diff --git a/package/poppler/Config.in b/package/poppler/Config.in
index fce296de4..5166e15c1 100644
--- a/package/poppler/Config.in
+++ b/package/poppler/Config.in
@@ -10,5 +10,17 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_POPPLER
 
 	  http://poppler.freedesktop.org/
 
+if BR2_PACKAGE_POPPLER
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_POPPLER_QT
+	bool "Qt support"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_QT
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_QT_GUI
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_QT_XML
+	help
+	  Build Qt support into the Poppler library
+
+endif
+
 comment "poppler needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads"
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/poppler/poppler.mk b/package/poppler/poppler.mk
index e4fee3f87..a52b0799c 100644
--- a/package/poppler/poppler.mk
+++ b/package/poppler/poppler.mk
@@ -61,4 +61,11 @@ else
 	POPPLER_CONF_OPTS += --without-x
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_POPPLER_QT),y)
+	POPPLER_DEPENDENCIES += qt
+	POPPLER_CONF_OPTS += --enable-poppler-qt4
+else
+	POPPLER_CONF_OPTS += --disable-poppler-qt4
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))