diff --git a/qb/config.libs.sh b/qb/config.libs.sh
index 2ef1bf1b45..d222f5eb48 100644
--- a/qb/config.libs.sh
+++ b/qb/config.libs.sh
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ fi
 
 check_pkgconf XML libxml-2.0
 check_pkgconf SDL_IMAGE SDL_image
-check_pkgconf LIBPNG libpng
+check_pkgconf LIBPNG libpng 1.5
 
 if [ "$HAVE_THREADS" != 'no' ]; then
    if [ "$HAVE_FFMPEG" != 'no' ]; then