diff --git a/package/poppler/poppler.mk b/package/poppler/poppler.mk
index d35da54e21..f8b684b18a 100644
--- a/package/poppler/poppler.mk
+++ b/package/poppler/poppler.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 POPPLER_VERSION = 0.32.0
 POPPLER_SOURCE = poppler-$(POPPLER_VERSION).tar.xz
 POPPLER_SITE = http://poppler.freedesktop.org
-POPPLER_DEPENDENCIES = fontconfig
+POPPLER_DEPENDENCIES = fontconfig host-pkgconf
 POPPLER_LICENSE = GPLv2+
 POPPLER_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 POPPLER_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_TIFF),y)
 POPPLER_CONF_OPTS += --enable-libtiff
+# Help poppler to find libtiff in static linking scenarios
+POPPLER_CONF_ENV += \
+	LIBTIFF_LIBS="$(shell $(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --libs libtiff-4)"
 POPPLER_DEPENDENCIES += tiff
 else
 POPPLER_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libtiff