diff --git a/package/freeswitch/Config.in b/package/freeswitch/Config.in
index f636024f32..3633a29903 100644
--- a/package/freeswitch/Config.in
+++ b/package/freeswitch/Config.in
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FREESWITCH
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG
-	# src/mod/applications/mod_cv/mod_cv.cpp includes
-	# highgui.h, imgproc.hpp & objdetect.hpp
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4_LIB_HIGHGUI if BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4_LIB_IMGPROC if BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4_LIB_OBJDETECT if BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_SOFIA_SIP
@@ -33,6 +28,19 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FREESWITCH
 
 	  https://www.freeswitch.org
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_FREESWITCH_OPENCV4
+	bool
+	default y
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC # objdetect
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PROTOBUF_ARCH_SUPPORTS # objdetect
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_8 # objdetect
+	# src/mod/applications/mod_cv/mod_cv.cpp includes
+	# highgui.h, imgproc.hpp & objdetect.hpp
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4_LIB_HIGHGUI
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4_LIB_IMGPROC
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4_LIB_OBJDETECT
+
 comment "freeswitch needs a toolchain w/ C++, dynamic library, threads, wchar"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || BR2_STATIC_LIBS \
diff --git a/package/freeswitch/freeswitch.mk b/package/freeswitch/freeswitch.mk
index 81a25b3fe2..7e5dc3d872 100644
--- a/package/freeswitch/freeswitch.mk
+++ b/package/freeswitch/freeswitch.mk
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ FREESWITCH_DEPENDENCIES += libsoundtouch
 FREESWITCH_ENABLED_MODULES += applications/mod_soundtouch
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV4),y)
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_FREESWITCH_OPENCV4),y)
 FREESWITCH_DEPENDENCIES += opencv4
 FREESWITCH_ENABLED_MODULES += applications/mod_cv
 endif