diff --git a/modules/ovis/include/opencv2/ovis.hpp b/modules/ovis/include/opencv2/ovis.hpp
index 599528202..aeff53fae 100644
--- a/modules/ovis/include/opencv2/ovis.hpp
+++ b/modules/ovis/include/opencv2/ovis.hpp
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@ public:
 
     /**
      * set window background to custom image
-     *
-     * creates a texture named "<title>_Background"
      * @param image
      */
     CV_WRAP virtual void setBackground(InputArray image) = 0;
@@ -354,6 +352,14 @@ CV_EXPORTS_W void setMaterialProperty(const String& name, int prop, const Scalar
 /// @overload
 CV_EXPORTS_W void setMaterialProperty(const String& name, int prop, const String& value);
 
+/**
+ * set the texture of a material to the given value
+ * @param name material name
+ * @param prop @ref MaterialProperty
+ * @param value the texture data
+ */
+CV_EXPORTS_AS(setMaterialTexture) void setMaterialProperty(const String& name, int prop, InputArray value);
+
 /**
  * set the shader property of a material to the given value
  * @param name material name
@@ -365,7 +371,7 @@ CV_EXPORTS_W void setMaterialProperty(const String& name, const String& prop, co
 /**
  * create a 2D plane, X right, Y down, Z up
  *
- * creates a material and a texture with the same name
+ * creates a material with the same name
  * @param name name of the mesh
  * @param size size in world units
  * @param image optional texture
@@ -403,13 +409,7 @@ CV_EXPORTS_W void createGridMesh(const String& name, const Size2f& size, const S
  */
 CV_EXPORTS_W void createTriangleMesh(const String& name, InputArray vertices, InputArray normals = noArray(), InputArray indices = noArray());
 
-/**
- * updates an existing texture
- *
- * A new texture can be created with @ref createPlaneMesh
- * @param name name of the texture
- * @param image the image data
- */
+/// @deprecated use setMaterialProperty
 CV_EXPORTS_W void updateTexture(const String& name, InputArray image);
 //! @}
 }
diff --git a/modules/ovis/src/ovis.cpp b/modules/ovis/src/ovis.cpp
index 6bc2f2191..b5fb01ec4 100644
--- a/modules/ovis/src/ovis.cpp
+++ b/modules/ovis/src/ovis.cpp
@@ -1016,11 +1016,12 @@ void setMaterialProperty(const String& name, int prop, const Scalar& val)
         RTShader::ShaderGenerator::DEFAULT_SCHEME_NAME, name, RESOURCEGROUP_NAME);
 }
 
-void setMaterialProperty(const String& name, int prop, const String& value)
+static TextureUnitState* _getTextureUnitForUpdate(const String& material, int prop)
 {
     CV_Assert_N(prop >= MATERIAL_TEXTURE0, prop <= MATERIAL_TEXTURE3, _app);
 
-    MaterialPtr mat = MaterialManager::getSingleton().getByName(name, RESOURCEGROUP_NAME);
+    CV_Assert(_app);
+    auto mat = MaterialManager::getSingleton().getByName(material, RESOURCEGROUP_NAME);
     CV_Assert(mat);
 
     Pass* rpass = mat->getTechniques()[0]->getPasses()[0];
@@ -1028,15 +1029,32 @@ void setMaterialProperty(const String& name, int prop, const String& value)
     size_t texUnit = prop - MATERIAL_TEXTURE0;
     CV_Assert(texUnit <= rpass->getTextureUnitStates().size());
 
+    RTShader::ShaderGenerator::getSingleton().invalidateMaterial(
+        RTShader::ShaderGenerator::DEFAULT_SCHEME_NAME, material, RESOURCEGROUP_NAME);
+
     if (rpass->getTextureUnitStates().size() <= texUnit)
     {
-        rpass->createTextureUnitState(value);
-        return;
+        return rpass->createTextureUnitState();
     }
 
-    rpass->getTextureUnitStates()[texUnit]->setTextureName(value);
-    RTShader::ShaderGenerator::getSingleton().invalidateMaterial(
-        RTShader::ShaderGenerator::DEFAULT_SCHEME_NAME, name, RESOURCEGROUP_NAME);
+    return rpass->getTextureUnitStates()[texUnit];
+}
+
+void setMaterialProperty(const String& name, int prop, const String& value)
+{
+    auto tu = _getTextureUnitForUpdate(name, prop);
+    tu->setTextureName(value);
+}
+
+void setMaterialProperty(const String& name, int prop, InputArray value)
+{
+    auto tu = _getTextureUnitForUpdate(name, prop);
+
+    auto texName = tu->getTextureName();
+    if(texName.empty()) texName = name;
+
+    _createTexture(texName, value.getMat());
+    tu->setTextureName(texName);
 }
 
 static bool setShaderProperty(const GpuProgramParametersSharedPtr& params, const String& prop,