--- gutils/gimagereadpng.c.old	2011-05-16 13:11:25.000000000 +0200
+++ gutils/gimagereadpng.c	2011-05-16 13:19:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ static int loadpng() {
 return( 0 );
     }
 
+#if 0
 #  if !defined(PNG_LIBPNG_VER_MAJOR) || (PNG_LIBPNG_VER_MAJOR==1 && PNG_LIBPNG_VER_MINOR<2)
 /* Early versions are called libpng. Later libpng10/libpng12/libpng14... */
     libpng = dlopen("libpng" SO_EXT,RTLD_LAZY);
@@ -112,6 +113,9 @@ return( 0 );
 #    endif
     }
 #  endif
+#endif
+    libpng = dlopen("libpng16.so.16", RTLD_LAZY);
+
     if ( libpng==NULL ) {
 	fprintf(stderr,"libpng: %s\n", dlerror());
 return( 0 );
pgajdos@laura:~/branch/devel/fontforge/fontforge-20110222/gutils> diff -up gimagewritepng.c{.old,}
--- gutils/gimagewritepng.c.old	2011-05-16 13:20:47.000000000 +0200
+++ gutils/gimagewritepng.c	2011-05-16 13:21:44.000000000 +0200
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ static int loadpng() {
 	fprintf(stderr,"%s\n", dlerror());
 return( 0 );
     }
+#if 0
 #  if !defined(PNG_LIBPNG_VER_MAJOR) || (PNG_LIBPNG_VER_MAJOR==1 && PNG_LIBPNG_VER_MINOR<2)
 /* Early versions are called libpng. Later libpng10/libpng12/libpng14... */
     libpng = dlopen("libpng" SO_EXT,RTLD_LAZY);
@@ -96,6 +97,9 @@ return( 0 );
 #    endif
     }
 #  endif
+#endif
+    libpng = dlopen("libpng16.so.16", RTLD_LAZY);
+
     if ( libpng==NULL ) {
 	fprintf(stderr,"%s", dlerror());
 return( 0 );