diff --git a/poppler-0.18.1-pkgconfig_GLIB_REQUIRED.patch b/poppler-0.18.1-pkgconfig_GLIB_REQUIRED.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b15b6e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poppler-0.18.1-pkgconfig_GLIB_REQUIRED.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+diff -up poppler-0.18.1/configure.ac.pkgconfig_GLIB_REQUIRED poppler-0.18.1/configure.ac
+--- poppler-0.18.1/configure.ac.pkgconfig_GLIB_REQUIRED	2011-10-26 07:34:22.000000000 -0500
++++ poppler-0.18.1/configure.ac	2011-10-28 16:46:07.357243072 -0500
+@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ if test x$enable_cairo_output = xyes; th
+   POPPLER_GLIB_DISABLE_SINGLE_INCLUDES=""
+ 
+   GLIB_REQUIRED=2.18
++  AC_SUBST(GLIB_REQUIRED)
+   AC_ARG_ENABLE(poppler-glib,
+ 	        AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-poppler-glib],
+ 		               [Don't compile poppler glib wrapper.]),
+diff -up poppler-0.18.1/poppler-glib.pc.cmake.pkgconfig_GLIB_REQUIRED poppler-0.18.1/poppler-glib.pc.cmake
+--- poppler-0.18.1/poppler-glib.pc.cmake.pkgconfig_GLIB_REQUIRED	2011-10-17 06:42:29.000000000 -0500
++++ poppler-0.18.1/poppler-glib.pc.cmake	2011-10-28 16:43:22.997297849 -0500
+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ includedir=${prefix}/include
+ Name: poppler-glib
+ Description: GLib wrapper for poppler
+ Version: @POPPLER_VERSION@
+-Requires: glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED gobject-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED cairo >= $CAIRO_VERSION
++Requires: glib-2.0 >= @GLIB_REQUIRED@ gobject-2.0 >= @GLIB_REQUIRED@ cairo >= @CAIRO_VERSION@
+ @PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE@
+ 
+ Libs: -L${libdir} -lpoppler-glib
+diff -up poppler-0.18.1/poppler-glib.pc.in.pkgconfig_GLIB_REQUIRED poppler-0.18.1/poppler-glib.pc.in
+--- poppler-0.18.1/poppler-glib.pc.in.pkgconfig_GLIB_REQUIRED	2011-10-17 06:42:29.000000000 -0500
++++ poppler-0.18.1/poppler-glib.pc.in	2011-10-28 16:43:22.998297837 -0500
+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ includedir=@includedir@
+ Name: poppler-glib
+ Description: GLib wrapper for poppler
+ Version: @VERSION@
+-Requires: glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED gobject-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED cairo >= $CAIRO_VERSION
++Requires: glib-2.0 >= @GLIB_REQUIRED@ gobject-2.0 >= @GLIB_REQUIRED@ cairo >= @CAIRO_VERSION@
+ @PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE@
+ 
+ Libs: -L${libdir} -lpoppler-glib
+diff -up poppler-0.18.1/poppler-glib-uninstalled.pc.in.pkgconfig_GLIB_REQUIRED poppler-0.18.1/poppler-glib-uninstalled.pc.in
+--- poppler-0.18.1/poppler-glib-uninstalled.pc.in.pkgconfig_GLIB_REQUIRED	2011-10-17 06:42:29.000000000 -0500
++++ poppler-0.18.1/poppler-glib-uninstalled.pc.in	2011-10-28 16:43:22.998297837 -0500
+@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+ Name: poppler-glib
+ Description: GLib wrapper for poppler - uninstalled
+ Version: @VERSION@
+-Requires: glib-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED gobject-2.0 >= $GLIB_REQUIRED cairo >= $CAIRO_VERSION
++Requires: glib-2.0 >= @GLIB_REQUIRED@ gobject-2.0 >= @GLIB_REQUIRED@ cairo >= @CAIRO_VERSION@
+ 
+ Libs: ${pc_top_builddir}/${pcfiledir}/glib/libpoppler-glib.la
+ Cflags: -I${pc_top_builddir}/${pcfiledir}/glib
diff --git a/poppler.spec b/poppler.spec
index 6546925..0ce2843 100644
--- a/poppler.spec
+++ b/poppler.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Summary: PDF rendering library
 Name: poppler
 Version: 0.18.1
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2
 Group: Development/Libraries
 URL:     http://poppler.freedesktop.org/
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ Patch1: poppler-0.12.4-annot-appearance.patch
 # poppler-glib-demo, drop extraneous g_thread_init
 Patch2: poppler-0.18.1-glib.patch
 
+# fix poppler-glib.pc
+Patch3: poppler-0.18.1-pkgconfig_GLIB_REQUIRED.patch
+
 Requires: poppler-data >= 0.4.0
 BuildRequires: automake libtool
 BuildRequires: gettext-devel
@@ -123,9 +126,10 @@ converting PDF files to a number of other formats.
 
 #patch1 -p1 -b .annot
 
-#if 0%{?fedora} > 16
+%if 0%{?fedora} > 16
 %patch2 -p1 -b .glib
-#endif
+%endif
+%patch3 -p1 -b .pkgconfig_GLIB_REQUIRED
 
 chmod -x goo/GooTimer.h
 
@@ -157,6 +161,17 @@ make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 rm -fv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/lib*.la
 
 
+%check
+# verify pkg-config sanity/version
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=%{buildroot}%{_datadir}/pkgconfig:%{buildroot}%{_libdir}/pkgconfig
+test "$(pkg-config --modversion poppler)" = "%{version}"
+test "$(pkg-config --modversion poppler-cairo)" = "%{version}"
+test "$(pkg-config --modversion poppler-cpp)" = "%{version}"
+test "$(pkg-config --modversion poppler-glib)" = "%{version}"
+test "$(pkg-config --modversion poppler-qt4)" = "%{version}"
+test "$(pkg-config --modversion poppler-splash)" = "%{version}"
+
+
 %post -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
@@ -225,6 +240,10 @@ rm -fv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/lib*.la
 
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Oct 28 2011 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 0.18.1-2
+- poppler-glib.pc pkgconfig file broken (#749898)
+- %%check: verify pkgconfig sanity
+
 * Fri Oct 28 2011 Rex Dieter <rdieter@fedoraproject.org> 0.18.1-1
 - Update to 0.18.1
 - pkgconfig-style deps