diff --git a/tools/pot/configs/data_free_mode_template.json b/tools/pot/configs/data_free_mode_template.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8c621fb7b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/pot/configs/data_free_mode_template.json
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+    "model": {
+        "model_name": "model_name",    // Model name
+        "model": "<MODEL_PATH>",       // Path to model (.xml format)
+        "weights": "<PATH_TO_WEIGHTS>" // Path to weights (.bin format)
+    },
+    "engine": {
+
+        "type": "data_free",                  // Engine type​
+        "generate_data": "True",              // (Optional) If True, generate synthetic data and store to `data_source`​
+                                              // Otherwise, the dataset from `--data-source` will be used'​
+        "layout": "NCHW",                     // (Optional) Layout of input data. Supported: ["NCHW", "NHWC", "CHW", "CWH"]​
+        "shape": "[None, None, None, None]",  // (Optional) if model has dynamic shapes, input shapes must be provided​
+        "data_type": "image",                 // (Optional) You can specify the type of data to be generated.​
+                                              // Currently only `image` is supported.​
+                                              // It is planned to add 'text` and 'audio' cases​
+        "data_source": "PATH_TO_SOURCE"       // (Optional) You can specify path to directory​
+                                              // where synthetic dataset is located or will be generated and saved​
+    },
+    "compression": {
+        "algorithms": [
+            {
+                "name": "DefaultQuantization", // Optimization algorithm name
+                "params": {
+                    "preset": "performance",   // Preset [performance, mixed, accuracy] which control the quantization
+                                               // mode (symmetric, mixed (weights symmetric and activations asymmetric)
+                                               // and fully asymmetric respectively)
+                    "stat_subset_size": 300    // Size of subset to calculate activations statistics that can be used
+                                               // for quantization parameters calculation
+                }
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/app/argparser.py b/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/app/argparser.py
index 06290bb7ac4..50a10f9916e 100644
--- a/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/app/argparser.py
+++ b/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/app/argparser.py
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ def get_common_argument_parser():
     parser.add_argument(
         '-c',
         '--config',
-        help='Path to a config file with optimization parameters. Overrides "-q | -m | -w | --ac-config" options')
+        help='Path to a config file with optimization parameters. '
+             'Overrides "-q | -m | -w | --ac-config | --engine" options')
 
     parser.add_argument(
         '-q',
@@ -47,6 +48,12 @@ def get_common_argument_parser():
         type=str,
         help='Model name. Applicable only when -q option is used.')
 
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--engine',
+        choices=['accuracy_checker', 'data_free', 'simplified'],
+        type=str,
+        help='Engine type. Default: `accuracy_checker`')
+
     parser.add_argument(
         '--ac-config',
         type=str,
@@ -105,6 +112,37 @@ def get_common_argument_parser():
         default=False,
         help='Keep Convolution, Deconvolution and FullyConnected weights uncompressed')
 
+    data_free_opt = parser.add_argument_group('DataFreeEngine options')
+
+    data_free_opt.add_argument(
+        '--data-source',
+        default='../../../pot_dataset',
+        help='Path to directory where synthetic dataset is located or will be generated and saved. '
+             'Default: `../../../pot_dataset`')
+
+    data_free_opt.add_argument(
+        '--shape',
+        type=str,
+        help='Required for models with dynamic shapes. '
+             'Input shape that should be fed to an input node of the model. '
+             'Shape is defined as a comma-separated list of integer numbers enclosed in '
+             'parentheses or square brackets, for example [1,3,227,227] or (1,227,227,3), where '
+             'the order of dimensions depends on the framework input layout of the model.')
+
+    data_free_opt.add_argument(
+        '--data-type',
+        type=str,
+        default='image',
+        choices=['image'],
+        help='Type of data for generation. Dafault: `image`')
+
+    data_free_opt.add_argument(
+        '--generate-data',
+        action='store_true',
+        default=False,
+        help='If specified, generate synthetic data and store to `data-source`. '
+             'Otherwise, the dataset from `--data-source` will be used')
+
     return parser
 
