diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index a0e306a2..8a735e35 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ echo "  - script started - `date`"
 	          PSR_PATH="$TOOLS_SRC_PATH/PoissonRecon"
         GRACLUS_PATH="$TOOLS_SRC_PATH/graclus"
           CERES_PATH="$TOOLS_SRC_PATH/ceres-solver"
+         OPENCV_PATH="$TOOLS_SRC_PATH/opencv"
                   
                   PCL_PATH="$TOOLS_SRC_PATH/pcl"
              LASTOOLS_PATH="$TOOLS_SRC_PATH/lastools"
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ cmvs.tar.gz http://www.di.ens.fr/cmvs/cmvs-fix2.tar.gz
 graclus.tar.gz http://smathermather.github.io/BundlerTools/patched_files/src/graclus/graclus1.2.tar.gz
 pcl.tar.gz https://github.com/PointCloudLibrary/pcl/archive/pcl-1.7.2.tar.gz
 ceres-solver.tar.gz http://ceres-solver.org/ceres-solver-1.10.0.tar.gz
+opencv.zip https://github.com/Itseez/opencv/archive/2.4.11.zip
 LAStools.zip http://lastools.org/download/LAStools.zip
 EOF
 git clone  https://github.com/mapillary/OpenSfM.git $OPENSFM_PATH
@@ -215,6 +217,7 @@ mv -f PoissonRecon        "$PSR_PATH"
 mv -f cmvs                "$CMVS_PATH"
 mv -f pcl-pcl-1.7.2       "$PCL_PATH"
 mv -f ceres-solver-1.10.0 "$CERES_PATH"
+mv -f opencv-2.4.11       "$OPENCV_PATH"
 mv -f LAStools            "$LASTOOLS_PATH"
 
 
@@ -394,13 +397,27 @@ echo "  > ceres"
   cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$TOOLS_PATH \
            -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-fPIC -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-fPIC \
            -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF  > "$TOOLS_LOG_PATH/ceres_1_config.log" 2>&1
-  
+
   echo "    - building ceres"
   make install > "$TOOLS_LOG_PATH/ceres_1_build.log" 2>&1
 
 echo "  < done - `date`"
 echo
 
+echo "  > opencv"
+  cd "$OPENCV_PATH"
+
+  echo "    - configuring opencv"
+  mkdir -p build
+  cd build
+  cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$TOOLS_PATH > "$TOOLS_LOG_PATH/opencv_1_config.log" 2>&1
+
+  echo "    - building opencv"
+  make install > "$TOOLS_LOG_PATH/opencv_1_build.log" 2>&1
+
+echo "  < done - `date`"
+echo
+
 echo "  > bundler"
   cd "$BUNDLER_PATH"
 
diff --git a/run.py b/run.py
index 6e8abe21..f68cbe7a 100755
--- a/run.py
+++ b/run.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import knnMatch_exif
 # the defs
 CURRENT_DIR = os.getcwd()
 BIN_PATH_ABS = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
+PYOPENCV_PATH = os.path.join(BIN_PATH_ABS, 'lib/python2.7/dist-packages')
 OPENSFM_PATH = os.path.join(BIN_PATH_ABS, "src/OpenSfM")
 CORES = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
 
@@ -245,7 +246,9 @@ print vars(args)
 
 def run(cmd):
     """Run a system command"""
+    print 'running', cmd
     returnCode = os.system(cmd)
+    print 'b'
     if (returnCode != 0):
         sys.exit("\nquitting cause: \n\t" + cmd + "\nreturned with code " +
                  str(returnCode) + ".\n")
@@ -690,14 +693,15 @@ def opensfm():
     with open('opensfm/config.yaml', 'w') as fout:
         fout.write("\n".join(config))
 
+    print 'running import_bundler'
     # Convert bundler's input to opensfm
-    run('"{}/bin/import_bundler" opensfm --list list.txt'.format(OPENSFM_PATH))
+    run('PYTHONPATH={} "{}/bin/import_bundler" opensfm --list list.txt'.format(PYOPENCV_PATH, OPENSFM_PATH))
 
     # Run OpenSfM reconstruction
-    run('"{}/bin/run_all" opensfm'.format(OPENSFM_PATH))
+    run('PYTHONPATH={} "{}/bin/run_all" opensfm'.format(PYOPENCV_PATH, OPENSFM_PATH))
 
     # Convert back to bundler's format
-    run('"{}/bin/export_bundler" opensfm'.format(OPENSFM_PATH))
+    run('PYTHONPATH={} "{}/bin/export_bundler" opensfm'.format(PYOPENCV_PATH, OPENSFM_PATH))
 
     bundler_to_pmvs("opensfm/bundle_r000.out")