diff --git a/modules/tracking/include/opencv2/tracking/tracker.hpp b/modules/tracking/include/opencv2/tracking/tracker.hpp
index 76b032a78..04660d6a6 100644
--- a/modules/tracking/include/opencv2/tracking/tracker.hpp
+++ b/modules/tracking/include/opencv2/tracking/tracker.hpp
@@ -565,7 +565,12 @@ class CV_EXPORTS_W Tracker : public virtual Algorithm
   virtual void read( const FileNode& fn )=0;
   virtual void write( FileStorage& fs ) const=0;
 
- public:
+  Ptr<TrackerModel> getModel()
+  {
+	  return model;
+  }
+
+ protected:
 
   virtual bool initImpl( const Mat& image, const Rect2d& boundingBox ) = 0;
   virtual bool updateImpl( const Mat& image, Rect2d& boundingBox ) = 0;
diff --git a/modules/tracking/src/multiTracker.cpp b/modules/tracking/src/multiTracker.cpp
index 78f0ee125..3053f2174 100644
--- a/modules/tracking/src/multiTracker.cpp
+++ b/modules/tracking/src/multiTracker.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ namespace cv
 		Tracker* trackerPtr = trackers[0];
 		tld::TrackerTLDImpl* tracker = static_cast<tld::TrackerTLDImpl*>(trackerPtr);
 		//TLD Model Extraction
-		tld::TrackerTLDModel* tldModel = ((tld::TrackerTLDModel*)static_cast<TrackerModel*>(tracker->model));
+		tld::TrackerTLDModel* tldModel = ((tld::TrackerTLDModel*)static_cast<TrackerModel*>(tracker->getModel()));
 		Ptr<tld::Data> data = tracker->data;
 		double scale = data->getScale();
 
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ namespace cv
 			trackerPtr = trackers[k];
 			tracker = static_cast<tld::TrackerTLDImpl*>(trackerPtr);
 			//TLD Model Extraction
-			tldModel = ((tld::TrackerTLDModel*)static_cast<TrackerModel*>(tracker->model));
+			tldModel = ((tld::TrackerTLDModel*)static_cast<TrackerModel*>(tracker->getModel()));
 			data = tracker->data;
 
 			data->frameNum++;
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ namespace cv
 		Tracker* trackerPtr = trackers[0];
 		cv::tld::TrackerTLDImpl* tracker = static_cast<tld::TrackerTLDImpl*>(trackerPtr);
 		//TLD Model Extraction
-		tld::TrackerTLDModel* tldModel = ((tld::TrackerTLDModel*)static_cast<TrackerModel*>(tracker->model));
+		tld::TrackerTLDModel* tldModel = ((tld::TrackerTLDModel*)static_cast<TrackerModel*>(tracker->getModel()));
 		Size initSize = tldModel->getMinSize();
 
 		for (int k = 0; k < (int)trackers.size(); k++)
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ namespace cv
 						trackerPtr = trackers[k];
 						tracker = static_cast<tld::TrackerTLDImpl*>(trackerPtr);
 						//TLD Model Extraction
-						tldModel = ((tld::TrackerTLDModel*)static_cast<TrackerModel*>(tracker->model));
+						tldModel = ((tld::TrackerTLDModel*)static_cast<TrackerModel*>(tracker->getModel()));
 
 						//Optimized variance calculation
 						bool varPass = (windowVar > tld::VARIANCE_THRESHOLD * *tldModel->detector->originalVariancePtr);
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ namespace cv
 			trackerPtr = trackers[k];
 			tracker = static_cast<tld::TrackerTLDImpl*>(trackerPtr);
 			//TLD Model Extraction
-			tldModel = ((tld::TrackerTLDModel*)static_cast<TrackerModel*>(tracker->model));
+			tldModel = ((tld::TrackerTLDModel*)static_cast<TrackerModel*>(tracker->getModel()));
 
 
 			for (int i = 0; i < (int)varBuffer[k].size(); i++)
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ namespace cv
 			trackerPtr = trackers[k];
 			tracker = static_cast<tld::TrackerTLDImpl*>(trackerPtr);
 			//TLD Model Extraction
-			tldModel = ((tld::TrackerTLDModel*)static_cast<TrackerModel*>(tracker->model));
+			tldModel = ((tld::TrackerTLDModel*)static_cast<TrackerModel*>(tracker->getModel()));
 
 			npos = 0;
 			nneg = 0;
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ namespace cv
 		Tracker* trackerPtr = trackers[0];
 		cv::tld::TrackerTLDImpl* tracker = static_cast<tld::TrackerTLDImpl*>(trackerPtr);
 		//TLD Model Extraction
-		tld::TrackerTLDModel* tldModel = ((tld::TrackerTLDModel*)static_cast<TrackerModel*>(tracker->model));
+		tld::TrackerTLDModel* tldModel = ((tld::TrackerTLDModel*)static_cast<TrackerModel*>(tracker->getModel()));
 		Size initSize = tldModel->getMinSize();
 
 		for (int k = 0; k < (int)trackers.size(); k++)
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ namespace cv
 						trackerPtr = trackers[k];
 						tracker = static_cast<tld::TrackerTLDImpl*>(trackerPtr);
 						//TLD Model Extraction
-						tldModel = ((tld::TrackerTLDModel*)static_cast<TrackerModel*>(tracker->model));
+						tldModel = ((tld::TrackerTLDModel*)static_cast<TrackerModel*>(tracker->getModel()));
 
 						//Optimized variance calculation
 						bool varPass = (windowVar > tld::VARIANCE_THRESHOLD * *tldModel->detector->originalVariancePtr);
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ namespace cv
 			trackerPtr = trackers[k];
 			tracker = static_cast<tld::TrackerTLDImpl*>(trackerPtr);
 			//TLD Model Extraction
-			tldModel = ((tld::TrackerTLDModel*)static_cast<TrackerModel*>(tracker->model));
+			tldModel = ((tld::TrackerTLDModel*)static_cast<TrackerModel*>(tracker->getModel()));
 
 
 			for (int i = 0; i < (int)varBuffer[k].size(); i++)
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ namespace cv
 			trackerPtr = trackers[k];
 			tracker = static_cast<tld::TrackerTLDImpl*>(trackerPtr);
 			//TLD Model Extraction
-			tldModel = ((tld::TrackerTLDModel*)static_cast<TrackerModel*>(tracker->model));
+			tldModel = ((tld::TrackerTLDModel*)static_cast<TrackerModel*>(tracker->getModel()));
 			npos = 0;
 			nneg = 0;
 			maxSc = -5.0;