 
@@ -112,7 +150,7 @@ def check_dependencies(args):
     if (args.quantize is not None and
             (args.model is None or
              args.weights is None or
-             args.ac_config is None)):
+             args.ac_config is None and args.engine != 'data_free')):
         raise ValueError(
             '--quantize option requires model, weights, and AC config to be specified.')
     if args.quantize is None and args.config is None:
@@ -122,6 +160,8 @@ def check_dependencies(args):
         raise ValueError('Either --config or --quantize option should be specified')
     if args.quantize == 'accuracy_aware' and args.max_drop is None:
         raise ValueError('For AccuracyAwareQuantization --max-drop should be specified')
+    if args.engine == 'data_free' and args.ac_config is not None:
+        raise ValueError('Either DataFree mode or AC config should be specified')
     check_extra_arguments(args, 'model')
     check_extra_arguments(args, 'weights')
     check_extra_arguments(args, 'preset')
diff --git a/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/app/run.py b/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/app/run.py
index fe22f257904..0e5e6b36918 100644
--- a/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/app/run.py
+++ b/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/app/run.py
@@ -35,11 +35,17 @@ def app(argv):
         _update_config_path(args)
 
     config = Config.read_config(args.config)
+
+    if args.engine:
+        config.engine['type'] = args.engine if args.engine else 'accuracy_checker'
+    if 'data_source' not in config.engine:
+        config.engine['data_source'] = args.data_source
+
     config.configure_params(args.ac_config)
     config.update_from_args(args)
 
-    if config.engine.type == 'simplified' and args.evaluate:
-        raise Exception('Can not make evaluation in simplified mode')
+    if config.engine.type != 'accuracy_checker' and args.evaluate:
+        raise Exception('Can not make evaluation in simplified or data_free mode')
 
     log_dir = _create_log_path(config)
     init_logger(level=args.log_level,
diff --git a/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/configs/config.py b/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/configs/config.py
index 7e6ee24665c..adc2d4c214f 100644
--- a/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/configs/config.py
+++ b/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/configs/config.py
@@ -63,6 +63,19 @@ class Config(Dict):
         self.model['output_dir'] = args.output_dir
         self.model['direct_dump'] = args.direct_dump
         self.engine['evaluate'] = args.evaluate
+        if self.engine.type == 'data_free':
+            if 'data_type' not in self.engine:
+                self.engine['data_type'] = args.data_type
+            if 'generate_data' not in self.engine:
+                self.engine['generate_data'] = args.generate_data
+            if 'shape' not in self.engine:
+                self.engine['shape'] = args.shape
+            if self.engine['generate_data']:
+                subset_size = 0
+                for algo in self.compression['algorithms']:
+                    subset_size = max(subset_size, algo.get('stat_subset_size', 300))
+                self.engine['subset_size'] = subset_size
+
         self.model['keep_uncompressed_weights'] = args.keep_uncompressed_weights
         if 'optimizer' in self:
             self.optimizer.params['keep_uncompressed_weights'] = args.keep_uncompressed_weights
@@ -295,9 +308,9 @@ class Config(Dict):
         if 'type' not in engine or engine.type == 'accuracy_checker':
             self._configure_ac_params()
             self.engine.type = 'accuracy_checker'
-        elif engine.type == 'simplified':
+        elif engine.type == 'simplified' or engine.type == 'data_free':
             if 'data_source' not in engine:
-                raise KeyError('Missed data dir for sample engine')
+                raise KeyError(f'Missed data dir for {engine.type} engine')
             self.engine.device = engine.device if engine.device else 'CPU'
             engine.data_source = Path(engine.data_source)
         else:
diff --git a/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/data_loaders/creator.py b/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/data_loaders/creator.py
index 356f3b53f18..65411f73bb9 100644
--- a/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/data_loaders/creator.py
+++ b/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/data_loaders/creator.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 from openvino.tools.pot.data_loaders.image_loader import ImageLoader
+from openvino.tools.pot.data_loaders.synthetic_image_loader import SyntheticImageLoader
 from openvino.tools.pot.graph.model_utils import get_nodes_by_type
 
