1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libmat2/pdf.py b/libmat2/pdf.py
index 77710bf..300fd4a 100644
--- a/libmat2/pdf.py
+++ b/libmat2/pdf.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import re
 import logging
 import tempfile
 import io
+from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 
 import cairo
 import gi
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ from . import abstract
 
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
 
+poppler_version = Poppler.get_version()
+if LooseVersion(poppler_version) < LooseVersion('0.46'):
+    raise ValueError("MAT2 needs at least Poppler version 0.46 to work. \
+The installed version is %s." % poppler_version)
+
 
 class PDFParser(abstract.AbstractParser):
     mimetypes = {'application/pdf', }