diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cd2095db86..71d714b9b0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ OCV_OPTION(BUILD_WITH_STATIC_CRT    "Enables use of staticaly linked CRT for sta
 OCV_OPTION(BUILD_FAT_JAVA_LIB       "Create fat java wrapper containing the whole OpenCV library" ON IF NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX )
 OCV_OPTION(BUILD_ANDROID_SERVICE    "Build OpenCV Manager for Google Play" OFF IF ANDROID AND ANDROID_SOURCE_TREE )
 OCV_OPTION(BUILD_ANDROID_PACKAGE    "Build platform-specific package for Google Play" OFF IF ANDROID )
+OCV_OPTION(BUILD_TINY_GPU_MODULE    "Build tiny gpu module with limited image format support" OFF )
 
 # 3rd party libs
 OCV_OPTION(BUILD_ZLIB               "Build zlib from source"             WIN32 OR APPLE )
@@ -996,6 +997,7 @@ if(HAVE_CUDA)
   status("    NVIDIA GPU arch:"      ${OPENCV_CUDA_ARCH_BIN})
   status("    NVIDIA PTX archs:"     ${OPENCV_CUDA_ARCH_PTX})
   status("    Use fast math:"        CUDA_FAST_MATH THEN YES ELSE NO)
+  status("    Tiny gpu module:"      BUILD_TINY_GPU_MODULE THEN YES ELSE NO)
 endif()
 
 if(HAVE_OPENCL)
diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVCompilerOptions.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVCompilerOptions.cmake
index 6a93d008ee..a69ac8c7e6 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVCompilerOptions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVCompilerOptions.cmake
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ if(OPENCV_CAN_BREAK_BINARY_COMPATIBILITY)
   add_definitions(-DOPENCV_CAN_BREAK_BINARY_COMPATIBILITY)
 endif()
 
+if(BUILD_TINY_GPU_MODULE)
+  add_definitions(-DOPENCV_TINY_GPU_MODULE)
+endif()
+
 if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
   # High level of warnings.
   add_extra_compiler_option(-W)