diff --git a/SuperBuild/cmake/External-OpenSfM.cmake b/SuperBuild/cmake/External-OpenSfM.cmake
index b4fff241..a2d6010b 100644
--- a/SuperBuild/cmake/External-OpenSfM.cmake
+++ b/SuperBuild/cmake/External-OpenSfM.cmake
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(${_proj_name}
   GIT_TAG           200
   #--Update/Patch step----------
   UPDATE_COMMAND    git submodule update --init --recursive
+  PATCH_COMMAND     git apply ../../../patches/OpenSfM.diff
   #--Configure step-------------
   SOURCE_DIR        ${SB_SOURCE_DIR}/${_proj_name}
   CONFIGURE_COMMAND cmake <SOURCE_DIR>/${_proj_name}/src
diff --git a/patches/OpenSfM.diff b/patches/OpenSfM.diff
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d7bb5a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/OpenSfM.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+diff --git a/opensfm/context.py b/opensfm/context.py
+index a01dd700..f54fcf87 100644
+--- a/opensfm/context.py
++++ b/opensfm/context.py
+@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ BOW_PATH = os.path.join(abspath, 'data', 'bow')
+ 
+ 
+ # Handle different OpenCV versions
++OPENCV5 = int(cv2.__version__.split('.')[0]) >= 5 #future proofing SIFT support test (see features.py)
++OPENCV4 = int(cv2.__version__.split('.')[0]) >= 4
++OPENCV44 = int(cv2.__version__.split('.')[0]) == 4 and int(cv2.__version__.split('.')[1]) >= 4 # for SIFT support (see features.py)
+ OPENCV3 = int(cv2.__version__.split('.')[0]) >= 3
+ 
+ if hasattr(cv2, 'flann_Index'):
+diff --git a/opensfm/features.py b/opensfm/features.py
+index 3e80224b..78e51ce5 100644
+--- a/opensfm/features.py
++++ b/opensfm/features.py
+@@ -87,7 +87,13 @@ def _in_mask(point, width, height, mask):
+ def extract_features_sift(image, config):
+     sift_edge_threshold = config['sift_edge_threshold']
+     sift_peak_threshold = float(config['sift_peak_threshold'])
+-    if context.OPENCV3:
++    # SIFT support is in cv2 main from version 4.4.0
++    if context.OPENCV44 or context.OPENCV5:
++        detector = cv2.SIFT_create(
++            edgeThreshold=sift_edge_threshold,
++            contrastThreshold=sift_peak_threshold)
++        descriptor = detector
++    elif context.OPENCV3:
+         try:
+             detector = cv2.xfeatures2d.SIFT_create(
+                 edgeThreshold=sift_edge_threshold,
+@@ -105,7 +110,12 @@ def extract_features_sift(image, config):
+     while True:
+         logger.debug('Computing sift with threshold {0}'.format(sift_peak_threshold))
+         t = time.time()
+-        if context.OPENCV3:
++        # SIFT support is in cv2 main from version 4.4.0
++        if context.OPENCV44 or context.OPENCV5:
++            detector = cv2.SIFT_create(
++                edgeThreshold=sift_edge_threshold,
++                contrastThreshold=sift_peak_threshold)
++        elif context.OPENCV3:
+             detector = cv2.xfeatures2d.SIFT_create(
+                 edgeThreshold=sift_edge_threshold,
+                 contrastThreshold=sift_peak_threshold)