diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 238f3d7..c235486 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -570,6 +570,12 @@ fi
 if test "x$poppler_glib" = "xyes" -a "x$cairo_svg" = "xyes"; then
 	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_POPPLER_GLIB, 1, [Use libpoppler-glib and Cairo-SVG for PDF import])
 fi
+
+dnl Some poppler internal headers have '#include <poppler/...>'
+dnl So we need to also include the parent directory of the poppler include path.
+poppler_include=`echo $POPPLER_CFLAGS | sed 's/\/poppler//'`
+POPPLER_CFLAGS="$POPPLER_CFLAGS $poppler_include"
+
 AC_SUBST(POPPLER_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(POPPLER_LIBS)