 
@@ -24,9 +25,16 @@ def create_data_loader(config, model):
     data_loader = None
     for in_node in inputs:
         if tuple(in_node.shape) != (1, 3):
-            data_loader = ImageLoader(config)
-            data_loader.shape = in_node.shape
-            data_loader.get_layout(in_node)
+            if config.type == 'simplified':
+                data_loader = ImageLoader(config)
+                data_loader.shape = in_node.shape
+                data_loader.get_layout(in_node)
+            elif config.type == 'data_free':
+                if not config.shape:
+                    config.shape = in_node.shape
+                if not config.layout:
+                    config.layout = in_node.graph.graph.get('layout', None)
+                data_loader = SyntheticImageLoader(config)
             return data_loader
 
     if data_loader is None:
diff --git a/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/data_loaders/image_loader.py b/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/data_loaders/image_loader.py
index 97a37b4954d..27edcfa4880 100644
--- a/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/data_loaders/image_loader.py
+++ b/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/data_loaders/image_loader.py
@@ -33,25 +33,34 @@ class ImageLoader(DataLoader):
         self._shape = tuple(shape)
 
     def _read_and_preproc_image(self, img_path):
+        C = self._layout.get_index_by_name('C')
+        H = self._layout.get_index_by_name('H')
+        W = self._layout.get_index_by_name('W')
+
         image = imread(img_path, IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)\
-            if self._shape[1] == 1 else imread(img_path)
+            if self._shape[C] == 1 else imread(img_path)
 
         if image is None:
             raise Exception('Can not read the image: {}'.format(img_path))
 
-        return prepare_image(image, self._layout, self.shape[-2:], self._crop_central_fraction)
+        return prepare_image(image, self._layout, (self.shape[H], self.shape[W]), self._crop_central_fraction)
 
-    def get_layout(self, input_node):
+    def get_layout(self, input_node=None):
         if self._layout is not None:
             if 'C' not in self._layout or 'H' not in self._layout or 'W' not in self._layout:
                 raise ValueError('Unexpected {} layout'.format(self._layout))
+            if self._shape is not None and 'N' in self._layout and len(self._shape) == 3:
+                self._layout = self._layout[1:]
             self._layout = Layout(self._layout)
             return
 
-        layout_from_ir = input_node.graph.graph.get('layout', None)
-        if layout_from_ir is not None:
-            self._layout = Layout(layout_from_ir)
-            return
+        if input_node:
+            layout_from_ir = input_node.graph.graph.get('layout', None)
+            if layout_from_ir is not None:
+                if self._shape is not None and 'N' in layout_from_ir and len(self._shape) == 3:
+                    layout_from_ir = layout_from_ir[1:]
+                self._layout = Layout(layout_from_ir)
+                return
 
