diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/opencv/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/opencv/package.py
index e76f763ffbb..c7082bb194b 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/opencv/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/opencv/package.py
@@ -229,3 +229,10 @@ def cmake_args(self):
             ])
 
         return args
+
+    @property
+    def libs(self):
+        shared = "+shared" in self.spec
+        return find_libraries(
+            "libopencv_*", root=self.prefix, shared=shared, recurse=True
+        )