 b3 = vx_load(reinterpret_cast<const float*>(&in2[x + 2 * nlanes / 4]));
-                v_float32 b4 = vx_load(reinterpret_cast<const float*>(&in2[x + 3 * nlanes / 4]));
-
-                vx_store(reinterpret_cast<uchar*>(&out[x]), v_pack_u(v_pack(v_round(a1 + b1), v_round(a2 + b2)),
-                                                                     v_pack(v_round(a3 + b3), v_round(a4 + b4))));
-            }
-
-            if (x < length)
-            {
-                CV_DbgAssert((reinterpret_cast<const float*>(in1) != reinterpret_cast<const float*>(out)) &&
-                             (reinterpret_cast<const float*>(in2) != reinterpret_cast<const float*>(out)));
-                x = length - nlanes;
-                continue;  // process one more time (unaligned tail)
-            }
-            break;
-        }
-
-        return x;
-    }
-
-    return 0;
-}
-
 template<typename T, typename VT>
 CV_ALWAYS_INLINE int sub_simd_sametype(const T in1[], const T in2[], T out[], int length)
 {
@@ -641,7 +511,7 @@ CV_ALWAYS_INLINE int sub_simd(const SRC in1[], const SRC in2[], DST out[], int l
 #endif // CV_SIMD
 
 template<typename DST, typename SRC1, typename SRC2>
-static CV_ALWAYS_INLINE void run_arithm(Buffer &dst, const View &src1, const View &src2,
+CV_ALWAYS_INLINE void run_arithm(Buffer &dst, const View &src1, const View &src2,
                                         Arithm arithm, double scale=1)
 {
     static_assert(std::is_same<SRC1, SRC2>::value, "wrong types");
@@ -652,7 +522,7 @@ static CV_ALWAYS_INLINE void run_arithm(Buffer &dst, const View &src1, const Vie
 
     int width  = dst.length();
     int chan   = dst.meta().chan;
-    int length = width * chan;
+    const int length = width * chan;
 
     // NB: assume in/out types are not 64-bits
     float _scale = static_cast<float>( scale );
@@ -708,13 +578,22 @@ GAPI_FLUID_KERNEL(GFluidAdd, cv::gapi::core::GAdd, false)
     static void run(const View &src1, const View &src2, int /*dtype*/, Buffer &dst)
     {
         //      DST     SRC1    SRC2    OP          __VA_ARGS__
-        BINARY_(uchar , uchar , uchar , run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
-        BINARY_(uchar ,  short,  short, run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
-        BINARY_(uchar ,  float,  float, run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
-        BINARY_( short,  short,  short, run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
-        BINARY_( float, uchar , uchar , run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
-        BINARY_( float,  short,  short, run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
-        BINARY_( float,  float,  float, run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
+        BINARY_(uchar,  uchar,  uchar,  run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
+        BINARY_(uchar,  ushort, ushort, run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
+        BINARY_(uchar,  short,  short,  run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
+        BINARY_(uchar,  float,  float,  run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
+        BINARY_(short,  short,  short,  run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
+        BINARY_(short,  uchar,  uchar,  run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
+        BINARY_(short,  ushort, ushort, run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
+        BINARY_(short,  float,  float,  run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
+        BINARY_(ushort, ushort, ushort, run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
+        BINARY_(ushort, uchar,  uchar,  run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
+        BINARY_(ushort, short,  short,  run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
+        BINARY_(ushort, float,  float,  run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
+        BINARY_(float,  uchar,  uchar,  run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
+        BINARY_(float,  ushort, ushort, run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
+        BINARY_(float,  short,  short,  run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
+        BINARY_(float,  float,  float,  run_arithm, dst, src1, src2, ARITHM_ADD);
 
