diff --git a/package/opencv/Config.in b/package/opencv/Config.in
index 3f5051ef12..24f540efbd 100644
--- a/package/opencv/Config.in
+++ b/package/opencv/Config.in
@@ -205,16 +205,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_TIFF
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_V4L
 	bool "v4l support"
-	depends on BR2_LARGEFILE
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libv4l fork
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBV4L
 	help
 	  Enable Video 4 Linux support.
 
-comment "v4l support needs a toolchain w/ largefile, threads"
-	depends on !BR2_LARGEFILE || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
-	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	  If the package libv4l is enabled, its support is automatically enabled.
 
 comment "Install options"
 
diff --git a/package/opencv/opencv.mk b/package/opencv/opencv.mk
index 1341d3208a..8c2de7988e 100644
--- a/package/opencv/opencv.mk
+++ b/package/opencv/opencv.mk
@@ -220,8 +220,10 @@ OPENCV_CONF_OPT += -DWITH_TIFF=OFF
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_V4L),y)
-OPENCV_CONF_OPT += -DWITH_V4L=ON -DWITH_LIBV4L=ON
-OPENCV_DEPENDENCIES += libv4l
+OPENCV_CONF_OPT += \
+	-DWITH_V4L=ON \
+	-DWITH_LIBV4L=$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBV4L),ON,OFF)
+OPENCV_DEPENDENCIES += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBV4L),libv4l)
 else
 OPENCV_CONF_OPT += -DWITH_V4L=OFF -DWITH_LIBV4L=OFF
 endif