         image_colors_dim = (Dimension(3), Dimension(1))
         num_dims = len(self._shape)
diff --git a/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/data_loaders/synthetic_background.npy b/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/data_loaders/synthetic_background.npy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28da19dee25
Binary files /dev/null and b/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/data_loaders/synthetic_background.npy differ
diff --git a/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/data_loaders/synthetic_image_loader.py b/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/data_loaders/synthetic_image_loader.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9fb7e2ed41e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/data_loaders/synthetic_image_loader.py
@@ -0,0 +1,327 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2022 Intel Corporation
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+from multiprocessing import Pool
+from pathlib import Path
+import os
+import re
+import requests
+
+import cv2 as cv
+import numpy as np
+
+from openvino.runtime import Layout # pylint: disable=E0611,E0401
+from openvino.tools.pot.utils.logger import get_logger
+from openvino.tools.pot.data_loaders.image_loader import ImageLoader
+from .utils import collect_img_files
+
+logger = get_logger(__name__)
+
+
+class IFSFunction:
+    def __init__(self, prev_x, prev_y):
+        self.function = []
+        self.xs, self.ys = [prev_x], [prev_y]
+        self.select_function = []
+        self.cum_proba = 0.0
+
+    def set_param(self, params, proba, weights=None):
+        if weights is not None:
+            params = list(np.array(params) * np.array(weights))
+
+        self.function.append(params)
+        self.cum_proba += proba
+        self.select_function.append(self.cum_proba)
+
+    def calculate(self, iteration):
+        rand = np.random.random(iteration)
+        prev_x, prev_y = 0, 0
+        next_x, next_y = 0, 0
+
+        for i in range(iteration):
+            for func_params, select_func in zip(self.function, self.select_function):
+                a, b, c, d, e, f = func_params
+                if rand[i] <= select_func:
+                    next_x = prev_x * a + prev_y * b + e
+                    next_y = prev_x * c + prev_y * d + f
+                    break
+
+            self.xs.append(next_x)
+            self.ys.append(next_y)
+            prev_x = next_x
+            prev_y = next_y
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def process_nans(data):
+        nan_index = np.where(np.isnan(data))
+        extend = np.array(range(nan_index[0][0] - 100, nan_index[0][0]))
+        delete_row = np.append(extend, nan_index)
+        return delete_row
+
+    def rescale(self, image_x, image_y, pad_x, pad_y):
+        xs = np.array(self.xs)
+        ys = np.array(self.ys)
+        if np.any(np.isnan(xs)):
+            delete_row = self.process_nans(xs)
+            xs = np.delete(xs, delete_row, axis=0)
+            ys = np.delete(ys, delete_row, axis=0)
+
+        if np.any(np.isnan(ys)):
+            delete_row = self.process_nans(ys)
+            xs = np.delete(xs, delete_row, axis=0)
+            ys = np.delete(ys, delete_row, axis=0)
+
+        if np.min(xs) < 0.0:
+            xs -= np.min(xs)
+        if np.min(ys) < 0.0:
+            ys -= np.min(ys)
+        xmax, xmin = np.max(xs), np.min(xs)
+        ymax, ymin = np.max(ys), np.min(ys)
+        self.xs = np.uint16(xs / (xmax - xmin) * (image_x - 2 * pad_x) + pad_x)
+        self.ys = np.uint16(ys / (ymax - ymin) * (image_y - 2 * pad_y) + pad_y)
+
+    def draw(self, draw_type, image_x, image_y, pad_x=6, pad_y=6):
+        self.rescale(image_x, image_y, pad_x, pad_y)
+        image = np.zeros((image_x, image_y), dtype=np.uint8)
+
+        for i in range(len(self.xs)):
+            if draw_type == 'point':
+                image[self.ys[i], self.xs[i]] = 127
