diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.hpp
index e3a24032d0..f1a2ee42e0 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.hpp
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ public:
     template<typename _Tp> _InputArray(const std::vector<_Tp>& vec);
     _InputArray(const std::vector<bool>& vec);
     template<typename _Tp> _InputArray(const std::vector<std::vector<_Tp> >& vec);
+    _InputArray(const std::vector<std::vector<bool> >&);
     template<typename _Tp> _InputArray(const std::vector<Mat_<_Tp> >& vec);
     template<typename _Tp> _InputArray(const _Tp* vec, int n);
     template<typename _Tp, int m, int n> _InputArray(const Matx<_Tp, m, n>& matx);
diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.inl.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.inl.hpp
index b3b7110cbc..556c3e7a23 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.inl.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/mat.inl.hpp
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ template<typename _Tp> inline
 _InputArray::_InputArray(const std::vector<std::vector<_Tp> >& vec)
 { init(FIXED_TYPE + STD_VECTOR_VECTOR + DataType<_Tp>::type + ACCESS_READ, &vec); }
 
+inline
+_InputArray::_InputArray(const std::vector<std::vector<bool> >&)
+{ CV_Error(Error::StsUnsupportedFormat, "std::vector<std::vector<bool> > is not supported!\n"); }
+
 template<typename _Tp> inline
 _InputArray::_InputArray(const std::vector<Mat_<_Tp> >& vec)
 { init(FIXED_TYPE + STD_VECTOR_MAT + DataType<_Tp>::type + ACCESS_READ, &vec); }