         CV_Error(cv::Error::StsBadArg, "unsupported combination of types");
     }
diff --git a/modules/gapi/src/backends/fluid/gfluidcore_func.dispatch.cpp b/modules/gapi/src/backends/fluid/gfluidcore_func.dispatch.cpp
index a682fb7dbb..d80a6b29c0 100644
--- a/modules/gapi/src/backends/fluid/gfluidcore_func.dispatch.cpp
+++ b/modules/gapi/src/backends/fluid/gfluidcore_func.dispatch.cpp
@@ -290,6 +290,33 @@ int merge4_simd(const uchar in1[], const uchar in2[], const uchar in3[],
                     CV_CPU_DISPATCH_MODES_ALL);
 }
 
+#define ADD_SIMD(SRC, DST)                                                    \
+int add_simd(const SRC in1[], const SRC in2[], DST out[], const int length)   \
+{                                                                             \
+                                                                              \
+        CV_CPU_DISPATCH(add_simd, (in1, in2, out, length),                    \
+                        CV_CPU_DISPATCH_MODES_ALL);                           \
+}
+
+ADD_SIMD(uchar, uchar)
+ADD_SIMD(ushort, uchar)
+ADD_SIMD(short, uchar)
+ADD_SIMD(float, uchar)
+ADD_SIMD(short, short)
+ADD_SIMD(ushort, short)
+ADD_SIMD(uchar, short)
+ADD_SIMD(float, short)
+ADD_SIMD(ushort, ushort)
+ADD_SIMD(uchar, ushort)
+ADD_SIMD(short, ushort)
+ADD_SIMD(float, ushort)
+ADD_SIMD(uchar, float)
+ADD_SIMD(ushort, float)
+ADD_SIMD(short, float)
+ADD_SIMD(float, float)
+
+#undef ADD_SIMD
+
 } // namespace fluid
 } // namespace gapi
 } // namespace cv
diff --git a/modules/gapi/src/backends/fluid/gfluidcore_func.hpp b/modules/gapi/src/backends/fluid/gfluidcore_func.hpp
index 975383a8d9..052adbe2fd 100644
--- a/modules/gapi/src/backends/fluid/gfluidcore_func.hpp
+++ b/modules/gapi/src/backends/fluid/gfluidcore_func.hpp
@@ -222,6 +222,28 @@ int merge3_simd(const uchar in1[], const uchar in2[], const uchar in3[],
 int merge4_simd(const uchar in1[], const uchar in2[], const uchar in3[],
                 const uchar in4[], uchar out[], const int width);
 
+#define ADD_SIMD(SRC, DST)                                                     \
+int add_simd(const SRC in1[], const SRC in2[], DST out[], const int length);
+
+ADD_SIMD(uchar, uchar)
+ADD_SIMD(ushort, uchar)
+ADD_SIMD(short, uchar)
+ADD_SIMD(float, uchar)
+ADD_SIMD(short, short)
+ADD_SIMD(ushort, short)
+ADD_SIMD(uchar, short)
+ADD_SIMD(float, short)
+ADD_SIMD(ushort, ushort)
+ADD_SIMD(uchar, ushort)
+ADD_SIMD(short, ushort)
+ADD_SIMD(float, ushort)
+ADD_SIMD(uchar, float)
+ADD_SIMD(ushort, float)
+ADD_SIMD(short, float)
+ADD_SIMD(float, float)
+
+#undef ADD_SIMD
+
 }  // namespace fluid
 }  // namespace gapi
 }  // namespace cv
diff --git a/modules/gapi/src/backends/fluid/gfluidcore_func.simd.hpp b/modules/gapi/src/backends/fluid/gfluidcore_func.simd.hpp
index b92d92d0cf..4c324daa25 100644
--- a/modules/gapi/src/backends/fluid/gfluidcore_func.simd.hpp
+++ b/modules/gapi/src/backends/fluid/gfluidcore_func.simd.hpp
@@ -231,6 +231,28 @@ DIVRC_SIMD(float, float)
 