+            else:
+                mask = '{:09b}'.format(np.random.randint(1, 512))
+                patch = 127 * np.array(list(map(int, list(mask))), dtype=np.uint8).reshape(3, 3)
+                x_start = self.xs[i] + 1
+                y_start = self.ys[i] + 1
+                image[x_start:x_start+3, y_start:y_start+3] = patch
+
+        return image
+
+
+class SyntheticImageLoader(ImageLoader):
+    def __init__(self, config):
+        super().__init__(config)
+
+        np.random.seed(seed=1)
+        self.subset_size = config.get('subset_size', 300)
+        self._cpu_count = min(os.cpu_count(), self.subset_size)
+        self._shape = config.get('shape', None)
+        self.data_source = config.get('data_source', None)
+        self._weights = np.array([
+            0.2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
+            0.6, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
+            1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
+            1.4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
+            1.8, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
+            1, 0.2, 1, 1, 1, 1,
+            1, 0.6, 1, 1, 1, 1,
+            1, 1.4, 1, 1, 1, 1,
+            1, 1.8, 1, 1, 1, 1,
+            1, 1, 0.2, 1, 1, 1,
+            1, 1, 0.6, 1, 1, 1,
+            1, 1, 1.4, 1, 1, 1,
+            1, 1, 1.8, 1, 1, 1,
+            1, 1, 1, 0.2, 1, 1,
+            1, 1, 1, 0.6, 1, 1,
+            1, 1, 1, 1.4, 1, 1,
+            1, 1, 1, 1.8, 1, 1,
+            1, 1, 1, 1, 0.2, 1,
+            1, 1, 1, 1, 0.6, 1,
+            1, 1, 1, 1, 1.4, 1,
+            1, 1, 1, 1, 1.8, 1,
+            1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0.2,
+            1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0.6,
+            1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1.4,
+            1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1.8,
+        ]).reshape(-1, 6)
+        self._threshold = 0.2
+        self._iterations = 200000
+        self._num_of_points = None
+        self._instances = None
+        self._categories = None
+        if isinstance(self._shape, str):
+            self._shape = list(map(int, re.findall(r'\d+', self._shape)))
+
+        super().get_layout()
+        self._check_input_shape()
+
+        if os.path.exists(self.data_source) and os.listdir(self.data_source) and not config.generate_data:
+            logger.info(f'Dataset was found in `{self.data_source}`')
+        else:
+            logger.info(f'Synthetic dataset will be stored in `{self.data_source}`')
+            if not os.path.exists(self.data_source):
+                os.mkdir(self.data_source)
+
+        assert os.path.isdir(self.data_source)
+        if config.generate_data or not os.listdir(self.data_source):
+            self._download_colorization_model()
+            logger.info(f'Start generating {self.subset_size} synthetic images')
+            self.generate_dataset()
+
+        self._img_files = collect_img_files(self.data_source)
+
+    def _check_input_shape(self):
+        if self._shape is None:
+            raise ValueError('Input shape should be specified. Please, use `--shape`')
+        if  len(self._shape) < 3 or len(self._shape) > 4:
+            raise ValueError(f'Input shape should have 3 or 4 dimensions, but provided {self._shape}')
+        if self._shape[self._layout.get_index_by_name('C')] != 3:
+            raise ValueError('SyntheticImageLoader can generate images with only channels == 3')
+
+    def _download_colorization_model(self):
+        proto_name = 'colorization_deploy_v2.prototxt'
+        model_name = 'colorization_release_v2.caffemodel'
+        npy_name = 'pts_in_hull.npy'
+
+        if not os.path.exists(proto_name):
+            url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/richzhang/colorization/caffe/colorization/models/'
+            proto = requests.get(url + proto_name)
