depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
        depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_7
        select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBVORBIS if BR2_PACKAGE_OPUS
-       select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3_LIB_IMGPROC if BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3
-       select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3_LIB_OBJDETECT if BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3
+       select BR2_PACKAGE_VLC_OPENCV_BACKEND if BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV
+       select BR2_PACKAGE_VLC_OPENCV3_BACKEND if BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3
        help
          VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player
          and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD,
 
          http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_VLC_OPENCV_BACKEND
+       bool
+       select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_LIB_IMGPROC
+       select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_LIB_OBJDETECT
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_VLC_OPENCV3_BACKEND
+       bool
+       select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3_LIB_IMGPROC
+       select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3_LIB_OBJDETECT
+
 comment "vlc needs a uclibc snapshot, uclibc-ng or (e)glibc toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads, headers >= 3.7"
        depends on !(BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_SNAPSHOT || BR2_UCLIBC_VERSION_NG || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC) \
                || !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR \
 
 VLC_CONF_OPTS += --disable-gles2
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV)$(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3),y)
 VLC_CONF_OPTS += --enable-opencv
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV),y)
+VLC_DEPENDENCIES += opencv
+else
 VLC_DEPENDENCIES += opencv3
+endif
 else
 VLC_CONF_OPTS += --disable-opencv
 endif