diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix
index 579d22ad754a..7722dd83183f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdal/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, composableDerivation, unzip, libjpeg, libtiff, zlib
-, postgresql, mysql, libgeotiff, python, pythonPackages, proj, geos, openssl }:
+, postgresql, mysql, libgeotiff, python, pythonPackages, proj, geos, openssl
+, libpng }:
 
 composableDerivation.composableDerivation {} (fixed: rec {
   version = "1.11.2";
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ composableDerivation.composableDerivation {} (fixed: rec {
     sha256 = "66bc8192d24e314a66ed69285186d46e6999beb44fc97eeb9c76d82a117c0845";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ unzip libjpeg libtiff python pythonPackages.numpy proj openssl ];
+  buildInputs = [ unzip libjpeg libtiff libpng python pythonPackages.numpy proj openssl ];
 
   # Don't use optimization for gcc >= 4.3. That's said to be causing segfaults.
   # Unset CC and CXX as they confuse libtool.
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ composableDerivation.composableDerivation {} (fixed: rec {
   configureFlags = [
     "--with-jpeg=${libjpeg}"
     "--with-libtiff=${libtiff}" # optional (without largetiff support)
+    "--with-libpng=${libpng}"   # optional
     "--with-libz=${zlib}"       # optional
 
     "--with-pg=${postgresql}/bin/pg_config"