diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index f5d58af3a1aa6c6ed082cf2f3aca581c105108a0..d4cc64a4b6ff79da6672ee10df9ef30f574aca40 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -305,6 +305,10 @@ PNG_LDFLAGS?=$(shell $(PNG_CONFIG) --ldflags)
 endif
 endif
 
+ifdef LINUX
+PNG_CFLAGS+=-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE
+endif
+
 LIBS+=$(PNG_LDFLAGS)
 CFLAGS+=$(PNG_CFLAGS)
 endif