diff --git a/packages/gdk-pixbuf/build.sh b/packages/gdk-pixbuf/build.sh
index 3e507adc5..de9369fa6 100644
--- a/packages/gdk-pixbuf/build.sh
+++ b/packages/gdk-pixbuf/build.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=${_MAJOR_VERSION}.7
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=1b6e5eef09d98f05f383014ecd3503e25dfb03d7e5b5f5904e5a65b049a6a4d8
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/gdk-pixbuf/${_MAJOR_VERSION}/gdk-pixbuf-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="glib, libpng, libtiff, libjpeg-turbo"
+TERMUX_PKG_DEVPACKAGE_DEPENDS="libpng-dev"
 # Avoid runtime test which does not work when cross compiling:
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--enable-gio-sniffing --disable-glibtest"