diff --git a/3rdparty/openvx/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/openvx/CMakeLists.txt
index 4c71ecfe6b..699cf91617 100644
--- a/3rdparty/openvx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/openvx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-add_library(openvx_hal STATIC src/openvx_hal.cpp include/openvx_hal.hpp include/ivx.hpp include/ivx_lib_debug.hpp)
+add_library(openvx_hal STATIC hal/openvx_hal.cpp hal/openvx_hal.hpp include/ivx.hpp include/ivx_lib_debug.hpp)
 target_include_directories(openvx_hal PUBLIC
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/hal
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
   ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/modules/core/include
   ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/modules/imgproc/include
@@ -14,5 +15,5 @@ endif()
 set(OPENVX_HAL_FOUND TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)
 set(OPENVX_HAL_VERSION 0.0.1 PARENT_SCOPE)
 set(OPENVX_HAL_LIBRARIES "openvx_hal" PARENT_SCOPE)
-set(OPENVX_HAL_HEADERS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/openvx_hal.hpp" PARENT_SCOPE)
-set(OPENVX_HAL_INCLUDE_DIRS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include" "${OPENVX_INCLUDE_DIR}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+set(OPENVX_HAL_HEADERS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/hal/openvx_hal.hpp" PARENT_SCOPE)
+set(OPENVX_HAL_INCLUDE_DIRS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/hal" "${OPENVX_INCLUDE_DIR}" PARENT_SCOPE)
diff --git a/3rdparty/openvx/hal/README.md b/3rdparty/openvx/hal/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4266015a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/openvx/hal/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#OpenVX-based HAL implementation.
+It's built when OpenVX is available (`HAVE_OPENVX`).
+To build OpenCV with OpenVX support add the following **cmake** options:
+`-DOPENVX_ROOT=/path/to/prebuilt/openvx -DWITH_OPENVX=YES`
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/3rdparty/openvx/src/openvx_hal.cpp b/3rdparty/openvx/hal/openvx_hal.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from 3rdparty/openvx/src/openvx_hal.cpp
rename to 3rdparty/openvx/hal/openvx_hal.cpp
diff --git a/3rdparty/openvx/include/openvx_hal.hpp b/3rdparty/openvx/hal/openvx_hal.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from 3rdparty/openvx/include/openvx_hal.hpp
rename to 3rdparty/openvx/hal/openvx_hal.hpp