diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/dnn.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/dnn.cpp
index e1e2e40bca..84dc8af1e6 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/dnn.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/dnn.cpp
@@ -1239,13 +1239,14 @@ struct Net::Impl
                     }
                 }
 
-                // For now,  OpenCL target only support fusion with activation of ReLU/ChannelsPReLU/Power
+                // For now, OpenCL target support fusion with activation of ReLU/ChannelsPReLU/Power/Tanh
                 if ( preferableTarget != DNN_TARGET_OPENCL ||
                         (preferableTarget == DNN_TARGET_OPENCL &&
                          nextData &&
-                        (!nextData->type.compare("ReLU") ||
-                         !nextData->type.compare("ChannelsPReLU") ||
-                         !nextData->type.compare("Power"))) )
+                        ((nextData->type == "ReLU") ||
+                         (nextData->type == "ChannelsPReLU") ||
+                         (nextData->type == "TanH") ||
+                         (nextData->type == "Power"))) )
                 {
 
                     Ptr<ActivationLayer> nextActivLayer;
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/convolution_layer.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/convolution_layer.cpp
index e2ae78cf83..4635c8f259 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/convolution_layer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/convolution_layer.cpp
@@ -246,6 +246,11 @@ public:
                 power = activ_power->power;
                 activType = OCL4DNN_CONV_FUSED_ACTIV_POWER;
             }
+            Ptr<TanHLayer> activ_tanh = activ.dynamicCast<TanHLayer>();
+            if (!activ_tanh.empty())
+            {
+                activType = OCL4DNN_CONV_FUSED_ACTIV_TANH;
+            }
         }
 #endif
         return !activ.empty();
@@ -877,11 +882,16 @@ public:
             {
                 convolutionOp->setActivPower(true, power);
             }
+            else if ( activType == OCL4DNN_CONV_FUSED_ACTIV_TANH)
+            {
+                convolutionOp->setActivTanh(true);
+            }
             else
             {
                 convolutionOp->setActivReLU(false, 0);
                 convolutionOp->setActivPReLU(false, reluslope);
                 convolutionOp->setActivPower(false, 1.f);
+                convolutionOp->setActivTanh(false);
             }
             newActiv = false;
         }
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/ocl4dnn/include/ocl4dnn.hpp b/modules/dnn/src/ocl4dnn/include/ocl4dnn.hpp
index 59eed46e33..b536ce40e6 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/ocl4dnn/include/ocl4dnn.hpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/ocl4dnn/include/ocl4dnn.hpp
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ typedef enum {
     OCL4DNN_CONV_FUSED_ACTIV_NONE                 = 0,
     OCL4DNN_CONV_FUSED_ACTIV_RELU                 = 1,
     OCL4DNN_CONV_FUSED_ACTIV_PRELU                = 2,
-    OCL4DNN_CONV_FUSED_ACTIV_POWER                = 3
+    OCL4DNN_CONV_FUSED_ACTIV_POWER                = 3,
+    OCL4DNN_CONV_FUSED_ACTIV_TANH                 = 4
 } ocl4dnnFusedActiv_t;
 
 template<typename Dtype>
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ class OCL4DNNConvSpatial
         void setActivReLU(bool fuse_activ, float slope);
         void setActivPReLU(bool fuse_activ, std::vector<float> &slope);
         void setActivPower(bool fuse_activ, float power);
+        void setActivTanh(bool fuse_activ);
         void setBias(bool bias_term);
 
     private:
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/ocl4dnn/src/ocl4dnn_conv_spatial.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/ocl4dnn/src/ocl4dnn_conv_spatial.cpp
index 1a05056956..16bea92ca3 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/ocl4dnn/src/ocl4dnn_conv_spatial.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/ocl4dnn/src/ocl4dnn_conv_spatial.cpp
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ void OCL4DNNConvSpatial<Dtype>::setFusionDefine(ocl4dnnFusedActiv_t fused_activ,
         case OCL4DNN_CONV_FUSED_ACTIV_POWER:
             addDef("FUSED_CONV_POWER", 1);
             break;
+        case OCL4DNN_CONV_FUSED_ACTIV_TANH:
+            addDef("FUSED_CONV_TANH", 1);
+            break;
         default:
             ;
     }
@@ -415,6 +418,17 @@ void OCL4DNNConvSpatial<Dtype>::setActivPower(bool fuse_activ, float power)
         fused_activ_ = OCL4DNN_CONV_FUSED_ACTIV_NONE;
 }
 
+template<typename Dtype>
+void OCL4DNNConvSpatial<Dtype>::setActivTanh(bool fuse_activ)
+{
+    if ( fuse_activ )
+    {
+        fused_activ_ = OCL4DNN_CONV_FUSED_ACTIV_TANH;
+    }
+    else
+        fused_activ_ = OCL4DNN_CONV_FUSED_ACTIV_NONE;
+}
+
 template<typename Dtype>
 bool OCL4DNNConvSpatial<Dtype>::Forward(const UMat& bottom,
                                         const UMat& bottom2,
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/opencl/conv_layer_spatial.cl b/modules/dnn/src/opencl/conv_layer_spatial.cl
index 7d66ed1814..3369c6c971 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/opencl/conv_layer_spatial.cl
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/opencl/conv_layer_spatial.cl
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@
 #elif defined(FUSED_CONV_POWER)
 #define ACTIVATION_RELU_FUNCTION(x, c) pow(x, power)
 #define NEGATIVE_SLOPE_ARG Dtype power,
+#elif defined(FUSED_CONV_TANH)
+#define ACTIVATION_RELU_FUNCTION(x, c) tanh(x)
+#define NEGATIVE_SLOPE_ARG
 #else
 #define ACTIVATION_RELU_FUNCTION(x, c) (x)
 #define NEGATIVE_SLOPE_ARG