diff --git a/xfig.3.2.5b-libpng14.dif b/xfig.3.2.5b-libpng14.dif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08e0625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xfig.3.2.5b-libpng14.dif
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- f_readpng.c
++++ f_readpng.c	2010-04-20 15:45:02.627072958 +0000
+@@ -136,7 +136,11 @@ read_png(FILE *file, int filetype, F_pic
+ 
+ 	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/xfig.changes b/xfig.changes
index 865799d..54f8ce7 100644
--- a/xfig.changes
+++ b/xfig.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 11:29:36 CEST 2010 - sndirsch@suse.de
 
diff --git a/xfig.spec b/xfig.spec
index 2eea191..56453d6 100644
--- a/xfig.spec
+++ b/xfig.spec
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Patch5:         xfig.3.2.5b-null.dif
 Patch6:         xfig.3.2.5b-locale.dif
 Patch7:         xfig.3.2.5b-fixes.dif
 Patch8:         xfig.3.2.5b-pspdftex.dif
+Patch9:         xfig.3.2.5b-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"
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ find -type f | xargs -r chmod a-x,go-w
 %patch6  -p0 -b .locale
 %patch7  -p0 -b .fixes
 %patch8  -p0 -b .pspdftex
+%patch9  -p0 -b .libpng14
 cp %{S:1} .
 
 %build