diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 45353421a..c7c3322f0 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Version 1.6.1 [February 16, 2013]
     Since all .dfn output is now protected in double quotes unless it is to be macro
     substituted the fix should work everywhere.
   Enabled parallel tests - back ported from libpng-1.7.
+  scripts/pnglibconf.dfa formatting improvements back ported from libpng 1.7.
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 651ea5165..3e91fbc51 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4392,6 +4392,7 @@ Version 1.6.1 [February 16, 2013]
     Since all .dfn output is now protected in double quotes unless it is to be macro
     substituted the fix should work everywhere.
   Enabled parallel tests - back ported from libpng-1.7.
+  scripts/pnglibconf.dfa formatting improvements back ported from libpng 1.7.
 
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diff --git a/scripts/options.awk b/scripts/options.awk
index d178b493a..3fc3ad18b 100755
--- a/scripts/options.awk
+++ b/scripts/options.awk
@@ -252,46 +252,71 @@ $1 == "file" && NF >= 2{
 #   be later) entry may turn an option on or off explicitly.
 
 $1 == "option" && NF >= 2{
-   onoff = option[$2]  # records current (and the default is "", enabled)
+   opt = $2
+   sub(/,$/,"",opt)
+   onoff = option[opt]  # records current (and the default is "", enabled)
    key = ""
-   for (i=3; i<=NF; ++i) {
-      if ($(i) == "on" || $(i) == "off" || $(i) == "disabled") {
-         key = ""
-         if (onoff != $(i)) {
-            # on or off can zap disabled or enabled:
-            if (onoff == "" || (onoff == "disabled" || onoff == "enabled") && ($(i) == "on" || $(i) == "off")) {
-               # It's easy to mis-spell the option when turning it
-               # on or off, so warn about it here:
-               if (onoff == "" && ($(i) == "on" || $(i) == "off")) {
-                  print $2 ": ERROR: turning unrecognized option", $(i)
-                  # For the moment error out - it is safer
-                  err = 1 # prevent END{} running
-                  exit 1
-               }
-               onoff = $(i)
-            } else {
-               # Print a message, otherwise the error
-               # below is incomprehensible
-               print $2 ": currently", onoff ": attempt to turn", $(i)
-               break
-            }
+   istart = 3
+   do {
+      if (istart == 1) {     # continuation line
+         val = getline
+
+         if (val != 1) { # error reading it
+            if (val == 0)
+               print "option", opt ": ERROR: missing contination line"
+            else
+               print "option", opt ": ERROR: error reading continuation line"
+
+            # This is a hard error
+            err = 1 # prevent END{} running
+            exit 1
          }
-      } else if ($(i) == "requires" || $(i) == "if" || $(i) == "enables") {
-         key = $(i)
-      } else if (key == "requires") {
-         requires[$2] = requires[$2] " " $(i)
-      } else if (key == "if") {
-         iffs[$2] = iffs[$2] " " $(i)
-      } else if (key == "enables") {
-         enabledby[$(i)] = enabledby[$(i)] " " $2
-      } else
-         break # bad line format
-   }
+      }
+
+      for (i=istart; i<=NF; ++i) {
+         val=$(i)
+         sub(/,$/,"",val)
+         if (val == "on" || val == "off" || val == "disabled") {
+            key = ""
+            if (onoff != val) {
+               # on or off can zap disabled or enabled:
+               if (onoff == "" || (onoff == "disabled" || onoff == "enabled") &&
+                   (val == "on" || val == "off")) {
+                  # It's easy to mis-spell the option when turning it
+                  # on or off, so warn about it here:
+                  if (onoff == "" && (val == "on" || val == "off")) {
+                     print "option", opt ": ERROR: turning unrecognized option", val
+                     # For the moment error out - it is safer
+                     err = 1 # prevent END{} running
+                     exit 1
+                  }
+                  onoff = val
+               } else {
+                  # Print a message, otherwise the error
+                  # below is incomprehensible
+                  print "option", opt ": currently", onoff ": attempt to turn", val
+                  break
+               }
+            }
+         } else if (val == "requires" || val == "if" || val == "enables") {
+            key = val
+         } else if (key == "requires") {
+            requires[opt] = requires[opt] " " val
+         } else if (key == "if") {
+            iffs[opt] = iffs[opt] " " val
+         } else if (key == "enables") {
+            enabledby[val] = enabledby[val] " " opt
+         } else
+            break # bad line format
+      }
+
+      istart = 1
+   } while (i > NF && $0 ~ /,$/)
 