+            open(proto_name, 'wb').write(proto.content)
+        if not os.path.exists(model_name):
+            url = 'http://eecs.berkeley.edu/~rich.zhang/projects/2016_colorization/files/demo_v2/'
+            model = requests.get(url + model_name)
+            open(model_name, 'wb').write(model.content)
+        if not os.path.exists(npy_name):
+            url = 'https://github.com/richzhang/colorization/raw/caffe/colorization/resources/'
+            pts_in_hull = requests.get(url + npy_name)
+            open(npy_name, 'wb').write(pts_in_hull.content)
+
+    def _initialize_params(self, height, width):
+        default_img_size = 362 * 362
+        points_coeff = max(1, int(np.round(height * width / default_img_size)))
+        self._num_of_points = 100000 * points_coeff
+
+        if self.subset_size < len(self._weights):
+            self._instances = 1
+            self._categories = 1
+            self._weights = self._weights[:self.subset_size, :]
+        else:
+            self._instances = np.ceil(0.25 * self.subset_size / self._weights.shape[0]).astype(int)
+            self._categories = np.ceil(self.subset_size / (self._instances * self._weights.shape[0])).astype(int)
+
+    def generate_dataset(self):
+        height = self._shape[self._layout.get_index_by_name('H')]
+        width = self._shape[self._layout.get_index_by_name('W')]
+        self._initialize_params(height, width)
+
+        # to avoid multiprocessing error: can't pickle openvino.pyopenvino.Layout objects
+        self._layout = str(self._layout)
+
+        with Pool(processes=self._cpu_count) as pool:
+            params = pool.map(self._generate_category, [1e-5] * self._categories)
+
+        instances_weights = np.repeat(self._weights, self._instances, axis=0)
+        weight_per_img = np.tile(instances_weights, (self._categories, 1))
+        repeated_params = np.repeat(params, self._weights.shape[0] * self._instances, axis=0)
+        repeated_params = repeated_params[:self.subset_size]
+        weight_per_img = weight_per_img[:self.subset_size]
+        assert weight_per_img.shape[0] == len(repeated_params) == self.subset_size
+
+        splits = min(self._cpu_count, self.subset_size)
+        params_per_proc = np.array_split(repeated_params, splits)
+        weights_per_proc = np.array_split(weight_per_img, splits)
+
+        generation_params = []
+        offset = 0
+        for param, w in zip(params_per_proc, weights_per_proc):
+            indices = list(range(offset, offset + len(param)))
+            offset += len(param)
+            generation_params.append((param, w, height, width, indices))
+
+        with Pool(processes=self._cpu_count) as pool:
+            pool.starmap(self._generate_image_batch, generation_params)
+
+        self._layout = Layout(self._layout)
+
+    def _generate_image_batch(self, params, weights, height, width, indices):
+        pts_in_hull = np.load('pts_in_hull.npy').transpose().reshape(2, 313, 1, 1).astype(np.float32)
+        net = cv.dnn.readNetFromCaffe('colorization_deploy_v2.prototxt', 'colorization_release_v2.caffemodel')
+        net.getLayer(net.getLayerId('class8_ab')).blobs = [pts_in_hull]
+        net.getLayer(net.getLayerId('conv8_313_rh')).blobs = [np.full([1, 313], 2.606, np.float32)]
+
+        for i, param, weight in zip(indices, params, weights):
+            image = self._generator(param, 'gray', self._iterations, height, width, weight)
+            color_image = self._colorize(image, net)
+            aug_image = self._augment(color_image)
+            cv.imwrite(os.path.join(self.data_source, "{:06d}.png".format(i)), aug_image)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _generator(params, draw_type, iterations, height=512, width=512, weight=None):
+        generators = IFSFunction(prev_x=0.0, prev_y=0.0)
+        for param in params:
+            generators.set_param(param[:6], param[6], weight)
+        generators.calculate(iterations)
+        img = generators.draw(draw_type, height, width)
