diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 50aad637b21..4a1f65f71e7 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ libX11.so.6 libX11-1.2_1
 libexpat.so.1 expat-2.0.0_1
 libjpeg.so.8 jpeg-8_1
 libpng14.so.14 libpng-1.4.2_1
+libpng15.so.15 libpng-1.5.10_1
 libXrender.so.1 libXrender-0.9.4_1
 libXrandr.so.2 libXrandr-1.3.0_1
 libGLU.so.1 libGLU-7.11_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpng/libpng-devel.template b/srcpkgs/libpng/libpng-devel.template
index 07cb78007cb..c502c014a3d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libpng/libpng-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libpng/libpng-devel.template
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'libpng-devel'.
 #
-depends="zlib-devel libpng>=1.4.9"
+depends="zlib-devel libpng>=$version"
 short_desc="${sourcepkg} development files"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
-
-
 do_install() {
 	vmove usr/bin usr
 	vmove usr/include usr
 	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
 	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
 	vmove usr/share/man/man3 usr/share/man
-	rm -f ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.la
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpng/patches/libpng-1.4.7-apng.patch.gz b/srcpkgs/libpng/patches/libpng-1.4.7-apng.patch.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index e6c89103cd0..00000000000
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpng/patches/libpng-1.5.10-apng-v3.patch.gz b/srcpkgs/libpng/patches/libpng-1.5.10-apng-v3.patch.gz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..43b0073a99d
Binary files /dev/null and b/srcpkgs/libpng/patches/libpng-1.5.10-apng-v3.patch.gz differ
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpng/template b/srcpkgs/libpng/template
index 75b59089b70..c0d2d70fcb0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libpng/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libpng/template
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 # Template build file for 'libpng'.
 pkgname=libpng
-version=1.4.9
-revision=2
+version=1.5.10
+revision=1
 patch_args="-Np1"
-distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 makedepends="zlib-devel"
+subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
 short_desc="Library for manipulating PNG images"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html"
 license="zlib"
-checksum=a4210ef5947f969fb01e66f40052824d9dadd84fc67c528abc30b5ba81b2b4dc
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
+checksum=4d044852d3fbe5c0fad51f80f3f9bd519a6d5e1997079b165aa2292bd706cd5d
 long_desc="
  Libpng was written as a companion to the PNG specification, as a
  way to reduce the amount of time and effort it takes to support
@@ -21,8 +22,6 @@ long_desc="
  keeping the code easy to understand.  Currently, this library
  only supports C. Support for other languages is being considered."
 
-subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
-
 post_install() {
 	vinstall LICENSE 644 usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}
 }