diff --git a/modules/matlab/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/matlab/CMakeLists.txt
index 00d3a03d00..28a0f56540 100644
--- a/modules/matlab/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/matlab/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ set(HDR_PARSER_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../python/src2)
 
 # set mex compiler options
 prepend("-I" MEX_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
-prepend("-L" MEX_LIB_DIR  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
+prepend("-L" MEX_LIB_DIR  ${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH}/$(Configuration))
 prepend("-l" MEX_LIBS opencv_core)
 set(MEX_OPTS -largeArrayDims)
 
diff --git a/modules/matlab/compile.cmake b/modules/matlab/compile.cmake
index d857d24cb1..1d4b311901 100644
--- a/modules/matlab/compile.cmake
+++ b/modules/matlab/compile.cmake
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ macro(listify OUT_LIST IN_STRING)
 endmacro()
 
 listify(MEX_INCLUDE_DIRS_LIST ${MEX_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+listify(MEX_LIBS_LIST ${MEX_LIBS})
 file(GLOB SOURCE_FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/*.cpp")
 foreach(SOURCE_FILE ${SOURCE_FILES})
     # strip out the filename
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ foreach(SOURCE_FILE ${SOURCE_FILES})
     if (NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/+cv/${FILENAME}.${MATLAB_MEXEXT})
         execute_process(
             COMMAND ${MATLAB_MEX_SCRIPT} ${MEX_OPTS} "CXXFLAGS=\$CXXFLAGS ${MEX_CXXFLAGS}" ${MEX_INCLUDE_DIRS_LIST} 
-                    ${MEX_LIB_DIR} ${MEX_LIBS} ${SOURCE_FILE}
+                    ${MEX_LIB_DIR} ${MEX_LIBS_LIST} ${SOURCE_FILE}
             WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/+cv
             OUTPUT_QUIET
             ERROR_VARIABLE FAILED
diff --git a/modules/matlab/include/mxarray.hpp b/modules/matlab/include/mxarray.hpp
index 697a466d13..681449a0e1 100644
--- a/modules/matlab/include/mxarray.hpp
+++ b/modules/matlab/include/mxarray.hpp
@@ -144,19 +144,13 @@ namespace Matlab {
     static const mxClassID ScalarType = mxDOUBLE_CLASS;
     static std::string ToString()  { return "double"; }
   };
-  // size_t
-  template<> class Traits<size_t> {
-  public:
-    static const mxClassID ScalarType = (sizeof(size_t) == 4) ? mxUINT32_CLASS : mxUINT64_CLASS;
-    static std::string ToString()  { return "size_t"; }
-  };
   // char
   template<> class Traits<char> {
   public:
     static const mxClassID ScalarType = mxCHAR_CLASS;
     static std::string ToString()  { return "char"; }
   };
-  // char
+  // inherited type
   template<> class Traits<Matlab::InheritType> {
   public:
     static std::string ToString()  { return "Inherited type"; }