diff --git a/package/opencv3/opencv3.mk b/package/opencv3/opencv3.mk
index 83094ed78b..d38107f6e7 100644
--- a/package/opencv3/opencv3.mk
+++ b/package/opencv3/opencv3.mk
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ OPENCV3_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-DPYTHON2_PACKAGES_PATH=/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)/site-packages \
 	-DPYTHON2_NUMPY_VERSION=$(PYTHON_NUMPY_VERSION)
 OPENCV3_DEPENDENCIES += python
+OPENCV3_KEEP_PY_FILES += usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)/site-packages/cv2/config*.py
 else
 OPENCV3_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-DBUILD_opencv_python2=OFF \
@@ -339,6 +340,7 @@ OPENCV3_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-DPYTHON3_PACKAGES_PATH=/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR)/site-packages \
 	-DPYTHON3_NUMPY_VERSION=$(PYTHON_NUMPY_VERSION)
 OPENCV3_DEPENDENCIES += python3
+OPENCV3_KEEP_PY_FILES += usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR)/site-packages/cv2/config*.py
 endif
 OPENCV3_CONF_ENV += $(PKG_PYTHON_DISTUTILS_ENV)
 OPENCV3_DEPENDENCIES += python-numpy