diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index f80f166a07..07b8428a8b 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ MODULES =					\
   gnu/packages/ocaml.scm 			\
   gnu/packages/openssl.scm			\
   gnu/packages/oggvorbis.scm			\
+  gnu/packages/pdf.scm				\
   gnu/packages/perl.scm				\
   gnu/packages/pkg-config.scm			\
   gnu/packages/pth.scm				\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/pdf.scm b/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a354eac61d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/pdf.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2013 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu packages pdf)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:select (gpl2+))
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages freetype)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages libjpeg)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages libtiff)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config))
+
+(define-public poppler
+  (package
+   (name "poppler")
+   (version "0.22.0")
+   (source (origin
+            (method url-fetch)
+            (uri (string-append "http://poppler.freedesktop.org/poppler-"
+                                version ".tar.gz"))
+            (sha256 (base32
+                     "1rmrspavldlpqi6g76fijcmshy80m0kxd01nc1dmy4id3h4las44"))))
+   (build-system gnu-build-system)
+   ;; FIXME: more dependencies could  be added
+   (inputs `(("fontconfig" ,fontconfig)
+             ("freetype" ,freetype)
+             ("libjpeg-8" ,libjpeg-8)
+             ("libtiff" ,libtiff)
+             ("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)
+             ("zlib" ,zlib)))
+   (arguments
+    `(#:tests? #f ; no test data provided with the tarball
+      #:configure-flags '("--enable-xpdf-headers"))) ; to install header files
+   (synopsis "Poppler, a pdf rendering library")
+   (description
+    "Poppler is a PDF rendering library based on the xpdf-3.0 code base.")
+   (license gpl2+)
+   (home-page "http://poppler.freedesktop.org/")))