diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 6e56baa83..226fafeca 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Libpng 1.6.9beta02 - December 26, 2013
+Libpng 1.6.9beta02 - December 27, 2013
 
 This is not intended to be a public release.  It will be replaced
 within a few weeks by a public version or by another test version.
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ Version 1.6.9beta01 [December 26, 2013]
   Rebuilt configure scripts with automake-1.14.1 and autoconf-2.69
     in the tar distributions.
 
-Version 1.6.9beta02 [December 26, 2013]
+Version 1.6.9beta02 [December 27, 2013]
+  Added checks for libpng 1.5 to pngvalid.c.  This supports the use of
+    this version of pngvalid in libpng 1.5
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 80e1f2be9..a8f60945b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4767,7 +4767,9 @@ Version 1.6.9beta01 [December 26, 2013]
   Rebuilt configure scripts with automake-1.14.1 and autoconf-2.69
     in the tar distributions.
 
-Version 1.6.9beta02 [December 26, 2013]
+Version 1.6.9beta02 [December 27, 2013]
+  Added checks for libpng 1.5 to pngvalid.c.  This supports the use of
+    this version of pngvalid in libpng 1.5
 
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diff --git a/contrib/libtests/pngvalid.c b/contrib/libtests/pngvalid.c
index 4146c8480..b67450e28 100644
--- a/contrib/libtests/pngvalid.c
+++ b/contrib/libtests/pngvalid.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 /* pngvalid.c - validate libpng by constructing then reading png files.
  *
- * Last changed in libpng 1.6.8 [December 19, 2013]
+ * Last changed in libpng 1.6.9 [(PENDING RELEASE)]
  * Copyright (c) 2013 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
  * Written by John Cunningham Bowler
  *
@@ -4849,7 +4849,7 @@ standard_check_text(png_const_structp pp, png_const_textp tp,
 
 static void
 standard_text_validate(standard_display *dp, png_const_structp pp,
-   png_infop pi)
+   png_infop pi, int check_end)
 {
    png_textp tp = NULL;
    png_uint_32 num_text = png_get_text(pp, pi, &tp, NULL);
@@ -4857,7 +4857,13 @@ standard_text_validate(standard_display *dp, png_const_structp pp,
    if (num_text == 2 && tp != NULL)
    {
       standard_check_text(pp, tp, "image name", dp->ps->current->name);
-      standard_check_text(pp, tp+1, "end marker", "end");
+
+      /* This exists because prior to 1.6 the progressive reader left the
+       * png_struct z_stream unreset at the end of the image, so subsequent
+       * attempts to use it simply returns Z_STREAM_END.
+       */
+      if (check_end)
+         standard_check_text(pp, tp+1, "end marker", "end");
    }
 
    else
@@ -4870,7 +4876,7 @@ standard_text_validate(standard_display *dp, png_const_structp pp,
    }
 }
 #else
-#  define standard_text_validate(dp,pp,pi) ((void)0)
+#  define standard_text_validate(dp,pp,pi,check_end) ((void)0)
 #endif
 
 static void
@@ -4960,7 +4966,8 @@ standard_end(png_structp ppIn, png_infop pi)
    /* Validate the image - progressive reading only produces one variant for
     * interlaced images.
     */
-   standard_text_validate(dp, pp, pi);
+   standard_text_validate(dp, pp, pi,
+      PNG_LIBPNG_VER >= 10600/*check_end: see comments above*/);
    standard_image_validate(dp, pp, 0, -1);
 }
 
@@ -5031,7 +5038,7 @@ standard_test(png_store* PNG_CONST psIn, png_uint_32 PNG_CONST id,
              */
             if (!d.speed)
             {
-               standard_text_validate(&d, pp, pi);
+               standard_text_validate(&d, pp, pi, 1/*check_end*/);
                standard_image_validate(&d, pp, 0, 1);
             }
             else
@@ -10276,6 +10283,11 @@ int main(void)
    fprintf(stderr,
       "pngvalid: no low level write support in libpng, all tests skipped\n");
    /* So the test is skipped: */
+#if PNG_LIBPNG_VER < 10601
+   /* Test harness support was only added in libpng 1.6.1: */
+   return 0;
+#else
    return 77;
+#endif
 }
 #endif