diff --git a/alpy/Makefile b/alpy/Makefile
index d4e8b1c..c151e33 100644
--- a/alpy/Makefile
+++ b/alpy/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=alpy
 PKG_VERSION:=0.1.5
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 PKG_SOURCE:=Alpy-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/project/pyallegro/alpy/alpy-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_MD5SUM:=862925d97931fc81d1e4c3b9159fe2b1
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ define Package/alpy/Default
   CATEGORY:=Languages
   TITLE:=Alpy (Allegro bindings for Python)
   URL:=https://sourceforge.net/projects/forth-alpy/
-  DEPENDS:=+python-mini +liballegro
+  DEPENDS:=+python-mini +liballegro +liballegro-png +liballegro-jpeg
+
 endef
 
 define Package/alpy/Default/description
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ endef
 define Package/alpy-examples
 $(call Package/alpy/Default)
   TITLE:=Alpy Example Python Scripts
-  DEPENDS:=+alpy +liballegro-demo
+  DEPENDS:=+alpy +liballegro-demo 
 endef
 
 define Package/alpy-examples/description
@@ -69,7 +70,15 @@ endef
 # 		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/setup.py build
 # endef
 
-TARGET_LDFLAGS += -lm -lpthread -ldl -lrt -lalleg
+# Note: this linking command will not work correctly when jpgalleg or loadpng
+# are linked statically (Note how we patched allegro to make sure these are
+# always compiled as dynamic libraries).  The problem probably is, that
+# Build/Compile adds these linking options to early in the command line, and
+# static libraries won't resolve symbols of objects added later on.
+#
+# You won't even see a compiler error; the resulting _alpy.so would be going
+# to segfault due to an unresolved (0-pointer) symbol.
+TARGET_LDFLAGS += -ljpgalleg -lloadpng -lalleg -lpng -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl -lrt
 
 define Build/Install
 	$(call Build/Compile/PyMod,, \
diff --git a/alpy/patches/030-png-jpeg-addons.patch b/alpy/patches/030-png-jpeg-addons.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6362054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alpy/patches/030-png-jpeg-addons.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+Index: Alpy-0.1.5/_alpymodule.c
+===================================================================
+--- Alpy-0.1.5.orig/_alpymodule.c	2012-03-31 01:15:51.052570081 +0200
++++ Alpy-0.1.5/_alpymodule.c	2012-03-31 01:20:50.874079951 +0200
+@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
+ 
+ #include "Python.h"
+ #include "allegro.h"
++#include "loadpng.h"
++#include "jpgalleg.h"
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <dlfcn.h>
+@@ -253,6 +255,10 @@
+         }
+ 
+         result = install_allegro(alpy_system, &errno, atexit);
++		if (result == 0)
++		   result = loadpng_init();
++		if (result == 0)
++		   result = jpgalleg_init();
+ 
+         return PyInt_FromLong(result);
+     }
+@@ -2599,6 +2605,12 @@
+     else if(strcmp(type, "lbm")==0) {
+         bmp = Bitmap_Object_from_BITMAP(load_lbm(filename, PAL(pal)));
+     }
++    else if(strcmp(type, "png")==0) {
++        bmp = Bitmap_Object_from_BITMAP(load_png(filename, PAL(pal)));
++    }
++    else if(strcmp(type, "jpg")==0 || strcmp(type, "jpeg")==0) {
++        bmp = Bitmap_Object_from_BITMAP(load_jpg(filename, PAL(pal)));
++    }
+     else {
+         PyMem_Free(filename);
+         PyErr_SetString(AllegroError, "unknown image type");