diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/default.nix
index 179c87005b0..db43f27e5af 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libpng/default.nix
@@ -3,15 +3,17 @@
 assert zlib != null;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libpng-1.5.14";
+  name = "libpng-1.6.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/libpng/${name}.tar.xz";
-    sha256 = "0m3vz3gig7s63zanq5b1dgb5ph12qm0cylw4g4fbxlsq3f74hn8l";
+    sha256 = "0yxr8hwmj57krqm14k636nnsgdzsryx9iwjzdfah6fq8449w64sy";
   };
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ zlib ];
 
+  doCheck = true;
+
   passthru = { inherit zlib; };
 
   meta = {