diff --git a/package/opencv/Config.in b/package/opencv/Config.in
index 6ae74b43b4..0b5d1acb66 100644
--- a/package/opencv/Config.in
+++ b/package/opencv/Config.in
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_LIB_HIGHGUI
 	  Include opencv_highgui (high-level gui and media i/o) module into the
 	  OpenCV build.
 
+if BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_LIB_HIGHGUI
+
 choice
 	prompt "gui toolkit"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_LIB_HIGHGUI
 	help
 	  GUI toolkit to be used by the opencv_highgui module.
 
@@ -108,6 +109,25 @@ comment "qt5 support needs qt5"
 
 endchoice
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_OPENGL
+	bool "opengl support"
+	# OpenGL support done using Qt5OpenGL, so depends on WITH_QT5
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_QT5
+	# OpenGL support requires Qt5OpenGL with GL support, not GLES
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT5_GL_AVAILABLE
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_QT5BASE_OPENGL
+	help
+	  Enable OpenGL for UI.
+
+comment "opengl support needs an OpenGL provider"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_QT5
+	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_QT5_GL_AVAILABLE || \
+		!BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_LIBGL
+
+endif # BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_LIB_HIGHGUI
+
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_LIB_IMGCODECS
 	bool "imgcodecs"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_LIB_IMGPROC
diff --git a/package/opencv/opencv.mk b/package/opencv/opencv.mk
index c788aeb55c..bb1bcd85e9 100644
--- a/package/opencv/opencv.mk
+++ b/package/opencv/opencv.mk
@@ -264,6 +264,13 @@ else
 OPENCV_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_JPEG=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_OPENGL),y)
+OPENCV_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_OPENGL=ON
+OPENCV_DEPENDENCIES += libgl
+else
+OPENCV_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_OPENGL=OFF
+endif
+
 OPENCV_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_OPENMP=$(if $(BR2_GCC_ENABLE_OPENMP),ON,OFF)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_PNG),y)