diff --git a/gb.pdf/configure.ac b/gb.pdf/configure.ac
index fe87d6cd9..b7d888bb4 100644
--- a/gb.pdf/configure.ac
+++ b/gb.pdf/configure.ac
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ if test "$have_poppler" = "yes"; then
   AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(POPPLER_VERSION_0_64, $((1-$?)), Poppler version >= 0.64)
   pkg-config --atleast-version=0.71.0 poppler
   AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(POPPLER_VERSION_0_71, $((1-$?)), Poppler version >= 0.71)
+  pkg-config --atleast-version=0.72.0 poppler
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(POPPLER_VERSION_0_72, $((1-$?)), Poppler version >= 0.72)
 fi
 
 AC_OUTPUT( \
diff --git a/gb.pdf/src/CPdfDocument.cpp b/gb.pdf/src/CPdfDocument.cpp
index 64cc92796..3162f0deb 100644
--- a/gb.pdf/src/CPdfDocument.cpp
+++ b/gb.pdf/src/CPdfDocument.cpp
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
 #include <GlobalParams.h>
 #include <UnicodeMap.h>
 
+#if POPPLER_VERSION_0_72
+#define getCString c_str
+#endif
 
 /***************************************************************************/