diff --git a/package/poppler/poppler.mk b/package/poppler/poppler.mk
index f8b684b18..234b7ccd1 100644
--- a/package/poppler/poppler.mk
+++ b/package/poppler/poppler.mk
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENJPEG),y)
 POPPLER_DEPENDENCIES += openjpeg
-POPPLER_CONF_OPTS += -enable-libopenjpeg=openjpeg1
+POPPLER_CONF_OPTS += --enable-libopenjpeg=openjpeg1
 else
-POPPLER_CONF_OPTS += -enable-libopenjpeg=none
+POPPLER_CONF_OPTS += --enable-libopenjpeg=none
 endif
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))