diff --git a/modules/xphoto/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/xphoto/CMakeLists.txt
index 0213f0ad1..a05848d38 100644
--- a/modules/xphoto/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/xphoto/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 set(the_description "Addon to basic photo module")
-ocv_define_module(xphoto opencv_core opencv_imgproc WRAP python java)
+ocv_define_module(xphoto opencv_core opencv_imgproc opencv_photo WRAP python java)
diff --git a/modules/xphoto/doc/xphoto.bib b/modules/xphoto/doc/xphoto.bib
index b57471ceb..d89e90723 100644
--- a/modules/xphoto/doc/xphoto.bib
+++ b/modules/xphoto/doc/xphoto.bib
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   year={2012},
   publisher={Springer}
 }
-
 @inproceedings{Cheng2015,
   title={Effective learning-based illuminant estimation using simple features},
   author={Cheng, Dongliang and Price, Brian and Cohen, Scott and Brown, Michael S},
@@ -14,3 +13,14 @@
   pages={1000--1008},
   year={2015}
 }
+@inproceedings{DD02,
+  author = {Durand, Fr{\'e}do and Dorsey, Julie},
+  title = {Fast bilateral filtering for the display of high-dynamic-range images},
+  booktitle = {ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG)},
+  year = {2002},
+  pages = {257--266},
+  volume = {21},
+  number = {3},
+  publisher = {ACM},
+  url = {https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Julie_Dorsey/publication/220184746_Fast_Bilateral_Filtering_for_the_Display_of_High_-_dynamic_-_range_Images/links/54566b000cf26d5090a95f96/Fast-Bilateral-Filtering-for-the-Display-of-High-dynamic-range-Images.pdf}
+}
diff --git a/modules/xphoto/include/opencv2/xphoto.hpp b/modules/xphoto/include/opencv2/xphoto.hpp
index 73b1e0bb3..14d5d5311 100644
--- a/modules/xphoto/include/opencv2/xphoto.hpp
+++ b/modules/xphoto/include/opencv2/xphoto.hpp
@@ -50,4 +50,6 @@
 #include "xphoto/white_balance.hpp"
 #include "xphoto/dct_image_denoising.hpp"
 #include "xphoto/bm3d_image_denoising.hpp"
+#include "xphoto/tonemap.hpp"
+
 #endif
diff --git a/modules/xphoto/include/opencv2/xphoto/tonemap.hpp b/modules/xphoto/include/opencv2/xphoto/tonemap.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d977d607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/xphoto/include/opencv2/xphoto/tonemap.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+// This file is part of OpenCV project.
+// It is subject to the license terms in the LICENSE file found in the top-level directory
+// of this distribution and at http://opencv.org/license.html.
+
+#ifndef OPENCV_XPHOTO_TONEMAP_HPP
+#define OPENCV_XPHOTO_TONEMAP_HPP
+
+#include "opencv2/photo.hpp"
+
+namespace cv { namespace xphoto {
+
+//! @addtogroup xphoto
+//! @{
+
+/** @brief This algorithm decomposes image into two layers: base layer and detail layer using bilateral filter
+and compresses contrast of the base layer thus preserving all the details.
+
+This implementation uses regular bilateral filter from OpenCV.
+
+Saturation enhancement is possible as in cv::TonemapDrago.
+
+For more information see @cite DD02 .
+ */
+class CV_EXPORTS_W TonemapDurand : public Tonemap
+{
+public:
+
+    CV_WRAP virtual float getSaturation() const = 0;
+    CV_WRAP virtual void setSaturation(float saturation) = 0;
+
+    CV_WRAP virtual float getContrast() const = 0;
+    CV_WRAP virtual void setContrast(float contrast) = 0;
+
+    CV_WRAP virtual float getSigmaSpace() const = 0;
+    CV_WRAP virtual void setSigmaSpace(float sigma_space) = 0;
+
+    CV_WRAP virtual float getSigmaColor() const = 0;
+    CV_WRAP virtual void setSigmaColor(float sigma_color) = 0;
+};
+
+/** @brief Creates TonemapDurand object
+
+You need to set the OPENCV_ENABLE_NONFREE option in cmake to use those. Use them at your own risk.
