diff --git a/platform/x11/detect.py b/platform/x11/detect.py
index d8cd79297e5..0e5875dff7c 100644
--- a/platform/x11/detect.py
+++ b/platform/x11/detect.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def configure(env):
         env.ParseConfig('pkg-config freetype2 --cflags --libs')
 
     if (env['builtin_libpng'] == 'no'):
-        env.ParseConfig('pkg-config libpng --cflags --libs')
+        env.ParseConfig('pkg-config libpng16 --cflags --libs')
 
     if (env['builtin_enet'] == 'no'):
         env.ParseConfig('pkg-config libenet --cflags --libs')