Abstract: In a variable valve control for an internal combustion engine with a cylinder head having a first camshaft controlling the opening of the engines intake valves and a second camshaft for controlling the closing of the engines intake valve, a control drive for driving the second camshaft at a variable angular position relative to the first camshaft so as to permit controlling the intake valve opening duration, a control wheel with an eccentric collar for actuating the control drive and a control motor for operating the control wheel, all mounted on a bearing housing supporting the camshafts, the control wheel is mounted on the bearing housing sidewardly displaced from the control drive and the control motor has a drive shaft which extends transversely to the axis of the control wheel and is supported on the camshaft bearing housing.