diff --git a/mkit.profiles.sh b/mkit.profiles.sh
index fe189ac..bd7fa33 100755
--- a/mkit.profiles.sh
+++ b/mkit.profiles.sh
@@ -442,6 +442,11 @@ profile_leptonica()
  add_run_dep leptonica
 }
 
+profile_opencv()
+{
+  add_run_dep opencv
+}
+
 profile_bzip2()
 {
  add_run_dep bzip2
diff --git a/modules/opencv/build.sh b/modules/opencv/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cc5289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/opencv/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+build_opencv()
+{
+ build_raw_lite opencv
+
+ return $?
+}
diff --git a/modules/opencv/hooks/configure.sh b/modules/opencv/hooks/configure.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f58707b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/opencv/hooks/configure.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+ cd ${BUILDDIR}/opencv
+ cmake "${srcdir_opencv}"  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${prefix}