--- a/src/ApvlvFile.cpp	2011-07-07 16:26:45.257995568 +0200
+++ b/src/ApvlvFile.cpp	2011-07-07 16:29:46.654995527 +0200
@@ -302,9 +302,14 @@
 
 bool ApvlvPDF::pagetext (int pn, int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2, char **out)
 {
-  PopplerRectangle rect = { x1, y1, x2, y2 };
   PopplerPage *page = poppler_document_get_page (mDoc, pn);
-  *out = poppler_page_get_text (page, POPPLER_SELECTION_WORD, &rect);
+#if POPPLER_CHECK_VERSION(0, 15, 1)
+  PopplerRectangle rect = { x1, y2, x2, y1 };
+  *out = poppler_page_get_selected_text (page, POPPLER_SELECTION_WORD, &rect);
+#else
+  PopplerRectangle rect = { x1, y1, x2, y2 };
+   *out = poppler_page_get_text (page, POPPLER_SELECTION_WORD, &rect);
+#endif
   if (*out != NULL)
     {
       return true;