diff --git a/recipe/bld.bat b/recipe/bld.bat
index 0cc86e66..644be915 100644
--- a/recipe/bld.bat
+++ b/recipe/bld.bat
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ cmake -G "Ninja" ^
       -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ^
       -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:PATH="%LIBRARY_PREFIX%" ^
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH="%LIBRARY_PREFIX%" ^
+      -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-DHAVE_POPPLER" ^
       -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON ^
       -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF ^
       -DBUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS:BOOL=OFF ^
diff --git a/recipe/build.sh b/recipe/build.sh
index a5ce2563..b5329fda 100644
--- a/recipe/build.sh
+++ b/recipe/build.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 set -ex # Abort on error.
 
 # also allow newer symbols (https://conda-forge.org/docs/maintainer/knowledge_base.html#newer-c-features-with-old-sdk)
-export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -D_LIBCPP_DISABLE_AVAILABILITY"
+export CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS} -D_LIBCPP_DISABLE_AVAILABILITY -DHAVE_POPPLER"
 
 mkdir build
 cd build
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index b82617a3..ada6b76e 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ source:
   sha256: aff3086fee75f5773e33a5598df98d8a4d10be411f777d3ce23584b21d8171ca
 
 build:
-  number: 12
+  number: 13
   skip_compile_pyc:
     - share/bash-completion/completions/*.py
   ignore_run_exports_from:
@@ -181,11 +181,17 @@ outputs:
         - libgdal-core >={{ ".".join(version.split(".")[:2]) }}
         - poppler
     test:
+      files:
+        - test_data
+        - test_pdf.bat
+        - test_pdf.sh
       commands:
         - test -f ${PREFIX}/lib/gdalplugins/${GDAL_PLUGIN_TYPE}_${GDAL_PLUGIN_NAME}${SHLIB_EXT}      # [unix]
         - if not exist %LIBRARY_LIB%\gdalplugins\%GDAL_PLUGIN_TYPE%_%GDAL_PLUGIN_NAME%.dll exit 1    # [win]
         - gdalinfo --format ${GDAL_PLUGIN_NAME}  # [unix]
         - gdalinfo --format %GDAL_PLUGIN_NAME%   # [win]
+        - ./test_pdf.sh  # [unix]
+        - test_pdf.bat  # [win]
     about:
       summary: Raster driver PDF for the Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL)
       license: MIT
diff --git a/recipe/test_data/test_iso32000.pdf b/recipe/test_data/test_iso32000.pdf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9c70d5df
Binary files /dev/null and b/recipe/test_data/test_iso32000.pdf differ
diff --git a/recipe/test_pdf.bat b/recipe/test_pdf.bat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7d64c69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipe/test_pdf.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+cd %~dp0\test_data
+
+gdalinfo test_iso32000.pdf
+if errorlevel 1 exit 1
diff --git a/recipe/test_pdf.sh b/recipe/test_pdf.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..2e2e0a46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipe/test_pdf.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# exit when any command fails
+set -e
+# print all commands
+set -x
+
+pushd $( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )/test_data/
+
+gdalinfo test_iso32000.pdf
+
+popd