diff --git a/package/opencv/Config.in b/package/opencv/Config.in
index 4838a0c37b..079730e3c3 100644
--- a/package/opencv/Config.in
+++ b/package/opencv/Config.in
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_FFMPEG
 
 choice
 	prompt "gstreamer support"
+	help
+	  OpenCV prefers gstreamer-1 over gstreamer-0.10.
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITHOUT_GSTREAMER
 	bool "none"
@@ -192,6 +194,19 @@ comment "gstreamer-0.10 support needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_GSTREAMER1
+	bool "gstreamer-1.x"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # gstreamer1 -> libglib2
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # gstreamer1 -> libglib2
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # gstreamer1 -> libglib2
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GSTREAMER1
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BASE
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GST1_PLUGINS_BASE_PLUGIN_APP
+
+comment "gstreamer-1.x support needs a toolchain w/ wchar, threads"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
+
 endchoice
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_GTK
diff --git a/package/opencv/opencv.mk b/package/opencv/opencv.mk
index 633c2bf68e..0e5cf7746c 100644
--- a/package/opencv/opencv.mk
+++ b/package/opencv/opencv.mk
@@ -223,10 +223,17 @@ OPENCV_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_FFMPEG=OFF
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_GSTREAMER),y)
-OPENCV_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_GSTREAMER=ON -DWITH_GSTREAMER_0_10=ON
+OPENCV_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_GSTREAMER_0_10=ON
 OPENCV_DEPENDENCIES += gstreamer gst-plugins-base
 else
-OPENCV_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_GSTREAMER=OFF -DWITH_GSTREAMER_0_10=OFF
+OPENCV_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_GSTREAMER_0_10=OFF
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_GSTREAMER1),y)
+OPENCV_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_GSTREAMER=ON
+OPENCV_DEPENDENCIES += gstreamer1 gst1-plugins-base
+else
+OPENCV_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_GSTREAMER=OFF
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_GTK),y)