diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 6037c67c22c61e8c9d7895be5a417c767ec3c5f2..9b713f7ca7e736dc5a17d3d953eb1148cbecabbd 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ SET( CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)
 INCLUDE (${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/FindmvIMPACT.cmake)
 
 #find the cv support and set HAVE_OPENCV_H for the conditional compilation
-FIND_PACKAGE(OpenCV 3)
+FIND_PACKAGE(OpenCV 3.1)
 
 if (OpenCV_FOUND) 
   if (${OpenCV_VERSION_MAJOR} GREATER 2)
diff --git a/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index f0b40b2d7370be87c8612bf895adfaac951536f1..6b7ae2f2a0d006b670bc7a73e06a8da2e9f9713f 100644
--- a/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 # add the necessary include directories
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(.)
 
-# create an example application
-ADD_EXECUTABLE(mvbluefox3_test mvbluefox3_test.cpp)
+if (USE_CV)
+
+	# create an example application
+	ADD_EXECUTABLE(mvbluefox3_test mvbluefox3_test.cpp)
+
+	# link necessary libraries
+	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(mvbluefox3_test mvbluefox3 ${mvIMPACT_LIBRARY} ${OpenCV_LIBS})
+
+endif()
+
+
+
+
 
-# link necessary libraries
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(mvbluefox3_test mvbluefox3)