+
+@param gamma gamma value for gamma correction. See createTonemap
+@param contrast resulting contrast on logarithmic scale, i. e. log(max / min), where max and min
+are maximum and minimum luminance values of the resulting image.
+@param saturation saturation enhancement value. See createTonemapDrago
+@param sigma_space bilateral filter sigma in color space
+@param sigma_color bilateral filter sigma in coordinate space
+ */
+CV_EXPORTS_W Ptr<TonemapDurand>
+createTonemapDurand(float gamma = 1.0f, float contrast = 4.0f, float saturation = 1.0f, float sigma_space = 2.0f, float sigma_color = 2.0f);
+
+}} // namespace
+#endif  // OPENCV_XPHOTO_TONEMAP_HPP
diff --git a/modules/xphoto/src/tonemap.cpp b/modules/xphoto/src/tonemap.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..038017ea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/xphoto/src/tonemap.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+// This file is part of OpenCV project.
+// It is subject to the license terms in the LICENSE file found in the top-level directory
+// of this distribution and at http://opencv.org/license.html.
+
+#include <opencv2/core.hpp>
+#include <opencv2/core/utils/trace.hpp>
+#include "opencv2/imgproc.hpp"
+#include "opencv2/xphoto.hpp"
+
+namespace cv { namespace xphoto {
+
+#ifdef OPENCV_ENABLE_NONFREE
+static inline
+void mapLuminance(Mat src, Mat dst, Mat lum, Mat new_lum, float saturation)
+{
+    std::vector<Mat> channels(3);
+    split(src, channels);
+    for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+        channels[i] = channels[i].mul(1.0f / lum);
+        pow(channels[i], saturation, channels[i]);
+        channels[i] = channels[i].mul(new_lum);
+    }
+    merge(channels, dst);
+}
+
+static inline
+void log_(const Mat& src, Mat& dst)
+{
+    max(src, Scalar::all(1e-4), dst);
+    log(dst, dst);
+}
+
+class TonemapDurandImpl CV_FINAL : public TonemapDurand
+{
+public:
+    TonemapDurandImpl(float _gamma, float _contrast, float _saturation, float _sigma_color, float _sigma_space) :
+        name("TonemapDurand"),
+        gamma(_gamma),
+        contrast(_contrast),
+        saturation(_saturation),
+        sigma_color(_sigma_color),
+        sigma_space(_sigma_space)
+    {
+    }
+
+    void process(InputArray _src, OutputArray _dst) CV_OVERRIDE
+    {
+        CV_TRACE_FUNCTION();
+
+        Mat src = _src.getMat();
+        CV_Assert(!src.empty());
+        _dst.create(src.size(), CV_32FC3);
+        Mat img = _dst.getMat();
+        Ptr<Tonemap> linear = createTonemap(1.0f);
+        linear->process(src, img);
+
+        Mat gray_img;
+        cvtColor(img, gray_img, COLOR_RGB2GRAY);
+        Mat log_img;
+        log_(gray_img, log_img);
+        Mat map_img;
+        bilateralFilter(log_img, map_img, -1, sigma_color, sigma_space);
+
+        double min, max;
+        minMaxLoc(map_img, &min, &max);
+        float scale = contrast / static_cast<float>(max - min);
+        exp(map_img * (scale - 1.0f) + log_img, map_img);
+        log_img.release();
+
+        mapLuminance(img, img, gray_img, map_img, saturation);
+        pow(img, 1.0f / gamma, img);
+    }
+
+    float getGamma() const CV_OVERRIDE { return gamma; }
+    void setGamma(float val) CV_OVERRIDE { gamma = val; }
+
+    float getSaturation() const CV_OVERRIDE { return saturation; }
+    void setSaturation(float val) CV_OVERRIDE { saturation = val; }
