A light blocking element (5) for an imaging system (1) for a motor vehicle including a bottom section (6), a left wall section and a right wall section (8), the wall sections (8) extending from an opening (12) for reception of a camera lens (4) between the wall sections (8), the wall sections (8) being attached to the bottom section (6) at a first end (9), the wall sections' second end (13) being adapted to be attached to a motor vehicle windshield (2). The wall sections (8) being elastically deformable.