diff --git a/recipes/libpng/__init__.py b/recipes/libpng/__init__.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from toolchain import Recipe, shprint
+from os.path import join
+import sh
+
+class PngRecipe(Recipe):
+    version = '1.6.24'
+    url = 'http://vorboss.dl.sourceforge.net/project/libpng/libpng16/1.6.24/libpng-1.6.24.tar.gz'
+    depends = ["python"]
+    library = '.libs/libpng16.a'
+
+    def build_arch(self, arch):
+        build_env = arch.get_env()
+        configure = sh.Command(join(self.build_dir, "configure"))
+        shprint(configure,
+                "CC={}".format(build_env["CC"]),
+                "LD={}".format(build_env["LD"]),
+                "CFLAGS={}".format(build_env["CFLAGS"]),
+                "LDFLAGS={}".format(build_env["LDFLAGS"]),
+                "--prefix=/",
+                "--host={}".format(arch.triple),
+                "--disable-shared")
+        shprint(sh.make, "clean")
+        shprint(sh.make, _env=build_env)
+
+recipe = PngRecipe()
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