+
+    float getContrast() const CV_OVERRIDE { return contrast; }
+    void setContrast(float val) CV_OVERRIDE { contrast = val; }
+
+    float getSigmaColor() const CV_OVERRIDE { return sigma_color; }
+    void setSigmaColor(float val) CV_OVERRIDE { sigma_color = val; }
+
+    float getSigmaSpace() const CV_OVERRIDE { return sigma_space; }
+    void setSigmaSpace(float val) CV_OVERRIDE { sigma_space = val; }
+
+    void write(FileStorage& fs) const CV_OVERRIDE
+    {
+        writeFormat(fs);
+        fs << "name" << name
+           << "gamma" << gamma
+           << "contrast" << contrast
+           << "sigma_color" << sigma_color
+           << "sigma_space" << sigma_space
+           << "saturation" << saturation;
+    }
+
+    void read(const FileNode& fn) CV_OVERRIDE
+    {
+        FileNode n = fn["name"];
+        CV_Assert(n.isString() && String(n) == name);
+        gamma = fn["gamma"];
+        contrast = fn["contrast"];
+        sigma_color = fn["sigma_color"];
+        sigma_space = fn["sigma_space"];
+        saturation = fn["saturation"];
+    }
+
+protected:
+    String name;
+    float gamma, contrast, saturation, sigma_color, sigma_space;
+};
+
+Ptr<TonemapDurand> createTonemapDurand(float gamma, float contrast, float saturation, float sigma_color, float sigma_space)
+{
+    return makePtr<TonemapDurandImpl>(gamma, contrast, saturation, sigma_color, sigma_space);
+}
+#else
+Ptr<TonemapDurand> createTonemapDurand(float /*gamma*/, float /*contrast*/, float /*saturation*/, float /*sigma_color*/, float /*sigma_space*/)
+{
+    CV_Error(Error::StsNotImplemented,
+        "This algorithm is patented and is excluded in this configuration; "
+        "Set OPENCV_ENABLE_NONFREE CMake option and rebuild the library");
+}
+#endif  // OPENCV_ENABLE_NONFREE
+
+}}  // namespace
diff --git a/modules/xphoto/test/test_hdr.cpp b/modules/xphoto/test/test_hdr.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bfc0d5eb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/xphoto/test/test_hdr.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// This file is part of OpenCV project.
+// It is subject to the license terms in the LICENSE file found in the top-level directory
+// of this distribution and at http://opencv.org/license.html.
+
+#include "test_precomp.hpp"
+
+namespace opencv_test { namespace {
+
+using namespace cv::xphoto;
+
+#ifdef OPENCV_ENABLE_NONFREE
+
+void loadImage(string path, Mat &img)
+{
+    img = imread(path, -1);
+    ASSERT_FALSE(img.empty()) << "Could not load input image " << path;
+}
+
+void checkEqual(Mat img0, Mat img1, double threshold, const string& name)
+{
+    double max = 1.0;
+    minMaxLoc(abs(img0 - img1), NULL, &max);
+    ASSERT_FALSE(max > threshold) << "max=" << max << " threshold=" << threshold << " method=" << name;
+}
+
+TEST(Photo_Tonemap, Durand_regression)
+{
+    string test_path = string(cvtest::TS::ptr()->get_data_path()) + "cv/hdr/tonemap/";
+
+    Mat img, expected, result;
+    loadImage(test_path + "image.hdr", img);
+    float gamma = 2.2f;
+
+    Ptr<TonemapDurand> durand = createTonemapDurand(gamma);
+    durand->process(img, result);
+    loadImage(test_path + "durand.png", expected);
+    result.convertTo(result, CV_8UC3, 255);
+    checkEqual(result, expected, 3, "Durand");
+}
+
+#endif // OPENCV_ENABLE_NONFREE
+
+}} // namespace