diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f2d9c6212f..6341db8d32 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ endif()
 if(ENABLE_OPENCV3)
 
     set(OPENCV_MIN_VERSION "3.1.0")
-    DETECT_OPENCV(${OPENCV_MIN_VERSION} core objdetect imgproc imgcodecs)
+    DETECT_OPENCV(${OPENCV_MIN_VERSION} core objdetect imgproc imgcodecs face)
 
     if(${OpenCV_FOUND})
         if(${OpenCV_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.1.0)
diff --git a/libs/facesengine/opencv3-face/face.hpp b/libs/facesengine/opencv3-face/face.hpp
index a99e7b349b..200b5b8b00 100644
--- a/libs/facesengine/opencv3-face/face.hpp
+++ b/libs/facesengine/opencv3-face/face.hpp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ the use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of such damage.
 
 */
 
+#include "libopencv.h"
 #include "opencv2/core.hpp"
 #include "predict_collector.hpp"
 #include <map>
@@ -318,8 +319,12 @@ public:
     The suffix const means that prediction does not affect the internal model state, so the method can
     be safely called from within different threads.
      */
+#if OPENCV_TEST_VERSION(3,4,0)
     CV_WRAP virtual void save(const String& filename) const;
-
+#else
+    CV_WRAP virtual void write(const String& filename) const;
+#endif
+    
     /** @brief Loads a FaceRecognizer and its model state.
 
     Loads a persisted model and state from a given XML or YAML file . Every FaceRecognizer has to
@@ -327,17 +332,29 @@ public:
     FaceRecognizer::load(FileStorage& fs) in turn gets called by
     FaceRecognizer::load(const String& filename), to ease saving a model.
      */
+#if OPENCV_TEST_VERSION(3,4,0)
     CV_WRAP virtual void load(const String& filename);
-
+#else
+    CV_WRAP virtual void read(const String& filename);
+#endif
+    
     /** @overload
     Saves this model to a given FileStorage.
     @param fs The FileStorage to store this FaceRecognizer to.
     */
+#if OPENCV_TEST_VERSION(3,4,0)
     virtual void save(FileStorage& fs) const = 0;
-
+#else
+    virtual void write(FileStorage& fs) const = 0;
+#endif
+    
     /** @overload */
+#if OPENCV_TEST_VERSION(3,4,0)
     virtual void load(const FileStorage& fs) = 0;
-
+#else
+    virtual void read(const FileStorage& fs) = 0;
+#endif
+    
     /** @brief Sets string info for the specified model's label.
 
     The string info is replaced by the provided value if it was set before for the specified label.
diff --git a/libs/facesengine/opencv3-face/facerec.cpp b/libs/facesengine/opencv3-face/facerec.cpp
index a58124be1f..21ad5e57e7 100644
--- a/libs/facesengine/opencv3-face/facerec.cpp
+++ b/libs/facesengine/opencv3-face/facerec.cpp
@@ -66,21 +66,37 @@ void FaceRecognizer::update(InputArrayOfArrays src, InputArray labels)
     CV_Error(Error::StsNotImplemented, error_msg);
 }
 
+#if OPENCV_TEST_VERSION(3,4,0)
 void FaceRecognizer::load(const String &filename)
+#else
+void FaceRecognizer::read(const String &filename)
+#endif
 {
     FileStorage fs(filename, FileStorage::READ);
     if (!fs.isOpened())
         CV_Error(Error::StsError, "File can't be opened for writing!");
+#if OPENCV_TEST_VERSION(3,4,0)
     this->load(fs);
+#else
+    this->read(fs);
+#endif
     fs.release();
 }
 
+#if OPENCV_TEST_VERSION(3,4,0)
 void FaceRecognizer::save(const String &filename) const
+#else
+void FaceRecognizer::write(const String &filename) const
+#endif
 {
     FileStorage fs(filename, FileStorage::WRITE);
     if (!fs.isOpened())
         CV_Error(Error::StsError, "File can't be opened for writing!");
+#if OPENCV_TEST_VERSION(3,4,0)
     this->save(fs);
+#else
+    this->write(fs);
+#endif
     fs.release();
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/facesengine/recognition-opencv-lbph/facerec_borrowed.h b/libs/facesengine/recognition-opencv-lbph/facerec_borrowed.h
index 0ff718fc2f..4561db8af5 100644
--- a/libs/facesengine/recognition-opencv-lbph/facerec_borrowed.h
+++ b/libs/facesengine/recognition-opencv-lbph/facerec_borrowed.h
@@ -104,9 +104,12 @@ public:
 #if OPENCV_TEST_VERSION(3,0,0)
     using cv::FaceRecognizer::save;
     using cv::FaceRecognizer::load;
-#else
+#elif OPENCV_TEST_VERSION(3,4,0)
     using cv::face::FaceRecognizer::save;
     using cv::face::FaceRecognizer::load;
+#else
+    using cv::face::FaceRecognizer::write;
+    using cv::face::FaceRecognizer::read;
 #endif
 
     static cv::Ptr<LBPHFaceRecognizer> create(int radius=1,
@@ -160,8 +163,10 @@ public:
      */
 #if OPENCV_TEST_VERSION(3,1,0)
     void load(const cv::FileStorage&) {}
-#else
+#elif OPENCV_TEST_VERSION(3,4,0)
     void load(const cv::FileStorage&) override {}
+#else
+    void read(const cv::FileStorage&) override {}
 #endif
 
     /**
@@ -169,8 +174,10 @@ public:
      */
 #if OPENCV_TEST_VERSION(3,1,0)
     void save(cv::FileStorage&) const {}
-#else
+#elif OPENCV_TEST_VERSION(3,4,0)
     void save(cv::FileStorage&) const override {}
+#else
+    void write(cv::FileStorage&) const override {}
 #endif
 
     /**