diff --git a/srcpkgs/evas/template b/srcpkgs/evas/template
index 846a9fa9d4..3e44fc9d54 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/evas/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/evas/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'evas'
 pkgname=evas
 version=1.7.6.1
-revision=6
-makedepends="pkg-config giflib-devel libpng-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel fontconfig-devel
+revision=7
+makedepends="pkg-config libpng-devel>=1.6 giflib-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel fontconfig-devel
  tiff-devel fribidi-devel harfbuzz-devel eet-devel pixman-devel
  xcb-util-image-devel libICE-devel libXrender-devel libxcb-devel MesaLib-devel"
 build_style=gnu-configure