diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf b/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf
index 7a36eec5c..a11819e54 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/conf/distro/dey.conf
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ PREFERRED_PROVIDER_u-boot-fw-utils ?= "u-boot-fw-utils"
 # Use git recipe for libsoc
 PREFERRED_VERSION_libsoc = "git"
 
+# There's a generic opencl-headers recipe in the thud branch of
+# meta-openembedded, but we should use the package provided by the imx-gpu-viv
+# recipe in case there are NXP-specific changes in it
+PREFERRED_PROVIDER_opencl-headers ?= "imx-gpu-viv"
+
 SDK_NAME = "${DISTRO}-${TCLIBC}-${SDK_ARCH}-${IMAGE_BASENAME}-${TUNE_PKGARCH}"
 SDKPATH = "/opt/${DISTRO}/${SDK_VERSION}"