diff --git a/kfilemetadata/CMakeLists.txt b/kfilemetadata/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ba09bb4..a14910f2 100644
--- a/kfilemetadata/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kfilemetadata/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} STREQUAL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
     add_definitions(${QT_DEFINITIONS} ${KDE4_DEFINITIONS})
 endif()
 
-find_package(PopplerQt4 0.12.1)
+macro_optional_find_package(PopplerQt4 0.12.1)
 set_package_properties(PopplerQt4 PROPERTIES DESCRIPTION "A PDF rendering library"
                        URL "http://poppler.freedesktop.org" TYPE OPTIONAL
                        PURPOSE "Support for PDF files")