diff --git a/package/poppler/poppler.mk b/package/poppler/poppler.mk
index 6142cbaf90..1113e4bd28 100644
--- a/package/poppler/poppler.mk
+++ b/package/poppler/poppler.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ POPPLER_DEPENDENCIES = fontconfig host-pkgconf
 POPPLER_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 POPPLER_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 POPPLER_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-POPPLER_CONF_OPTS = --with-font-configuration=fontconfig
+POPPLER_CONF_OPTS = --with-font-configuration=fontconfig \
+	--enable-xpdf-headers
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LCMS2),y)
 POPPLER_CONF_OPTS += --enable-cms=lcms2