diff --git a/ports/libpng/CONTROL b/ports/libpng/CONTROL
index 309a6dfc0..0258a720e 100644
--- a/ports/libpng/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/libpng/CONTROL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Source: libpng
-Version: 1.6.37-8
+Version: 1.6.37-9
 Build-Depends: zlib
 Homepage: https://github.com/glennrp/libpng
 Description: libpng is a library implementing an interface for reading and writing PNG (Portable Network Graphics) format files.
diff --git a/ports/libpng/portfile.cmake b/ports/libpng/portfile.cmake
index af2ab012c..28fee46f3 100644
--- a/ports/libpng/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/libpng/portfile.cmake
@@ -53,12 +53,18 @@ if(VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL iOS)
     set(LIBPNG_HARDWARE_OPTIMIZATIONS_OPTION "-DPNG_HARDWARE_OPTIMIZATIONS=OFF")
 endif()
 
+set(LD_VERSION_SCRIPT_OPTION )
+if(VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Android)
+    set(LD_VERSION_SCRIPT_OPTION "-Dld-version-script=OFF")
+endif()
+
 vcpkg_configure_cmake(
     SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH}
     PREFER_NINJA
     OPTIONS
         ${LIBPNG_APNG_OPTION}
         ${LIBPNG_HARDWARE_OPTIMIZATIONS_OPTION}
+        ${LD_VERSION_SCRIPT_OPTION}
         -DPNG_ARM_NEON=on
         -DPNG_STATIC=${PNG_STATIC_LIBS}
         -DPNG_SHARED=${PNG_SHARED_LIBS}