diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 61e18bd8101..5ac32d0519c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3812,7 +3812,9 @@ let
 
   ilmbase = callPackage ../development/libraries/ilmbase { };
 
-  imlib = callPackage ../development/libraries/imlib { };
+  imlib = callPackage ../development/libraries/imlib {
+    libpng = libpng12;
+  };
 
   imlib2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/imlib2 { };