+        return img
+
+    def _generate_category(self, eps, height=512, width=512):
+        pixels = -1
+        while pixels < self._threshold:
+            param_size = np.random.randint(2, 8)
+            params = np.zeros((param_size, 7), dtype=np.float32)
+
+            sum_proba = eps
+            for i in range(param_size):
+                a, b, c, d, e, f = np.random.uniform(-1.0, 1.0, 6)
+                prob = abs(a * d - b * c)
+                sum_proba += prob
+                params[i] = a, b, c, d, e, f, prob
+            params[:, 6] /= sum_proba
+
+            fracral_img = self._generator(params, 'point', self._num_of_points, height, width)
+            pixels = np.count_nonzero(fracral_img) / (height * width)
+        return params
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _rgb2lab(frame):
+        y_coeffs = np.array([0.212671, 0.715160, 0.072169], dtype=np.float32)
+        frame = np.where(frame > 0.04045, np.power((frame + 0.055) / 1.055, 2.4), frame / 12.92)
+        y = frame @ y_coeffs.T
+        L = np.where(y > 0.008856, 116 * np.cbrt(y) - 16, 903.3 * y)
+        return L
+
+    def _colorize(self, frame, net):
+        H_orig, W_orig = frame.shape[:2] # original image size
+        if len(frame.shape) == 2 or frame.shape[-1] == 1:
+            frame = np.tile(frame.reshape(H_orig, W_orig, 1), (1, 1, 3))
+
+        frame = frame.astype(np.float32) / 255
+        img_l = self._rgb2lab(frame) # get L from Lab image
+        img_rs = cv.resize(img_l, (224, 224)) # resize image to network input size
+        img_l_rs = img_rs - 50  # subtract 50 for mean-centering
+
+        net.setInput(cv.dnn.blobFromImage(img_l_rs))
+        ab_dec = net.forward()[0, :, :, :].transpose((1, 2, 0))
+
+        ab_dec_us = cv.resize(ab_dec, (W_orig, H_orig))
+        img_lab_out = np.concatenate((img_l[..., np.newaxis], ab_dec_us), axis=2) # concatenate with original image L
+        img_bgr_out = np.clip(cv.cvtColor(img_lab_out, cv.COLOR_Lab2BGR), 0, 1)
+        frame_normed = 255 * (img_bgr_out - img_bgr_out.min()) / (img_bgr_out.max() - img_bgr_out.min())
+        frame_normed = np.array(frame_normed, dtype=np.uint8)
+        return cv.resize(frame_normed, (H_orig, W_orig))
+
+    def _augment(self, image):
+        if np.random.random(1) >= 0.5:
+            image = cv.flip(image, 1)
+
+        if np.random.random(1) >= 0.5:
+            image = cv.flip(image, 0)
+
+        height, width = image.shape[:2]
+        angle = np.random.uniform(-30, 30)
+        rotate_matrix = cv.getRotationMatrix2D(center=(width / 2, height / 2), angle=angle, scale=1)
+        image = cv.warpAffine(src=image, M=rotate_matrix, dsize=(width, height))
+
+        image = self._fill_background(image)
+
+        k_size = np.random.choice(list(range(1, 16, 2)))
+        image = cv.GaussianBlur(image, (k_size, k_size), 0)
+        return image
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _fill_background(image):
+        synthetic_background = Path(__file__).parent / 'synthetic_background.npy'
+        imagenet_means = np.load(synthetic_background)
+        class_id = np.random.randint(0, imagenet_means.shape[0])
+        rows, cols = np.where(~np.any(image, axis=-1))  # background color = [0, 0, 0]
+        image[rows, cols] = imagenet_means[class_id]
+        return image
diff --git a/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/engines/creator.py b/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/engines/creator.py
index 563e983c2dd..895da98e7aa 100644
--- a/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/engines/creator.py
+++ b/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/engines/creator.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 from openvino.tools.pot.engines.ac_engine import ACEngine
+from openvino.tools.pot.engines.data_free_engine import DataFreeEngine
 from openvino.tools.pot.engines.simplified_engine import SimplifiedEngine
 
