diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/opencv-samples_2.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/opencv-samples_2.4.bb
index 9d862fe910..ecaae4c08f 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/opencv-samples_2.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/opencv-samples_2.4.bb
@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@ do_install() {
 
 FILES_${PN}-dev += "${datadir}/opencv/samples/*.c* ${datadir}/opencv/samples/*.vcp* ${datadir}/opencv/samples/build*" 
 FILES_${PN} += "${bindir} ${datadir}/opencv"
+
+PNBLACKLIST[opencv-samples] ?= "Depends on blacklisted opencv"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/opencv_2.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/opencv_2.4.bb
index a74853ce3a..eb38a5a6a4 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/opencv_2.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/opencv_2.4.bb
@@ -103,3 +103,6 @@ do_install_append() {
         rm -rf ${D}/usr/lib
     fi
 }
+
+# http://errors.yoctoproject.org/Errors/Details/40660/
+PNBLACKLIST[opencv] ?= "Not compatible with currently used ffmpeg 3"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/opencv_3.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/opencv_3.0.bb
index 1948a16565..99ca8b3572 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/opencv_3.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/opencv/opencv_3.0.bb
@@ -131,3 +131,6 @@ do_install_append() {
     install -d ${D}${datadir}/OpenCV/samples/bin/
     cp -f bin/*-tutorial-* bin/*-example-* ${D}${datadir}/OpenCV/samples/bin/
 }
+
+# http://errors.yoctoproject.org/Errors/Details/40660/
+PNBLACKLIST[opencv] ?= "Not compatible with currently used ffmpeg 3"