 #undef DIVRC_SIMD
 
+#define ADD_SIMD(SRC, DST)                                                      \
+int add_simd(const SRC in1[], const SRC in2[], DST out[], const int length);
+
+ADD_SIMD(uchar, uchar)
+ADD_SIMD(ushort, uchar)
+ADD_SIMD(short, uchar)
+ADD_SIMD(float, uchar)
+ADD_SIMD(short, short)
+ADD_SIMD(ushort, short)
+ADD_SIMD(uchar, short)
+ADD_SIMD(float, short)
+ADD_SIMD(ushort, ushort)
+ADD_SIMD(uchar, ushort)
+ADD_SIMD(short, ushort)
+ADD_SIMD(float, ushort)
+ADD_SIMD(uchar, float)
+ADD_SIMD(ushort, float)
+ADD_SIMD(short, float)
+ADD_SIMD(float, float)
+
+#undef ADD_SIMD
+
 int split3_simd(const uchar in[], uchar out1[], uchar out2[],
                 uchar out3[], const int width);
 
@@ -2503,6 +2525,178 @@ int merge4_simd(const uchar in1[], const uchar in2[], const uchar in3[],
     return x;
 }
 
+//-------------------------
+//
+// Fluid kernels: Add
+//
+//-------------------------
+
+CV_ALWAYS_INLINE void add_uchar_store(uchar* outx, const v_uint16& c1, const v_uint16& c2)
+{
+    vx_store(outx, v_pack(c1, c2));
+}
+
+CV_ALWAYS_INLINE void add_uchar_store(uchar* outx, const v_int16& c1, const v_int16& c2)
+{
+    vx_store(outx, v_pack_u(c1, c2));
+}
+
+template<typename SRC, typename DST>
+CV_ALWAYS_INLINE
+typename std::enable_if<std::is_same<SRC, DST>::value, void>::type
+add_simd_impl(const SRC* in1x, const SRC* in2x, DST* outx)
+{
+    vector_type_of_t<SRC> a = vx_load(in1x);
+    vector_type_of_t<SRC> b = vx_load(in2x);
+    vx_store(outx, a + b);
+}
+
+template<typename SRC>
+CV_ALWAYS_INLINE
+typename std::enable_if<std::is_same<SRC, short>::value ||
+                        std::is_same<SRC, ushort>::value, void>::type
+add_simd_impl(const SRC* in1x, const SRC* in2x, uchar* outx)
+{
+    constexpr int nlanes = v_uint8::nlanes;
+
+    vector_type_of_t<SRC> a1 = vx_load(in1x);
+    vector_type_of_t<SRC> a2 = vx_load(&in1x[nlanes / 2]);
+    vector_type_of_t<SRC> b1 = vx_load(in2x);
+    vector_type_of_t<SRC> b2 = vx_load(&in2x[nlanes / 2]);
+
+    add_uchar_store(outx, a1 + b1, a2 + b2);
+}
+
+CV_ALWAYS_INLINE void add_simd_impl(const float* in1x, const float* in2x, uchar* outx)
+{
+    constexpr int nlanes = v_uint8::nlanes;
+
+    v_float32 a1 = vx_load(in1x);
+    v_float32 a2 = vx_load(&in1x[nlanes / 4]);
+    v_float32 a3 = vx_load(&in1x[2 * nlanes / 4]);
+    v_float32 a4 = vx_load(&in1x[3 * nlanes / 4]);
+
+    v_float32 b1 = vx_load(in2x);
+    v_float32 b2 = vx_load(&in2x[nlanes / 4]);
+    v_float32 b3 = vx_load(&in2x[2 * nlanes / 4]);
+    v_float32 b4 = vx_load(&in2x[3 * nlanes / 4]);
+
+    vx_store(outx, v_pack_u(v_pack(v_round(a1 + b1), v_round(a2 + b2)),
+                            v_pack(v_round(a3 + b3), v_round(a4 + b4))));
+}
+
+CV_ALWAYS_INLINE void add_simd_impl(const uchar* in1x, const uchar* in2x, short* outx)
+{
+    v_int16 a = v_reinterpret_as_s16(vx_load_expand(in1x));
+    v_int16 b = v_reinterpret_as_s16(vx_load_expand(in2x));
+
+    vx_store(outx, a + b);
+}
+
+CV_ALWAYS_INLINE void add_simd_impl(const uchar* in1x, const uchar* in2x, ushort* outx)
+{
+    v_uint16 a = vx_load_expand(in1x);
+    v_uint16 b = vx_load_expand(in2x);
+
+    vx_store(outx, a + b);
+}
+
+template<typename DST>
+CV_ALWAYS_INLINE
+typename std::enable_if<std::is_same<DST, short>::value ||
+                        std::is_same<DST, ushort>::value, void>::type
+add_simd_impl(const float* in1x, const float* in2x, DST* outx)
+{
+    constexpr int nlanes = vector_type_of_t<DST>::nlanes;
+    v_float32 a1 = vx_load(in1x);
+    v_float32 a2 = vx_load(&in1x[nlanes/2]);
+    v_float32 b1 = vx_load(in2x);
+    v_float32 b2 = vx_load(&in2x[nlanes/2]);
