diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6445636c6d..de321ba018 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2919,7 +2919,7 @@ enabled libmp3lame && require  "libmp3lame >= 3.98.3" lame/lame.h lame_set_VBR_q
 enabled libnut     && require  libnut libnut.h nut_demuxer_init -lnut
 enabled libopencore_amrnb  && require libopencore_amrnb opencore-amrnb/interf_dec.h Decoder_Interface_init -lopencore-amrnb
 enabled libopencore_amrwb  && require libopencore_amrwb opencore-amrwb/dec_if.h D_IF_init -lopencore-amrwb
-enabled libopencv  && require_pkg_config opencv opencv/cv.h cvCreateImageHeader
+enabled libopencv  && require_pkg_config opencv opencv/cxcore.h cvCreateImageHeader
 enabled libopenjpeg && require libopenjpeg openjpeg.h opj_version -lopenjpeg
 enabled librtmp    && require_pkg_config librtmp librtmp/rtmp.h RTMP_Socket
 enabled libschroedinger && require_pkg_config schroedinger-1.0 schroedinger/schro.h schro_init
diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_libopencv.c b/libavfilter/vf_libopencv.c
index 55e0a7f757..b789c8e19c 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_libopencv.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_libopencv.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 /* #define DEBUG */
 
 #include <opencv/cv.h>
-#include <opencv/cxtypes.h>
+#include <opencv/cxcore.h>
 #include "libavutil/avstring.h"
 #include "libavutil/file.h"
 #include "avfilter.h"