diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/poppler/poppler_0.79.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/poppler/poppler_0.79.0.bb
index 0684334754..b285eecd2a 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/poppler/poppler_0.79.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/poppler/poppler_0.79.0.bb
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE += " \
     -DBUILD_GTK_TESTS=OFF \
     -DENABLE_ZLIB=ON \
     -DCMAKE_CXX_IMPLICIT_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES:PATH='${STAGING_INCDIR}' \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('GI_DATA_ENABLED', 'True', '-DENABLE_GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION=ON', '-DENABLE_GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION=OFF', d)} \
 "
 
 do_configure_append() {