diff --git a/package/opencv/Config.in b/package/opencv/Config.in
index c046baa..6cb6183 100644
--- a/package/opencv/Config.in
+++ b/package/opencv/Config.in
@@ -119,7 +119,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_LIB_PHOTO
 	help
 	  Include opencv_photo module into the OpenCV build.
 
-comment "opencv_python module requires numpy which is not yet available."
+config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_LIB_PYTHON
+	bool "python"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON
+	help
+	  Include opencv_python module into the OpenCV build.
+	  No python example is installed.
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_LIB_STITCHING
 	bool "stitching"
diff --git a/package/opencv/opencv.mk b/package/opencv/opencv.mk
index 947589b..58250ab 100644
--- a/package/opencv/opencv.mk
+++ b/package/opencv/opencv.mk
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ OPENCV_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-DBUILD_opencv_objdetect=$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_LIB_OBJDETECT),ON,OFF) \
 	-DBUILD_opencv_ocl=OFF \
 	-DBUILD_opencv_photo=$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_LIB_PHOTO),ON,OFF) \
-	-DBUILD_opencv_python=OFF \
 	-DBUILD_opencv_stitching=$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_LIB_STITCHING),ON,OFF) \
 	-DBUILD_opencv_superres=$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_LIB_SUPERRES),ON,OFF) \
 	-DBUILD_opencv_ts=$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_LIB_TS),ON,OFF) \
@@ -138,7 +137,6 @@ OPENCV_CONF_OPTS += \
 OPENCV_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-DBUILD_JASPER=OFF \
 	-DBUILD_JPEG=OFF \
-	-DBUILD_NEW_PYTHON_SUPPORT=OFF \
 	-DBUILD_OPENEXR=OFF \
 	-DBUILD_PNG=OFF \
 	-DBUILD_TIFF=OFF \
@@ -254,4 +252,20 @@ endef
 OPENCV_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += OPENCV_CLEAN_INSTALL_DATA
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_LIB_PYTHON),y)
+OPENCV_CONF_OPTS += \
+	-DBUILD_opencv_python=ON \
+	-DBUILD_NEW_PYTHON_SUPPORT=ON \
+	-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python2                               \
+	-DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR) \
+	-DPYTHON_LIBRARY=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libpython$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR).so   \
+	-DPYTHON_NUMPY_INCLUDE_DIR=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)/site-packages/numpy/core/include \
+	-DPYTHON_NUMPY_VERSION=$(PYTHON_NUMPY_VERSION)
+OPENCV_DEPENDENCIES += python python-numpy
+else
+OPENCV_CONF_OPTS += \
+	-DBUILD_opencv_python=ON \
+	-DBUILD_NEW_PYTHON_SUPPORT=OFF
+endif
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))