diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a6e222bffc70ad37d4134281f4c41a8f3ee8c24b..4125fbb7100df5b6a571e95c1f776a8ccb3053aa 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ option(ENABLE_PARSER "Build the GEO file parser" ${DEFAULT})
 option(ENABLE_PETSC "Enable PETSc linear algebra solvers" ${DEFAULT})
 option(ENABLE_PLUGINS "Build the post-processing plugins" ${DEFAULT})
 option(ENABLE_POST "Build the post-processing module" ${DEFAULT})
-option(ENABLE_POPPLER "Enable POPPLER package for displaying PDF documents" ${DEFAULT})
+option(ENABLE_POPPLER "Enable POPPLER package for displaying PDF documents" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_QT "Build proof-of-concept QT GUI" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_RTREE "Enable RTREE" ${DEFAULT})
 option(ENABLE_SALOME "Enable Salome routines for CAD healing" ${DEFAULT})