diff --git a/graphics/freetype2/DEPENDS b/graphics/freetype2/DEPENDS
index 11148c41cfd..ac66fbc097c 100644
--- a/graphics/freetype2/DEPENDS
+++ b/graphics/freetype2/DEPENDS
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 optional_depends "zlib"  "--with-zlib"  "--without-zlib"  "for zlib compression support, no=use internal zlib instead of system"
 optional_depends "bzip2" "--with-bzip2" "--without-bzip2" "for support of bzip2 compressed fonts"
+optional_depends "libpng" "" "--without-png" "for support of png compressed OpenType embeded bitmaps"