diff --git a/package/zxing-cpp/zxing-cpp.mk b/package/zxing-cpp/zxing-cpp.mk
index c138c925bb..fbe3cc7dd9 100644
--- a/package/zxing-cpp/zxing-cpp.mk
+++ b/package/zxing-cpp/zxing-cpp.mk
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_LIB_HIGHGUI),y)
 ZXING_CPP_DEPENDENCIES += opencv
 ZXING_CPP_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_OPENCV=ON
+else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3_LIB_HIGHGUI),y)
+ZXING_CPP_DEPENDENCIES += opencv3
+ZXING_CPP_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_OPENCV=ON
 else
 ZXING_CPP_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_OPENCV=OFF
 endif