diff --git a/package/base/libpng/libpng.conf b/package/base/libpng/libpng.conf
index fea7eba81..16b0fbd1c 100644
--- a/package/base/libpng/libpng.conf
+++ b/package/base/libpng/libpng.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 libpng_postmake ()
 {
 	# this fixes building cups against latest libpng
-	ln -svf libpng.so.3.12.0 $root/usr/lib/libpng.so
+	ln -svf libpng.so.3 $root/usr/lib/libpng.so
 }
 
 hook_add postmake 5 libpng_postmake