diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/package.keywords/00-sabayon.package.keywords b/conf/intel/portage/package.keywords/00-sabayon.package.keywords
index 311c141f..bf8ba7de 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/package.keywords/00-sabayon.package.keywords
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/package.keywords/00-sabayon.package.keywords
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ www-servers/apache -~amd64 -~x86
 # required to compile Chromium on x86, it seems
 =sys-devel/make-3.82-r4 ~amd64 ~x86
 
+# force stable libpng
+media-libs/libpng -~amd64 -~x86
+
 app-crypt/qca:2 **
 dev-python/pycups **