diff --git a/packages/graphics/libpng/build b/packages/graphics/libpng/build
index 4d25b0e384..5410a58668 100755
--- a/packages/graphics/libpng/build
+++ b/packages/graphics/libpng/build
@@ -42,4 +42,7 @@ $MAKEINSTALL
 $SED "s:\([\"'= ]\)/usr:\\1$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr:g" \
   $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/bin/libpng*-config
 
+$SED "s:libs=\"-lpng15\":libs=\"-lpng15 -lz\":g" \
+  $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/bin/libpng*-config
+
 cp -P $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/bin/libpng*-config $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin