diff --git a/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk b/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
index a90d437e4f..782d913e68 100644
--- a/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
+++ b/package/ffmpeg/ffmpeg.mk
@@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_LIB_IMGPROC)x$(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_FFMPEG),yx)
 FFMPEG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-libopencv
 FFMPEG_DEPENDENCIES += opencv
+else ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3_LIB_IMGPROC)x$(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3_WITH_FFMPEG),yx)
+FFMPEG_CONF_OPTS += --enable-libopencv
+FFMPEG_DEPENDENCIES += opencv3
 else
 FFMPEG_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libopencv
 endif