diff --git a/libpng12/.footprint b/libpng12/.footprint
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04f8bb59b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libpng12/.footprint
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+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/libpng12/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/libpng12/png.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/libpng12/pngconf.h
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libpng.so.3 -> libpng.so.3.59.0
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libpng.so.3.59.0
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libpng12.a
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libpng12.la
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libpng12.so -> libpng12.so.0.59.0
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 -> libpng12.so.0.59.0
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libpng12.so.0.59.0
diff --git a/libpng12/.signature b/libpng12/.signature
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index 000000000..ecb26330e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libpng12/.signature
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+untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
+RWSagIOpLGJF38LYwM/XyCXEHtcyIQohpaQPVr5iTwF16YZSwSZ//hzE6jwIXOOi7XJykZuKP5klHcHChsJoArG5GF8V/eXCrgE=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 3167adaf16e4ad54701fd62168c52311f1c6a90cd87444ce50e4e19a6fcaf55e
+SHA256 (.footprint) = beca93e08dbd584e16070cfb28801ed78d65325ff719c2bb6bb1ba9bfddcba3a
+SHA256 (libpng-1.2.59.tar.xz) = b4635f15b8adccc8ad0934eea485ef59cc4cae24d0f0300a9a941e51974ffcc7
+SHA256 (libpng-1.2.59-apng.patch.gz) = 281fd5f0165762967a18302dca217de3212be4a3437f95805be44f1ac9db1a5d
diff --git a/libpng12/Pkgfile b/libpng12/Pkgfile
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+++ b/libpng12/Pkgfile
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+# Description: Library of PNG support functions with APNG support.
+# URL: http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
+# Maintainer: Tim Biermann, tbier at posteo dot de
+# Depends on:
+
+name=libpng12
+version=1.2.59
+release=1
+source=(https://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/libpng-$version.tar.xz
+  https://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng-apng/files/libpng12/$version/libpng-$version-apng.patch.gz)
+
+build() {
+  cd libpng-$version
+  gunzip $SRC/libpng-$version-apng.patch.gz
+  patch -Np1 -i $SRC/libpng-$version-apng.patch
+  libtoolize --force --copy
+  aclocal
+  autoconf
+  automake --add-missing
+
+  ./configure --prefix=/usr
+  make
+  make DESTDIR=$PKG install
+
+  rm -rf $PKG/usr/{bin,include/*.h,lib/{libpng.{la,a,so},pkgconfig},share}
+}