 
@@ -16,4 +17,6 @@ def create_engine(config, **kwargs):
         return ACEngine(config)
     if config.type == 'simplified':
         return SimplifiedEngine(config, **kwargs)
+    if config.type == 'data_free':
+        return DataFreeEngine(config, **kwargs)
     raise RuntimeError('Unsupported engine type')
diff --git a/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/engines/data_free_engine.py b/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/engines/data_free_engine.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35789b36cb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/pot/openvino/tools/pot/engines/data_free_engine.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2021-2022 Intel Corporation
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+from openvino.tools.pot.data_loaders.synthetic_image_loader import SyntheticImageLoader
+from openvino.tools.pot.engines.simplified_engine import SimplifiedEngine
+
+class DataFreeEngine(SimplifiedEngine):
+    def __init__(self, config, data_loader=None, metric=None):
+        super().__init__(config)
+        if not data_loader:
+            self._data_loader = self.get_data_loader(config)
+        else:
+            self._data_loader = data_loader
+
+    def get_data_loader(self, config):
+        if config.data_type == 'image':
+            return SyntheticImageLoader(config)
+
+        raise NotImplementedError("Currently data-free optimization is available for Computer Vision models only")
diff --git a/tools/pot/tests/test_data_generation.py b/tools/pot/tests/test_data_generation.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..75c7a19ba9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/pot/tests/test_data_generation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2022 Intel Corporation
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import os
+from addict import Dict
+
+import pytest
+
+from openvino.tools.pot.data_loaders.creator import create_data_loader
+from openvino.tools.pot.graph import load_model
+from openvino.tools.pot.graph.model_utils import get_nodes_by_type
+
+
+TEST_MODELS = [
+    ('mobilenet-v2-pytorch', 'pytorch', None, None),
+    ('mobilenet-v2-pytorch', 'pytorch', None, (3, 640, 720)),
+    ('mobilenet-v2-pytorch', 'pytorch', 'HWC', (224, 224, 3)),
+    ('mobilenet-v2-pytorch', 'pytorch', 'NHWC', (1, 224, 224, 3)),
+    ('mobilenet-v2-pytorch', 'pytorch', 'CHW', (3, 224, 224)),
+    ('mobilenet-v2-pytorch', 'pytorch', 'NCHW', (1, 3, 224, 224)),
+]
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'model_name, model_framework, layout, input_shape', TEST_MODELS,
+    ids=['{}_{}_{}_{}'.format(m[0], m[1], m[2], m[3]) for m in TEST_MODELS])
+def test_generate_image(tmp_path, models, model_name, model_framework, layout, input_shape):
+    path_image_data = os.path.join(tmp_path, 'pot_dataset')
+    stat_subset_size = 5
+    engine_config = Dict({'device': 'CPU',
+                          'type': 'data_free',
+                          'data_source': path_image_data,
+                          'subset_size': stat_subset_size,
+                          'layout': layout,
+                          'shape': input_shape,
+                          'generate_data': 'True'})
+    model = models.get(model_name, model_framework, tmp_path)
+    model = load_model(model.model_params)
+    data_loader = create_data_loader(engine_config, model)
+
+    num_images_from_data_loader = len(list(data_loader))
+    num_images_in_dir = len(os.listdir(path_image_data))
+    assert num_images_from_data_loader == num_images_in_dir == stat_subset_size
+
+    image = data_loader[0]
+    if input_shape is None:
+        in_node = get_nodes_by_type(model, ['Parameter'], recursively=False)[0]
+        input_shape = tuple(in_node.shape[1:])
+    elif len(input_shape) == 4:
+        input_shape = input_shape[1:]
+
+    assert image.shape == input_shape
diff --git a/tools/pot/tests/test_sanity.py b/tools/pot/tests/test_sanity.py
index 459153ba4d0..92f7d9be042 100644
--- a/tools/pot/tests/test_sanity.py
+++ b/tools/pot/tests/test_sanity.py
@@ -221,6 +221,24 @@ def test_simplified_mode(tmp_path, models):
     assert metrics == pytest.approx(expected_accuracy, abs=0.006)
 
 
+DATAFREE_TEST_MODELS = [
+    ('mobilenet-v2-pytorch', 'pytorch', 'DefaultQuantization', 'performance',
+     {'accuracy@top1': 0.679, 'accuracy@top5': 0.888})
+]
+
+
+def test_datafree_mode(tmp_path, models):
+    engine_config = Dict({'type': 'data_free',
+                          'data_source': os.path.join(tmp_path, 'pot_dataset'),
+                          'generate_data': 'True',
+                          'subset_size': 30,
+                          'device': 'CPU'})
+
+    _, _, _, _, expected_accuracy = DATAFREE_TEST_MODELS[0]
+    metrics = launch_simplified_mode(tmp_path, models, engine_config)
+    assert metrics == pytest.approx(expected_accuracy, abs=0.06)
+
+
 def test_frame_extractor_tool():
     # hack due to strange python imports (same as in sample test)
     pot_dir = Path(__file__).parent.parent