diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index f7fe6e9964..1986a73eff 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ libexpat.so.1 expat-2.0.0_1
 libjpeg.so.8 libjpeg-turbo-1.2.1_1
 libpng14.so.14 libpng-1.4.2_1
 libpng15.so.15 libpng-1.5.10_1
+libpng16.so.16 libpng-1.6.2_1
 libXrender.so.1 libXrender-0.9.4_1
 libXrandr.so.2 libXrandr-1.3.0_1
 libGLU.so.1 glu-9.0.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpng/patches/libpng-1.5.11-apng.patch.gz b/srcpkgs/libpng/patches/libpng-1.5.11-apng.patch.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index b9c051af08..0000000000
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpng/patches/libpng-1.6.1-apng.patch.gz b/srcpkgs/libpng/patches/libpng-1.6.1-apng.patch.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6acbffcd40
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diff --git a/srcpkgs/libpng/template b/srcpkgs/libpng/template
index a7b562d757..b91a9874b7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libpng/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libpng/template
@@ -1,29 +1,28 @@
 # Template build file for 'libpng'.
 pkgname=libpng
-version=1.5.14
-revision=2
+version=1.6.2
+revision=1
 patch_args="-Np1"
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--disable-static"
 makedepends="zlib-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"
-distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=bd6bab0534d75ceec08be3ddc08d57096013b829f81cd39ebd468f2c7d10d1bc
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
+checksum=1c97a90bc22107e50f04f77a0115f4ec890d5c6a373ac4c560e8fb87259e92de
 
 post_install() {
-	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.la
 	vinstall LICENSE 644 usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}
 }
 
 libpng-devel_package() {
 	depends="zlib-devel libpng>=$version"
-	short_desc="${short_desc} -- development files"
+	short_desc+=" -- development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/bin
 		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
 		vmove usr/share/man/man3
 	}