diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/bindings_utils.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/bindings_utils.hpp
index bbcc3a88d0..179d60323f 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/bindings_utils.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/bindings_utils.hpp
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #include <opencv2/core/async.hpp>
 #include <opencv2/core/detail/async_promise.hpp>
 
+#include <stdexcept>
+
 namespace cv { namespace utils {
 //! @addtogroup core_utils
 //! @{
@@ -113,6 +115,12 @@ String dumpRange(const Range& argument)
     }
 }
 
+CV_WRAP static inline
+void testRaiseGeneralException()
+{
+    throw std::runtime_error("exception text");
+}
+
 CV_WRAP static inline
 AsyncArray testAsyncArray(InputArray argument)
 {
diff --git a/modules/python/src2/cv2.cpp b/modules/python/src2/cv2.cpp
index 8272513e64..8bb15cd43f 100644
--- a/modules/python/src2/cv2.cpp
+++ b/modules/python/src2/cv2.cpp
@@ -206,6 +206,11 @@ catch (const cv::Exception &e) \
 { \
     pyRaiseCVException(e); \
     return 0; \
+} \
+catch (const std::exception &e) \
+{ \
+    PyErr_SetString(opencv_error, e.what()); \
+    return 0; \
 }
 
 using namespace cv;
diff --git a/modules/python/test/test_misc.py b/modules/python/test/test_misc.py
index 5e23045e05..121e86a64c 100644
--- a/modules/python/test/test_misc.py
+++ b/modules/python/test/test_misc.py
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ class Bindings(NewOpenCVTests):
         boost.getMaxDepth()  # from ml::DTrees
         boost.isClassifier()  # from ml::StatModel
 
+    def test_raiseGeneralException(self):
+        with self.assertRaises((cv.error,),
+                            msg='C++ exception is not propagated to Python in the right way') as cm:
+            cv.utils.testRaiseGeneralException()
+        self.assertEqual(str(cm.exception), 'exception text')
+
     def test_redirectError(self):
         try:
             cv.imshow("", None)  # This causes an assert