diff --git a/external/opencv/CMakeLists.txt b/external/opencv/CMakeLists.txt
index 34d2cb27a1c228a195e1f1c9f8d8ed2f57233ee7..e377bf1789b372bec3fb3efd272d2868a9514328 100644
--- a/external/opencv/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/opencv/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ include(FetchContent)
 
 set(BUILD_LIST "core,imgproc,imgcodecs" CACHE INTERNAL "")
 set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "OFF")
-set(WITH_KLEIDICV "ON" CACHE INTERNAL "")
 set(BUILD_PROTOBUF "OFF")
+set(WITH_KLEIDICV "ON" CACHE BOOL "Enable KleidICV support")
 
 FetchContent_Declare(OpenCV
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/opencv/opencv