diff --git a/transfig.3.2.5a-libpng14.dif b/transfig.3.2.5a-libpng14.dif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..beb71e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/transfig.3.2.5a-libpng14.dif
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- fig2dev/dev/readpng.c
++++ fig2dev/dev/readpng.c	2010-04-20 15:22:10.142924814 +0000
+@@ -127,7 +127,11 @@ read_png(file,filetype,pic,llx,lly)
+ 
+ 	if (png_get_PLTE(png_ptr, info_ptr, &palette, &num_palette)) {
+ 	    png_get_hIST(png_ptr, info_ptr, &histogram);
++#if (PNG_LIBPNG_VER_MAJOR > 1 || (PNG_LIBPNG_VER_MAJOR == 1 && (PNG_LIBPNG_VER_MINOR > 4))) || defined(png_set_quantize)
++	    png_set_quantize(png_ptr, palette, num_palette, 256, histogram, 0);
++#else
+ 	    png_set_dither(png_ptr, palette, num_palette, 256, histogram, 0);
++#endif
+ 	}
+     }
+     if (color_type == PNG_COLOR_TYPE_GRAY || color_type == PNG_COLOR_TYPE_GRAY_ALPHA) {
diff --git a/transfig.changes b/transfig.changes
index f465d91..d3ceaec 100644
--- a/transfig.changes
+++ b/transfig.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Apr 20 17:24:01 CEST 2010 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Add compatibility switch for libpng 1.4 or higher
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Apr 19 11:22:31 CEST 2010 - sndirsch@suse.de
 
diff --git a/transfig.spec b/transfig.spec
index 2551809..fcf5f61 100644
--- a/transfig.spec
+++ b/transfig.spec
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Source:         transfig.%{version}.tar.bz2
 Patch0:         transfig.3.2.5a.dif
 Patch1:         transfig.3.2.5a-cups.dif
 Patch2:         transfig.3.2.5-binderman.dif
+Patch3:         transfig.3.2.5a-libpng14.dif
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 %{expand: %%global _exec_prefix %(type -p pkg-config &>/dev/null && pkg-config --variable prefix x11 || echo /usr/X11R6)}
 %if "%_exec_prefix" == "/usr/X11R6"