diff --git a/ext/opencv/mat.cpp b/ext/opencv/mat.cpp
index abffdaa..a9eebbc 100644
--- a/ext/opencv/mat.cpp
+++ b/ext/opencv/mat.cpp
@@ -895,7 +895,8 @@ namespace rubyopencv {
 
       rb_define_method(rb_klass, "resize", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(rb_resize), -1); // in ext/opencv/mat_imgproc.cpp
       rb_define_method(rb_klass, "cvt_color", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(rb_cvt_color), -1); // in ext/opencv/mat_imgproc.cpp
-      
+      rb_define_method(rb_klass, "blur", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(rb_blur), -1); // in ext/opencv/mat_imgproc.cpp
+
       rb_define_method(rb_klass, "save", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(rb_save), -1);
 
       rb_define_method(rb_klass, "imencode", RUBY_METHOD_FUNC(rb_imencode), -1);
diff --git a/ext/opencv/mat_imgproc.cpp b/ext/opencv/mat_imgproc.cpp
index 03317f0..691f113 100644
--- a/ext/opencv/mat_imgproc.cpp
+++ b/ext/opencv/mat_imgproc.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "mat.hpp"
 #include "size.hpp"
+#include "point.hpp"
 #include "error.hpp"
 
 /*
@@ -177,5 +178,32 @@ namespace rubyopencv {
 
       return mat2obj(destptr, CLASS_OF(self));
     }
+
+    /*
+     * Blurs an image using the normalized box filter.
+     *
+     * @overload blur(ksize, anchor = Point.new(-1, -1), border_type = BORDER_DEFAULT)
+     *   @param ksize [Integer] Blurring kernel size.
+     *   @param border_type [Integer] Border mode used to extrapolate pixels outside of the image.
+     *   @return [Mat] Output array
+     *   @opencv_func cv::blur
+     */
+    VALUE rb_blur(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self) {
+      VALUE ksize, anchor, border_type;
+      rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "12", &ksize, &anchor, &border_type);
+      cv::Point anchor_value = NIL_P(anchor) ? cv::Point(-1, -1) : *(Point::obj2point(anchor));
+      int border_type_value = NIL_P(border_type) ? cv::BORDER_DEFAULT : NUM2INT(border_type);
+
+      cv::Mat* selfptr = obj2mat(self);
+      cv::Mat* dstptr = empty_mat();
+      try {
+	cv::blur(*selfptr, *dstptr, *(Size::obj2size(ksize)), anchor_value, border_type_value);
+      }
+      catch (cv::Exception& e) {
+	Error::raise(e);
+      }
+
+      return mat2obj(dstptr, CLASS_OF(self));
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/ext/opencv/mat_imgproc.hpp b/ext/opencv/mat_imgproc.hpp
index 835cc4d..57c8d39 100644
--- a/ext/opencv/mat_imgproc.hpp
+++ b/ext/opencv/mat_imgproc.hpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace rubyopencv {
     VALUE rb_laplacian(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self);
     VALUE rb_cvt_color(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self);
     VALUE rb_resize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self);
+    VALUE rb_blur(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/ext/opencv/point.hpp b/ext/opencv/point.hpp
index 7d1ef7c..edebb8c 100644
--- a/ext/opencv/point.hpp
+++ b/ext/opencv/point.hpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace rubyopencv {
   namespace Point {
     void init();
     cv::Point conpatible_obj2point(VALUE obj);
+    cv::Point* obj2point(VALUE obj);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/test_mat_imgproc.rb b/test/test_mat_imgproc.rb
index 1a1c316..fe26095 100755
--- a/test/test_mat_imgproc.rb
+++ b/test/test_mat_imgproc.rb
@@ -148,4 +148,36 @@ class TestCvMat < OpenCVTestCase
       Cv::add_weighted(m0, 0.5, m1, 0.5, 32, DUMMY_OBJ)
     }
   end
+
+  def test_blur
+    m0 = Cv::imread(FILENAME_LENA256x256, -1)
+
+    ksize = Cv::Size.new(3, 3)
+    anchor = Cv::Point.new(1, 1)
+    blurs = []
+    blurs << m0.blur(ksize)
+    blurs << m0.blur(ksize, anchor)
+    blurs << m0.blur(ksize, anchor, Cv::BORDER_REPLICATE)
+    blurs.each { |m|
+      assert_equal(m0.rows, m.rows)
+      assert_equal(m0.cols, m.cols)
+      assert_equal(m0.depth, m.depth)
+      assert_equal(m0.dims, m.dims)
+      assert_equal(m0.channels, m.channels)
+    }
+
+    assert_raise(TypeError) {
+      m0.blur(DUMMY_OBJ)
+    }
+    assert_raise(TypeError) {
+      m0.blur(ksize, DUMMY_OBJ)
+    }
+    assert_raise(TypeError) {
+      m0.blur(ksize, anchor, DUMMY_OBJ)
+    }
+
+    # w = Window.new('Blur')
+    # w.show(m0.blur(ksize, anchor, Cv::BORDER_REPLICATE))
+    # Cv::wait_key
+  end
 end