diff --git a/package/opencv/opencv.mk b/package/opencv/opencv.mk
index d1620a2639..c3a6bea65b 100644
--- a/package/opencv/opencv.mk
+++ b/package/opencv/opencv.mk
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ OPENCV_CONF_OPT += \
 	-DENABLE_SSE=$(if $(BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_SSE),ON,OFF)     \
 	-DENABLE_SSE2=$(if $(BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_SSE2),ON,OFF)   \
 	-DENABLE_SSE3=$(if $(BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_SSE3),ON,OFF)   \
+	-DENABLE_SSE41=$(if $(BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_SSE4),ON,OFF)  \
+	-DENABLE_SSE42=$(if $(BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_SSE42),ON,OFF) \
 	-DENABLE_SSSE3=$(if $(BR2_X86_CPU_HAS_SSSE3),ON,OFF)
 
 # Cuda stuff