diff --git a/sci-libs/grib_api/grib_api-1.11.0.ebuild b/sci-libs/grib_api/grib_api-1.11.0.ebuild
index 6b6c9afb9b26b..581973b5b498f 100644
--- a/sci-libs/grib_api/grib_api-1.11.0.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/grib_api/grib_api-1.11.0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Id$
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 		!jasper? ( media-libs/openjpeg:0 )
 	)
 	netcdf? ( sci-libs/netcdf )
-	png? ( media-libs/libpng )
+	png? ( media-libs/libpng:0= )
 	python? ( dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	python? ( dev-lang/swig )"