diff --git a/package/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer.mk b/package/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer.mk
index 2941e314b3..50ed980b7a 100644
--- a/package/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer.mk
+++ b/package/mjpg-streamer/mjpg-streamer.mk
@@ -15,4 +15,11 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBV4L),y)
 MJPG_STREAMER_DEPENDENCIES += libv4l
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3_LIB_IMGPROC)$(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3_LIB_IMGPROC)$(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3_LIB_IMGPROC),yyy)
+MJPG_STREAMER_CONF_OPTS += -DPLUGIN_INPUT_OPENCV=ON
+MJPG_STREAMER_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf opencv3
+else
+MJPG_STREAMER_CONF_OPTS += -DPLUGIN_INPUT_OPENCV=OFF
+endif
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))