diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 851bfbb81b..24db201313 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8)
 	message( FATAL_ERROR "RPCS3 can only be compiled on 64-bit platforms." )
 endif()
 
+# We use libpng's static library and don't need to build the shared library and run the tests
+set(PNG_SHARED OFF CACHE BOOL "Build shared lib." FORCE)
+set(PNG_TESTS  OFF CACHE BOOL "Build tests." FORCE)
+
 add_subdirectory( asmjit )
 add_subdirectory( libpng )
 # TODO: do real installation, including copying directory structure
diff --git a/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt b/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt
index 877e4d528f..ebedb7b574 100644
--- a/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -189,14 +189,14 @@ if(WIN32) # I'm not sure we need all of these libs, but we link them in vs
 	else()
 		target_link_libraries(rpcs3  dxgi.lib d2d1.lib dwrite.lib)
 	endif()
-	target_link_libraries(rpcs3  asmjit.lib avformat.lib avcodec.lib avutil.lib swresample.lib swscale.lib png16 ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES} ${OPENAL_LIBRARY} ${ADDITIONAL_LIBS})
+	target_link_libraries(rpcs3  asmjit.lib avformat.lib avcodec.lib avutil.lib swresample.lib swscale.lib png16_static ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES} ${OPENAL_LIBRARY} ${ADDITIONAL_LIBS})
 else()
 	if(LLVM_FOUND)
 		target_link_libraries(rpcs3  asmjit.a ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES} ${OPENAL_LIBRARY} ${GLEW_LIBRARY} ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES})
-		target_link_libraries(rpcs3  libavformat.a libavcodec.a libavutil.a libswresample.a libswscale.a png16 ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} ${LLVM_LIBS} ${ADDITIONAL_LIBS})
+		target_link_libraries(rpcs3  libavformat.a libavcodec.a libavutil.a libswresample.a libswscale.a png16_static ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} ${LLVM_LIBS} ${ADDITIONAL_LIBS})
 	else()
 		target_link_libraries(rpcs3  asmjit.a ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES} ${OPENAL_LIBRARY} ${GLEW_LIBRARY} ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES})
-		target_link_libraries(rpcs3  libavformat.a libavcodec.a libavutil.a libswresample.a libswscale.a png16 ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} ${ADDITIONAL_LIBS})
+		target_link_libraries(rpcs3  libavformat.a libavcodec.a libavutil.a libswresample.a libswscale.a png16_static ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} ${ADDITIONAL_LIBS})
     endif()
 endif()