    if (i > NF) {
       # Set the option, defaulting to 'enabled'
       if (onoff == "") onoff = "enabled"
-      option[$2] = onoff
+      option[opt] = onoff
       next
    }
    # Else fall through to the error handler
@@ -311,41 +336,62 @@ $1 == "option" && NF >= 2{
 pre != 0 && $1 == "chunk" && NF >= 2{
    # 'chunk' is handled on the first pass by writing appropriate
    # 'option' lines into the intermediate file.
+   opt = $2
+   sub(/,$/,"",opt)
    onoff = ""
    reqread = ""
    reqwrite = ""
    enables = ""
-   i = 3 # indicates format error
-   if (NF > 2) {
+   req = 0
+   istart = 3
+   do {
+      if (istart == 1) {     # continuation line
+         val = getline
+
+         if (val != 1) { # error reading it
+            if (val == 0)
+               print "chunk", opt ": ERROR: missing contination line"
+            else
+               print "chunk", opt ": ERROR: error reading continuation line"
+
+            # This is a hard error
+            err = 1 # prevent END{} running
+            exit 1
+         }
+      }
+
       # read the keywords/additional OPTS
-      req = 0
-      for (i=3; i<=NF; ++i) {
-         if ($(i) == "on" || $(i) == "off" || $(i) == "disabled") {
-            if (onoff != $(i)) {
+      for (i=istart; i<=NF; ++i) {
+         val = $(i)
+         sub(/,$/,"",val)
+         if (val == "on" || val == "off" || val == "disabled") {
+            if (onoff != val) {
                if (onoff == "")
-                  onoff = $(i)
+                  onoff = val
                else
                   break # on/off conflict
             }
             req = 0
-         } else if ($(i) == "requires")
+         } else if (val == "requires")
             req = 1
-         else if ($(i) == "enables")
+         else if (val == "enables")
             req = 2
          else if (req == 1){
-            reqread = reqread " READ_" $(i)
-            reqwrite = reqwrite " WRITE_" $(i)
+            reqread = reqread " READ_" val
+            reqwrite = reqwrite " WRITE_" val
          } else if (req == 2)
-            enables = enables " " $(i)
+            enables = enables " " val
          else
             break # bad line: handled below
       }
-   }
+
+      istart = 1
+   } while (i > NF && $0 ~ /,$/)
 
    if (i > NF) {
       # Output new 'option' lines to the intermediate file (out)
-      print "option READ_" $2, "requires READ_ANCILLARY_CHUNKS" reqread, "enables", $2 enables , onoff >out
-      print "option WRITE_" $2, "requires WRITE_ANCILLARY_CHUNKS" reqwrite, "enables", $2 enables, onoff >out
+      print "option READ_" opt, "requires READ_ANCILLARY_CHUNKS" reqread, "enables", opt enables , onoff >out
+      print "option WRITE_" opt, "requires WRITE_ANCILLARY_CHUNKS" reqwrite, "enables", opt enables, onoff >out
       next
    }
    # Else hit the error handler below - bad line format!
diff --git a/scripts/pnglibconf.dfa b/scripts/pnglibconf.dfa
index 804b23b61..3c474ffbb 100644
--- a/scripts/pnglibconf.dfa
+++ b/scripts/pnglibconf.dfa
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ file pnglibconf.h scripts/pnglibconf.dfa PNGLCONF_H
 #    used as given (e.g. enables GAMMA just expands to that on the
 #    correspond READ_name and WRITE_name lines.)
 #
+# "," may be used to separate options on an 'option' line and is ignored; it
+# doesn't change the meaning of the line.  (NOT setting, where "," becomes
+# part of the setting!)  A comma at the end of an option line causes a
+# continuation (the next line is included in the option too.)
+#
 # Note that the 'on' and 'off' keywords, while valid on both option
 # and chunk, should not be used in this file because they force the
 # relevant options on or off.
@@ -390,12 +395,12 @@ option READ_TRANSFORMS requires READ
 # If you handle gamma issues outside libpng then you do not need the libpng
 # gamma processing; and it is an enormous waste of space.  You just need to
 # remove the use of libpng APIs that depend on it.
-option READ_GAMMA requires READ_TRANSFORMS READ_gAMA
+option READ_GAMMA requires READ_TRANSFORMS, READ_gAMA
 
