diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 9b6c72186e..20a29f234e 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ SAMPLES_DIST: ALL_GUI_DIST
 	cp $(SAMPDIR)/rotate/Makefile.in $(DISTDIR)/samples/rotate
 	cp $(SAMPDIR)/rotate/makefile.unx $(DISTDIR)/samples/rotate
 	cp $(SAMPDIR)/rotate/*.cpp $(DISTDIR)/samples/rotate
-	cp $(SAMPDIR)/rotate/*.bmp $(DISTDIR)/samples/rotate
+	cp $(SAMPDIR)/rotate/*.png $(DISTDIR)/samples/rotate
 
 	mkdir $(DISTDIR)/samples/richedit
 	cp $(SAMPDIR)/richedit/Makefile.in $(DISTDIR)/samples/richedit
diff --git a/samples/rotate/Makefile.in b/samples/rotate/Makefile.in
index 204803efa3..20b835ba93 100644
--- a/samples/rotate/Makefile.in
+++ b/samples/rotate/Makefile.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ PROGRAM=rotate
 OBJECTS =$(PROGRAM).o
 DEPFILES=$(PROGRAM).d
 
-DATAFILES=kclub.bmp
+DATAFILES=duck.png
 
 include ../../src/makeprog.env
 
diff --git a/samples/rotate/kclub.bmp b/samples/rotate/kclub.bmp
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a4aa03a4b..0000000000
Binary files a/samples/rotate/kclub.bmp and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/samples/rotate/rotate.cpp b/samples/rotate/rotate.cpp
index c7eacc7ef7..00abdfebe2 100644
--- a/samples/rotate/rotate.cpp
+++ b/samples/rotate/rotate.cpp
@@ -89,10 +89,11 @@ IMPLEMENT_APP(MyApp)
 
 bool MyApp::OnInit()
 {
-    m_image = wxImage(_T("kclub.bmp"), wxBITMAP_TYPE_BMP);
+#if wxUSE_LIBPNG
+    wxImage::AddHandler( new wxPNGHandler );
+#endif
 
-    // any unused colour will do
-    m_image.SetMaskColour( 0, 255, 255 );
+    m_image = wxImage(_T("duck.png"), wxBITMAP_TYPE_PNG);
 
     if ( !m_image.Ok() )
     {