diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6de85df..3cb389e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ add_custom_target(dist
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
 
 find_package(PkgConfig)
-pkg_check_modules(POPPLER REQUIRED poppler>=0.20.0)
+pkg_check_modules(POPPLER poppler>=0.23.0)
+if(POPPLER_FOUND)
+    set(POPPLER_OLDER_THAN_0_23_0 0)
+else()
+    set(POPPLER_OLDER_THAN_0_23_0 1)
+    pkg_check_modules(POPPLER REQUIRED poppler>=0.20.0)
+endif()
 include_directories(${POPPLER_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 link_directories(${POPPLER_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 set(PDF2HTMLEX_LIBS ${PDF2HTMLEX_LIBS} ${POPPLER_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/src/BackgroundRenderer/SplashBackgroundRenderer.cc b/src/BackgroundRenderer/SplashBackgroundRenderer.cc
index a982149..5385f4d 100644
--- a/src/BackgroundRenderer/SplashBackgroundRenderer.cc
+++ b/src/BackgroundRenderer/SplashBackgroundRenderer.cc
@@ -27,9 +27,17 @@ const SplashColor SplashBackgroundRenderer::white = {255,255,255};
  * And thus have modified region set to the whole page area
  * We do not want that.
  */
+#if POPPLER_OLDER_THAN_0_23_0
+void SplashBackgroundRenderer::startPage(int pageNum, GfxState *state)
+#else
 void SplashBackgroundRenderer::startPage(int pageNum, GfxState *state, XRef *xrefA)
+#endif
 {
+#if POPPLER_OLDER_THAN_0_23_0
+    SplashOutputDev::startPage(pageNum, state);
+#else
     SplashOutputDev::startPage(pageNum, state, xrefA);
+#endif
     clearModRegion();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/BackgroundRenderer/SplashBackgroundRenderer.h b/src/BackgroundRenderer/SplashBackgroundRenderer.h
index 1c5be7e..1301354 100644
--- a/src/BackgroundRenderer/SplashBackgroundRenderer.h
+++ b/src/BackgroundRenderer/SplashBackgroundRenderer.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include <splash/SplashBitmap.h>
 #include <SplashOutputDev.h>
 
+#include "pdf2htmlEX-config.h"
+
 #include "Param.h"
 #include "HTMLRenderer/HTMLRenderer.h"
 
@@ -34,7 +36,11 @@ public:
 
   virtual ~SplashBackgroundRenderer() { }
 
+#if POPPLER_OLDER_THAN_0_23_0
+  virtual void startPage(int pageNum, GfxState *state);
+#else
   virtual void startPage(int pageNum, GfxState *state, XRef *xrefA);
+#endif
   
   virtual void drawChar(GfxState *state, double x, double y,
       double dx, double dy,
diff --git a/src/HTMLRenderer/HTMLRenderer.h b/src/HTMLRenderer/HTMLRenderer.h
index ade8c83..25b4d5d 100644
--- a/src/HTMLRenderer/HTMLRenderer.h
+++ b/src/HTMLRenderer/HTMLRenderer.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #include <GfxFont.h>
 #include <Annot.h>
 
+#include "pdf2htmlEX-config.h"
+
 #include "Param.h"
 #include "Preprocessor.h"
 #include "StringFormatter.h"
@@ -73,9 +75,11 @@ public:
     virtual void setDefaultCTM(double *ctm);
 
     // Start a page.
-    // UGLY: These 2 versions are for different versions of poppler
+#if POPPLER_OLDER_THAN_0_23_0
     virtual void startPage(int pageNum, GfxState *state);
+#else
     virtual void startPage(int pageNum, GfxState *state, XRef * xref);
+#endif
 
     // End a page.
     virtual void endPage();
diff --git a/src/HTMLRenderer/general.cc b/src/HTMLRenderer/general.cc
index 6608176..6799e86 100644
--- a/src/HTMLRenderer/general.cc
+++ b/src/HTMLRenderer/general.cc
@@ -165,12 +165,11 @@ void HTMLRenderer::setDefaultCTM(double *ctm)
     memcpy(default_ctm, ctm, sizeof(default_ctm));
 }
 
-void HTMLRenderer::startPage(int pageNum, GfxState *state) 
-{
-    startPage(pageNum, state, nullptr);
-}
-
+#if POPPLER_OLDER_THAN_0_23_0
+void HTMLRenderer::startPage(int pageNum, GfxState *state)
+#else
 void HTMLRenderer::startPage(int pageNum, GfxState *state, XRef * xref) 
+#endif
 {
     this->pageNum = pageNum;
 
diff --git a/src/pdf2htmlEX-config.h.in b/src/pdf2htmlEX-config.h.in
index 695a8dd..09dc253 100644
--- a/src/pdf2htmlEX-config.h.in
+++ b/src/pdf2htmlEX-config.h.in
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+#define POPPLER_OLDER_THAN_0_23_0 @POPPLER_OLDER_THAN_0_23_0@
 #define HAVE_CAIRO @HAVE_CAIRO@
 
 namespace pdf2htmlEX {