diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 24513cff7..a032fd0e7 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ version 1.4.4beta07 [August 21, 2010]
     installing libpng in /usr/lib64 (Funda Wang).
   Revised CMakeLists.txt to put the man pages in share/man/man* not man/man*
   Revised CMakeLists.txt to make symlinks instead of copies when installing.
+  Changed PNG_LIB_NAME from pngNN to libpngNN in CMakeLists.txt (Philip Lowman)
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index fbfeea31f..fea76dd5c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2649,6 +2649,7 @@ version 1.4.4beta07 [August 21, 2010]
     installing libpng in /usr/lib64 (Funda Wang).
   Revised CMakeLists.txt to put the man pages in share/man/man* not man/man*
   Revised CMakeLists.txt to make symlinks instead of copies when installing.
+  Changed PNG_LIB_NAME from pngNN to libpngNN in CMakeLists.txt (Philip Lowman)
 
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diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5b1f9160a..9d36d8d5a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 # SET LIBNAME
-set(PNG_LIB_NAME png${PNGLIB_MAJOR}${PNGLIB_MINOR})
+set(PNG_LIB_NAME libpng${PNGLIB_MAJOR}${PNGLIB_MINOR})
 
 # to distinguish between debug and release lib
 set(CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX "d")