diff --git a/package/opencv/Config.in b/package/opencv/Config.in
index 5dd39ca8da..5e8f189457 100644
--- a/package/opencv/Config.in
+++ b/package/opencv/Config.in
@@ -81,7 +81,21 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_QT
 
 comment "qt4 support needs qt"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # qt
-	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_QT
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_QT && !BR2_PACKAGE_QT5
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_QT5
+	bool "qt5"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT5
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_CONCURRENT
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_GUI
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_WIDGETS
+	help
+	  Use Qt5 with base, concurrent, test, gui and widgets components, as GUI
+	  toolkit.
+
+comment "qt5 support needs qt5"
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_QT && !BR2_PACKAGE_QT5
 
 endchoice
 
diff --git a/package/opencv/opencv.mk b/package/opencv/opencv.mk
index 0e5cf7746c..98e1614f2a 100644
--- a/package/opencv/opencv.mk
+++ b/package/opencv/opencv.mk
@@ -266,11 +266,18 @@ else
 OPENCV_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_PNG=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_QT)$(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_QT5),)
+OPENCV_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_QT=OFF
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_QT),y)
 OPENCV_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_QT=4
 OPENCV_DEPENDENCIES += qt
-else
-OPENCV_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_QT=OFF
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_QT5),y)
+OPENCV_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_QT=5
+OPENCV_DEPENDENCIES += qt5base
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_TIFF),y)