diff --git a/package/sdl3_image/sdl3_image.mk b/package/sdl3_image/sdl3_image.mk
index a2b9f62fa9..64dcf9df52 100644
--- a/package/sdl3_image/sdl3_image.mk
+++ b/package/sdl3_image/sdl3_image.mk
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ SDL3_IMAGE_CONF_OPTS = \
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPNG),y)
 SDL3_IMAGE_DEPENDENCIES += libpng
-SDL3_IMAGE_CONF_OPTS += -DSDLIMAGE_PNG=ON
+SDL3_IMAGE_CONF_OPTS += -DSDLIMAGE_PNG=ON -DSDLIMAGE_PNG_LIBPNG=ON
 else
-SDL3_IMAGE_CONF_OPTS += -DSDLIMAGE_PNG=OFF
+SDL3_IMAGE_CONF_OPTS += -DSDLIMAGE_PNG=OFF -DSDLIMAGE_PNG_LIBPNG=OFF
 endif
 
 $(eval $(cmake-package))