diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a89c54..9cf7ec3 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,16 +59,18 @@ include_directories(${Tesseract_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 # Discover OpenCV directory automatically
 find_path(OpenCV_DIR
   NAMES OpenCVConfig.cmake
-  HINTS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../libraries/opencv/)
-		
+  HINTS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../libraries/opencv/OpenCVConfig.cmake
+)
 # Opencv Package
 FIND_PACKAGE( OpenCV REQUIRED )
 IF (${OpenCV_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 2.4.7)
 	MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "OpenCV version is not compatible : ${OpenCV_VERSION}")
 ENDIF()
-IF (${OpenCV_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER 2.4.12)
-	MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "OpenCV version is not compatible : ${OpenCV_VERSION}")
-ENDIF()
+
+include_directories(${OpenCV_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
+add_definitions( -DOPENCV_MAJOR_VERSION=${OpenCV_VERSION_MAJOR})
+
 
 include_directories(./openalpr )
 
diff --git a/src/openalpr/edges/platelines.cpp b/src/openalpr/edges/platelines.cpp
index 9a5798f..db06cda 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/edges/platelines.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/edges/platelines.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
     // Do a bilateral filter to clean the noise but keep edges sharp
     Mat smoothed(inputImage.size(), inputImage.type());
-    adaptiveBilateralFilter(inputImage, smoothed, Size(3,3), 45, 45);
+    bilateralFilter(inputImage, smoothed, 3, 45, 45);
 
 
     int morph_elem  = 2;
diff --git a/src/openalpr/motiondetector.cpp b/src/openalpr/motiondetector.cpp
index c28b051..faa1459 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/motiondetector.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/motiondetector.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ namespace alpr
   
 MotionDetector::MotionDetector()
 {
+	#if OPENCV_MAJOR_VERSION == 2
 	pMOG2 = new BackgroundSubtractorMOG2();
+	#else
+	// OpenCV 3
+	pMOG2 = createBackgroundSubtractorMOG2();
+	#endif
 }
 
 MotionDetector::~MotionDetector()
@@ -17,7 +22,12 @@ MotionDetector::~MotionDetector()
 
 void MotionDetector::ResetMotionDetection(cv::Mat* frame)
 {
+#if OPENCV_MAJOR_VERSION == 2
 	pMOG2->operator()(*frame, fgMaskMOG2, 1);
+#else
+	// OpenCV 3
+	pMOG2->apply(*frame, fgMaskMOG2, 1);
+#endif
 }
 
 cv::Rect MotionDetector::MotionDetect(cv::Mat* frame)
@@ -30,7 +40,14 @@ cv::Rect MotionDetector::MotionDetect(cv::Mat* frame)
 	cv::Rect largest_rect, rect_temp;
 
 	// Detect motion
+
+#if OPENCV_MAJOR_VERSION == 2
 	pMOG2->operator()(*frame, fgMaskMOG2, -1);
+#else
+	// OpenCV 3
+	pMOG2->apply(*frame, fgMaskMOG2);
+#endif
+
 	//Remove noise
 	cv::erode(fgMaskMOG2, fgMaskMOG2, getStructuringElement(cv::MORPH_RECT, cv::Size(6, 6)));
 	// Find the contours of motion areas in the image
diff --git a/src/statedetection/featurematcher.cpp b/src/statedetection/featurematcher.cpp
index 42f1b33..0b8fb5d 100644
--- a/src/statedetection/featurematcher.cpp
+++ b/src/statedetection/featurematcher.cpp
@@ -35,9 +35,15 @@ namespace alpr
     this->descriptorMatcher = new BFMatcher(NORM_HAMMING, false);
 
     //this->descriptorMatcher = DescriptorMatcher::create( "FlannBased" );
-
+#if OPENCV_MAJOR_VERSION == 2
     this->detector = new FastFeatureDetector(10, true);
     this->extractor = new BRISK(10, 1, 0.9);
+#else
+    // OpenCV 3
+    this->detector = FastFeatureDetector::create();
+    this->extractor = BRISK::create(10, 1, 0.9);
+#endif
+
   }
 
   FeatureMatcher::~FeatureMatcher()