+
+    v_store_i16(outx, v_round(a1 + b1), v_round(a2 + b2));
+}
+
+CV_ALWAYS_INLINE void add_simd_impl(const short* in1x, const short* in2x, ushort* outx)
+{
+    v_int16 a = vx_load(in1x);
+    v_int32 a1 = v_expand_low(a);
+    v_int32 a2 = v_expand_high(a);
+
+    v_int16 b = vx_load(in2x);
+    v_int32 b1 = v_expand_low(b);
+    v_int32 b2 = v_expand_high(b);
+
+    vx_store(outx, v_pack_u(a1 + b1, a2 + b2));
+}
+
+CV_ALWAYS_INLINE void add_simd_impl(const ushort* in1x, const ushort* in2x, short* outx)
+{
+    v_uint16 a = vx_load(in1x);
+    v_uint32 a1 = v_expand_low(a);
+    v_uint32 a2 = v_expand_high(a);
+
+    v_uint16 b = vx_load(in2x);
+    v_uint32 b1 = v_expand_low(b);
+    v_uint32 b2 = v_expand_high(b);
+
+    vx_store(outx, v_reinterpret_as_s16(v_pack(a1 + b1, a2 + b2)));
+}
+
+template<typename SRC>
+CV_ALWAYS_INLINE void add_simd_impl(const SRC* in1x, const SRC* in2x, float* outx)
+{
+    v_float32 a = vg_load_f32(in1x);
+    v_float32 b = vg_load_f32(in2x);
+
+    vx_store(outx, a + b);
+}
+
+#define ADD_SIMD(SRC, DST)                                                      \
+int add_simd(const SRC in1[], const SRC in2[], DST out[], const int length)     \
+{                                                                               \
+    constexpr int nlanes = vector_type_of_t<DST>::nlanes;                       \
+                                                                                \
+    if (length < nlanes)                                                        \
+        return 0;                                                               \
+                                                                                \
+    int x = 0;                                                                  \
+    for (;;)                                                                    \
+    {                                                                           \
+        for (; x <= length - nlanes; x += nlanes)                               \
+        {                                                                       \
+            add_simd_impl(&in1[x], &in2[x], &out[x]);                           \
+        }                                                                       \
+                                                                                \
+        if (x < length)                                                         \
+        {                                                                       \
+            x = length - nlanes;                                                \
+            continue;                                                           \
+        }                                                                       \
+        break;                                                                  \
+    }                                                                           \
+                                                                                \
+    return x;                                                                   \
+}
+
+ADD_SIMD(uchar, uchar)
+ADD_SIMD(ushort, uchar)
+ADD_SIMD(short, uchar)
+ADD_SIMD(float, uchar)
+ADD_SIMD(short, short)
+ADD_SIMD(ushort, short)
+ADD_SIMD(uchar, short)
+ADD_SIMD(float, short)
+ADD_SIMD(ushort, ushort)
+ADD_SIMD(uchar, ushort)
+ADD_SIMD(short, ushort)
+ADD_SIMD(float, ushort)
+ADD_SIMD(uchar, float)
+ADD_SIMD(ushort, float)
+ADD_SIMD(short, float)
+ADD_SIMD(float, float)
+
+#undef ADD_SIMD
+
 #endif  // CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_DECLARATIONS_ONLY
 
 CV_CPU_OPTIMIZATION_NAMESPACE_END