diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 6c2660b31..95a7b1a1e 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Version 1.5.7beta05 [November 22, 2011]
     (Frank Busse).
   Allow row_stride==0 to indicate default stride in simplified API.
   Added MINGW support to CMakeLists.txt
-  Reject invalid compression flag when reading the iTXt chunk.
+  Reject invalid compression flag or method when reading the iTXt chunk.
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 752961c6c..8242dbe35 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3750,7 +3750,7 @@ Version 1.5.7beta05 [November 22, 2011]
     (Frank Busse).
   Allow row_stride==0 to indicate default stride in simplified API.
   Added MINGW support to CMakeLists.txt
-  Reject invalid compression flag when reading the iTXt chunk.
+  Reject invalid compression flag or method when reading the iTXt chunk.
 
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diff --git a/png.h b/png.h
index 1b0776988..bcb5610a4 100644
--- a/png.h
+++ b/png.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 /* png.h - header file for PNG reference library
  *
- * libpng version 1.5.7beta05 - November 21, 2011
+ * libpng version 1.5.7beta05 - November 22, 2011
  * Copyright (c) 1998-2011 Glenn Randers-Pehrson
  * (Version 0.96 Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 Andreas Dilger)
  * (Version 0.88 Copyright (c) 1995, 1996 Guy Eric Schalnat, Group 42, Inc.)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  * Authors and maintainers:
  *   libpng versions 0.71, May 1995, through 0.88, January 1996: Guy Schalnat
  *   libpng versions 0.89c, June 1996, through 0.96, May 1997: Andreas Dilger
- *   libpng versions 0.97, January 1998, through 1.5.7beta05 - November 21, 2011: Glenn
+ *   libpng versions 0.97, January 1998, through 1.5.7beta05 - November 22, 2011: Glenn
  *   See also "Contributing Authors", below.
  *
  * Note about libpng version numbers:
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
  *
  * This code is released under the libpng license.
  *
- * libpng versions 1.2.6, August 15, 2004, through 1.5.7beta05, November 21, 2011, are
+ * libpng versions 1.2.6, August 15, 2004, through 1.5.7beta05, November 22, 2011, are
  * Copyright (c) 2004, 2006-2011 Glenn Randers-Pehrson, and are
  * distributed according to the same disclaimer and license as libpng-1.2.5
  * with the following individual added to the list of Contributing Authors:
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
  * Y2K compliance in libpng:
  * =========================
  *
- *    November 21, 2011
+ *    November 22, 2011
  *
  *    Since the PNG Development group is an ad-hoc body, we can't make
  *    an official declaration.
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@
 /* Version information for png.h - this should match the version in png.c */
 #define PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING "1.5.7beta05"
 #define PNG_HEADER_VERSION_STRING \
-     " libpng version 1.5.7beta05 - November 21, 2011\n"
+     " libpng version 1.5.7beta05 - November 22, 2011\n"
 
 #define PNG_LIBPNG_VER_SONUM   15
 #define PNG_LIBPNG_VER_DLLNUM  15
@@ -620,7 +620,9 @@ typedef png_sPLT_t FAR * FAR * png_sPLT_tpp;
  * default without iTXt support. Also note that when iTXt *is* supported,
  * the "lang" and "lang_key" fields contain NULL pointers when the
  * "compression" field contains * PNG_TEXT_COMPRESSION_NONE or
- * PNG_TEXT_COMPRESSION_zTXt.
+ * PNG_TEXT_COMPRESSION_zTXt. Note that the "compression value" is not the
+ * same as what appears in the PNG tEXt/zTXt/iTXt chunk's "compression flag"
+ * which is always 0 or 1, or its "compression method" which is always 0.
  */
 typedef struct png_text_struct
 {
diff --git a/pngrutil.c b/pngrutil.c
index 16c628059..68093822a 100644
--- a/pngrutil.c
+++ b/pngrutil.c
@@ -2540,9 +2540,9 @@ png_handle_iTXt(png_structp png_ptr, png_infop info_ptr, png_uint_32 length)
       comp_type = *lang++;
    }
 
-   if (comp_flag && comp_flag != PNG_TEXT_COMPRESSION_zTXt)
+   if (comp_type || (comp_flag && comp_flag != PNG_TEXT_COMPRESSION_zTXt))
    {
-      png_warning(png_ptr, "Unknown iTXt compression type");
+      png_warning(png_ptr, "Unknown iTXt compression type or method");
       png_free(png_ptr, png_ptr->chunkdata);
       png_ptr->chunkdata = NULL;
       return;