-option READ_ALPHA_MODE requires READ_TRANSFORMS READ_GAMMA
-option READ_BACKGROUND requires READ_TRANSFORMS READ_STRIP_ALPHA READ_GAMMA
+option READ_ALPHA_MODE requires READ_TRANSFORMS, READ_GAMMA
+option READ_BACKGROUND requires READ_TRANSFORMS, READ_STRIP_ALPHA, READ_GAMMA
 option READ_BGR requires READ_TRANSFORMS
-option READ_EXPAND_16 requires READ_TRANSFORMS READ_16BIT READ_EXPAND
+option READ_EXPAND_16 requires READ_TRANSFORMS, READ_16BIT, READ_EXPAND
 option READ_EXPAND requires READ_TRANSFORMS
 option READ_FILLER requires READ_TRANSFORMS
 option READ_GRAY_TO_RGB requires READ_TRANSFORMS
@@ -403,13 +408,13 @@ option READ_INVERT_ALPHA requires READ_TRANSFORMS
 option READ_INVERT requires READ_TRANSFORMS
 option READ_PACK requires READ_TRANSFORMS
 option READ_PACKSWAP requires READ_TRANSFORMS
-option READ_RGB_TO_GRAY requires READ_TRANSFORMS READ_GAMMA
+option READ_RGB_TO_GRAY requires READ_TRANSFORMS, READ_GAMMA
 option READ_SCALE_16_TO_8 requires READ_TRANSFORMS
 option READ_SHIFT requires READ_TRANSFORMS
 option READ_STRIP_16_TO_8 requires READ_TRANSFORMS
 option READ_STRIP_ALPHA requires READ_TRANSFORMS
 option READ_SWAP_ALPHA requires READ_TRANSFORMS
-option READ_SWAP requires READ_TRANSFORMS READ_16BIT
+option READ_SWAP requires READ_TRANSFORMS, READ_16BIT
 option READ_USER_TRANSFORM requires READ_TRANSFORMS
 
 option PROGRESSIVE_READ requires READ
@@ -448,7 +453,7 @@ option WRITE_TRANSFORMS requires WRITE
 option WRITE_SHIFT requires WRITE_TRANSFORMS
 option WRITE_PACK requires WRITE_TRANSFORMS
 option WRITE_BGR requires WRITE_TRANSFORMS
-option WRITE_SWAP requires WRITE_TRANSFORMS WRITE_16BIT
+option WRITE_SWAP requires WRITE_TRANSFORMS, WRITE_16BIT
 option WRITE_PACKSWAP requires WRITE_TRANSFORMS
 option WRITE_INVERT requires WRITE_TRANSFORMS
 option WRITE_FILLER requires WRITE_TRANSFORMS
@@ -470,8 +475,8 @@ option WRITE_FLUSH requires WRITE
 
 # Note: these can be turned off explicitly if not required by the
 # apps implementing the user transforms
-option USER_TRANSFORM_PTR if READ_USER_TRANSFORM WRITE_USER_TRANSFORM
-option USER_TRANSFORM_INFO if READ_USER_TRANSFORM WRITE_USER_TRANSFORM
+option USER_TRANSFORM_PTR if READ_USER_TRANSFORM, WRITE_USER_TRANSFORM
+option USER_TRANSFORM_INFO if READ_USER_TRANSFORM, WRITE_USER_TRANSFORM
 
 # This enables API to set compression parameters for compressing
 # non-IDAT chunks (zTXt, iTXt, iCCP, and unknown chunks).  This feature
@@ -664,7 +669,7 @@ chunk bKGD
 chunk cHRM enables COLORSPACE
 chunk gAMA enables GAMMA
 chunk hIST
-chunk iCCP enables COLORSPACE GAMMA
+chunk iCCP enables COLORSPACE, GAMMA
 chunk iTXt
 chunk oFFs
 chunk pCAL
@@ -672,7 +677,7 @@ chunk pHYs
 chunk sBIT
 chunk sCAL
 chunk sPLT
-chunk sRGB enables COLORSPACE GAMMA
+chunk sRGB enables COLORSPACE, GAMMA
 chunk tEXt requires TEXT
 chunk tIME
 chunk tRNS
@@ -702,7 +707,7 @@ option WRITE_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS enables STORE_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS
 # to png_get_unknown_chunks, the application must call
 # png_set_keep_unknown_chunks to cause this to actually happen (see png.h)
 option SAVE_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS requires READ requires SET_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS
-option SAVE_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS enables READ_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS STORE_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS
+option SAVE_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS enables READ_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS, STORE_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS
 
