diff --git a/gb.poppler/configure.ac b/gb.poppler/configure.ac
index b0c82c301..0bf782cbf 100644
--- a/gb.poppler/configure.ac
+++ b/gb.poppler/configure.ac
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ GB_COMPONENT_PKG_CONFIG(
   POPPLER,
   gb.poppler,
   [src],
-  poppler poppler-splash poppler-glib)
+  'poppler >= 0.20' poppler-splash poppler-glib)
 AC_OUTPUT( Makefile src/Makefile )
 GB_PRINT_MESSAGES