diff --git a/package/opencv3/opencv3.mk b/package/opencv3/opencv3.mk
index 3a2594b584..416b422261 100644
--- a/package/opencv3/opencv3.mk
+++ b/package/opencv3/opencv3.mk
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ OPENCV3_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-DBUILD_PERF_TESTS=$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3_BUILD_PERF_TESTS),ON,OFF) \
 	-DBUILD_TESTS=$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3_BUILD_TESTS),ON,OFF) \
 	-DBUILD_WITH_DEBUG_INFO=OFF \
-	-DDOWNLOAD_EXTERNAL_TEST_DATA=OFF
+	-DDOWNLOAD_EXTERNAL_TEST_DATA=OFF \
+	-DOPENCV_ENABLE_PKG_CONFIG=ON
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3_BUILD_TESTS)$(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3_BUILD_PERF_TESTS),)
 OPENCV3_CONF_OPTS += -DINSTALL_TEST=OFF
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ OPENCV3_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-DWITH_WEBP=OFF \
 	-DWITH_XINE=OFF
 
-OPENCV3_DEPENDENCIES += zlib
+OPENCV3_DEPENDENCIES += host-pkgconf zlib
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3_WITH_FFMPEG),y)
 OPENCV3_CONF_OPTS += -DWITH_FFMPEG=ON