diff --git a/Changes.txt b/Changes.txt
index 39a5d272c..9636cc60e 100644
--- a/Changes.txt
+++ b/Changes.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 
   * Fixed bug in UI navigation with joystick hat movement.
 
+  * The Linux builds now use the system-installed PNG and ZLIB libraries
+    by default.
+
   * Updated version of SDL included with the Windows build to 2.0.8.
 
 -Have fun!
diff --git a/debian/compat b/debian/compat
index 7ed6ff82d..ec635144f 100644
--- a/debian/compat
+++ b/debian/compat
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5
+9
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 07eabba18..4d19b476f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Section: games
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Stephen Anthony <sa666666@gmail.com>
 Standards-Version: 3.7.2
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5.0.0), libsdl2-dev
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 5.0.0), libsdl2-dev, libpng-dev
 
 Package: stella
 Architecture: any
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index b2260d00c..35b3c2ff4 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ endif
 
 config.status: configure
 	dh_testdir
-	CXXFLAGS="$(CXXFLAGS)" ./configure --prefix=/usr --force-builtin-libpng
+	CXXFLAGS="$(CXXFLAGS)" ./configure --prefix=/usr
 
 build: build-stamp