diff --git a/package/poppler/poppler.mk b/package/poppler/poppler.mk
index 69a3bcace5..c5e1a800f2 100644
--- a/package/poppler/poppler.mk
+++ b/package/poppler/poppler.mk
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
 POPPLER_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$(TARGET_CXXFLAGS) -latomic"
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST),y)
+POPPLER_DEPENDENCIES += boost
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG),y)
 POPPLER_DEPENDENCIES += jpeg
 POPPLER_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_DCTDECODER=libjpeg -DWITH_JPEG=ON