diff --git a/srcpkgs/qrencode/template b/srcpkgs/qrencode/template
index 2f078293ecb..8ab15d5acde 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qrencode/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qrencode/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'qreconde'
 pkgname=qrencode
 version=3.4.2
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="libpng-devel"
+makedepends="libpng-devel>=1.6"
 short_desc="Library for encoding data in a QR Code symbol"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://fukuchi.org/works/qrencode/index.html.en"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ checksum=fc492a506a1460c1ce850ff6137db55cb2e3d466f4c559108aae3a96d623c1b1
 
 qrencode-devel_package() {
 	depends="libqrencode-${version}_${revision}"
-	short_desc="${short_desc} -- development files"
+	short_desc+=" -- development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ qrencode-devel_package() {
 }
 
 libqrencode_package() {
-	short_desc="${short_desc} -- runtime library"
+	short_desc+=" -- runtime library"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove "usr/lib/*.so*"
 	}