diff --git a/recipes/libs/libpng/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/libpng/recipe.toml
index 1dc77aace..8c2324f56 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/libpng/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/libpng/recipe.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ template = "custom"
 dependencies = ["zlib"]
 script = """
 DYNAMIC_INIT
+COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
+    --host="${GNU_TARGET}"
+    --prefix="/usr"
+    --enable-shared
+    --enable-static
+)
 cookbook_configure
 """