diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0f69736890..53c21b5ba9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4516,7 +4516,7 @@ echo "$_gui"
 if test "$_gui" = yes ; then
 
   # Required libraries
-  test "$_png" != yes && die "PNG support required for GUI compilation, please install libpng or libpng-dev packages."
+  test "$_png" != yes && die "PNG support required for GUI compilation, please install libpng and libpng-dev packages."
   test "$_x11" != yes && die "X11 support required for GUI compilation"
 
   echocheck "XShape extension"