diff --git a/apps/interactive-calibration/main.cpp b/apps/interactive-calibration/main.cpp
index 1d67514601..c1b4ba2255 100644
--- a/apps/interactive-calibration/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/interactive-calibration/main.cpp
@@ -122,8 +122,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     std::cout << consoleHelp << std::endl;
     parametersController paramsController;
 
-    if(!paramsController.loadFromParser(parser))
+    if(!paramsController.loadFromParser(parser) || !parser.check())
+    {
+        parser.printErrors();
         return 0;
+    }
 
     captureParameters capParams = paramsController.getCaptureParameters();
     internalParameters intParams = paramsController.getInternalParameters();
diff --git a/modules/core/src/command_line_parser.cpp b/modules/core/src/command_line_parser.cpp
index a83cb3166d..12eb2a8a67 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/command_line_parser.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/src/command_line_parser.cpp
@@ -76,9 +76,13 @@ static bool parse_bool(std::string str)
 {
     std::transform(str.begin(), str.end(), str.begin(), details::char_tolower);
     std::istringstream is(str);
-    bool b;
-    is >> (str.size() > 1 ? std::boolalpha : std::noboolalpha) >> b;
-    return b;
+    bool value = false;
+    is >> (str.size() > 1 ? std::boolalpha : std::noboolalpha) >> value;
+
+    if (is.fail())
+        CV_Error_(Error::StsBadArg, ("can not convert: [%s] to [bool]", str.c_str()));
+
+    return value;
 }
 
 static void from_str(const String& str, Param type, void* dst)
diff --git a/modules/core/test/test_utils.cpp b/modules/core/test/test_utils.cpp
index 13720c2b00..6c6e6932d3 100644
--- a/modules/core/test/test_utils.cpp
+++ b/modules/core/test/test_utils.cpp
@@ -165,6 +165,28 @@ TEST(CommandLineParser, testBoolOption_FalseValues)
     EXPECT_FALSE(parser.get<bool>("n"));
 }
 
+TEST(CommandLineParser, testBoolOption_InvalidValue)
+{
+    const char* argv[] = {"<bin>", "--info=invalid"};
+    const int argc = 2;
+    cv::CommandLineParser parser(argc, argv, keys);
+
+    parser.get<bool>("info");
+
+    EXPECT_FALSE(parser.check());
+}
+
+TEST(CommandLineParser, testBoolOption_InvalidNumericValue)
+{
+    const char* argv[] = {"<bin>", "--info=2"};
+    const int argc = 2;
+    cv::CommandLineParser parser(argc, argv, keys);
+
+    parser.get<bool>("info");
+
+    EXPECT_FALSE(parser.check());
+}
+
 
 static const char * const keys2 =
     "{ h help    |          | print help }"