 # The second approach is to use an application provided callback to process the
 # chunks, the callback can either handle the chunk entirely itself or request
@@ -710,8 +715,8 @@ option SAVE_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS enables READ_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS STORE_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS
 #
 # Note that there is no 'WRITE_USER_CHUNKS' so the USER_CHUNKS option is always
 # the same as READ_USER_CHUNKS at present
-option READ_USER_CHUNKS requires READ requires UNKNOWN_CHUNKS
-option READ_USER_CHUNKS enables READ_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS USER_CHUNKS
+option READ_USER_CHUNKS requires READ, UNKNOWN_CHUNKS
+option READ_USER_CHUNKS enables READ_UNKNOWN_CHUNKS, USER_CHUNKS
 
 # Two further options are provided to allow detailed control of the handling.
 # The first enables png_set_keep_unknown_chunks; this allows the default to be
@@ -778,8 +783,8 @@ option INFO_IMAGE
 
 option CHECK_FOR_INVALID_INDEX enables READ_CHECK_FOR_INVALID_INDEX
 option CHECK_FOR_INVALID_INDEX enables WRITE_CHECK_FOR_INVALID_INDEX
-option READ_CHECK_FOR_INVALID_INDEX requires READ CHECK_FOR_INVALID_INDEX
-option WRITE_CHECK_FOR_INVALID_INDEX requires WRITE CHECK_FOR_INVALID_INDEX
+option READ_CHECK_FOR_INVALID_INDEX requires READ, CHECK_FOR_INVALID_INDEX
+option WRITE_CHECK_FOR_INVALID_INDEX requires WRITE, CHECK_FOR_INVALID_INDEX
 
 # added at libpng-1.5.15
 option GET_PALETTE_MAX enables READ_GET_PALETTE_MAX WRITE_GET_PALETTE_MAX
@@ -788,12 +793,11 @@ option WRITE_GET_PALETTE_MAX requires WRITE_CHECK_FOR_INVALID_INDEX disabled
 
 # Simplified API options (added at libpng-1.6.0)
 # Read:
-option SIMPLIFIED_READ requires SEQUENTIAL_READ READ_TRANSFORMS SETJMP
-option SIMPLIFIED_READ requires BENIGN_ERRORS READ_GAMMA
-option SIMPLIFIED_READ enables READ_EXPAND READ_16BIT READ_EXPAND_16
-option SIMPLIFIED_READ enables READ_SCALE_16_TO_8 READ_RGB_TO_GRAY
-option SIMPLIFIED_READ enables READ_ALPHA_MODE READ_BACKGROUND READ_STRIP_ALPHA
-option SIMPLIFIED_READ enables READ_FILLER READ_SWAP
+option SIMPLIFIED_READ,
+   requires SEQUENTIAL_READ READ_TRANSFORMS, SETJMP, BENIGN_ERRORS READ_GAMMA,
+   enables READ_EXPAND, READ_16BIT READ_EXPAND_16, READ_SCALE_16_TO_8,
+      READ_RGB_TO_GRAY, READ_ALPHA_MODE READ_BACKGROUND READ_STRIP_ALPHA,
+      READ_FILLER, READ_SWAP
 
 option SIMPLIFIED_READ_AFIRST requires SIMPLIFIED_READ disabled
 option READ_SWAP_ALPHA enables SIMPLIFIED_READ_AFIRST
@@ -802,8 +806,9 @@ option SIMPLIFIED_READ_BGR requires SIMPLIFIED_READ disabled
 option READ_BGR enables SIMPLIFIED_READ_BGR
 
 # Write:
-option SIMPLIFIED_WRITE requires WRITE STDIO SETJMP
-option SIMPLIFIED_WRITE enables WRITE_SWAP WRITE_gAMA WRITE_sRGB WRITE_cHRM
+option SIMPLIFIED_WRITE,
+   requires WRITE STDIO, SETJMP,
+   enables WRITE_SWAP WRITE_gAMA, WRITE_sRGB WRITE_cHRM
 
 option SIMPLIFIED_WRITE_AFIRST requires SIMPLIFIED_WRITE disabled
 option WRITE_SWAP_ALPHA enables SIMPLIFIED_WRITE_AFIRST
@@ -812,5 +817,5 @@ option SIMPLIFIED_WRITE_BGR requires SIMPLIFIED_WRITE disabled
 option WRITE_BGR enables SIMPLIFIED_WRITE_BGR
 
 # Formats:
-option FORMAT_AFIRST if SIMPLIFIED_READ_AFIRST SIMPLIFIED_WRITE_AFIRST
-option FORMAT_BGR if SIMPLIFIED_READ_BGR SIMPLIFIED_WRITE_BGR
+option FORMAT_AFIRST if SIMPLIFIED_READ_AFIRST, SIMPLIFIED_WRITE_AFIRST
+option FORMAT_BGR if SIMPLIFIED_READ_BGR, SIMPLIFIED_WRITE_BGR