diff --git a/kfile-plugins/dependencies/poppler-tqt/CMakeLists.txt b/kfile-plugins/dependencies/poppler-tqt/CMakeLists.txt
index 23638219..07d422db 100644
--- a/kfile-plugins/dependencies/poppler-tqt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kfile-plugins/dependencies/poppler-tqt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ include_directories(
   ${TDE_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${TQT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/kfile-plugins/dependencies/poppler-tqt
-  /usr/include/poppler
+  ${POPPLER_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
 link_directories(
diff --git a/kfile-plugins/dependencies/poppler-tqt/ConfigureChecks.cmake b/kfile-plugins/dependencies/poppler-tqt/ConfigureChecks.cmake
index 2401f44d..2242eed0 100644
--- a/kfile-plugins/dependencies/poppler-tqt/ConfigureChecks.cmake
+++ b/kfile-plugins/dependencies/poppler-tqt/ConfigureChecks.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+# Poppler
+if( BUILD_KPDF )
+  pkg_search_module( POPPLER poppler )
+  if( POPPLER_FOUND )
+    set( HAVE_POPPLER 1 )
+  else( )
+    tde_message_fatal( "poppler is required, but was not found on your system" )
+  endif( )
+endif( )
+
 tde_save( CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES )
 set( CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES ${DBUS_TQT_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${TQT_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${QT_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 set( CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${DBUS_TQT_LDFLAGS} ${TQT_LDFLAGS} ${QT_LDFLAGS} "-lpoppler" )