diff --git a/package/poppler/poppler.mk b/package/poppler/poppler.mk
index e452c2336d..69a3bcace5 100644
--- a/package/poppler/poppler.mk
+++ b/package/poppler/poppler.mk
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2),y)
 POPPLER_DEPENDENCIES += libglib2
+POPPLER_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_GLIB=ON
+else
+POPPLER_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_GLIB=OFF
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNSS),y)