diff --git a/package/matchbox-keyboard/Config.in b/package/matchbox-keyboard/Config.in
index 260a57c6a4..3d7a9d203c 100644
--- a/package/matchbox-keyboard/Config.in
+++ b/package/matchbox-keyboard/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MATCHBOX_KEYBOARD
 	bool "matchbox-keyboard"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPNG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBXTST
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBXRENDER
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_XLIB_LIBXFT if !BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO
diff --git a/package/matchbox-keyboard/matchbox-keyboard.mk b/package/matchbox-keyboard/matchbox-keyboard.mk
index 242c4831d1..a1e3c61543 100644
--- a/package/matchbox-keyboard/matchbox-keyboard.mk
+++ b/package/matchbox-keyboard/matchbox-keyboard.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MATCHBOX_KEYBOARD_SITE = \
 MATCHBOX_KEYBOARD_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1, GPL-2.0+ (applet.c)
 MATCHBOX_KEYBOARD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING applet/applet.c
 MATCHBOX_KEYBOARD_DEPENDENCIES = \
-	host-pkgconf matchbox-lib matchbox-fakekey expat xlib_libXrender
+	host-pkgconf matchbox-lib matchbox-fakekey expat libpng xlib_libXrender
 # From git
 MATCHBOX_KEYBOARD_AUTORECONF = YES