diff --git a/qrcode/compat/png.py b/qrcode/compat/png.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8d7b9056
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qrcode/compat/png.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Try to import png library.
+PngWriter = None
+
+try:
+    from png import Writer as PngWriter  # type: ignore  # noqa: F401
+except ImportError:  # pragma: no cover
+    pass
diff --git a/qrcode/image/pure.py b/qrcode/image/pure.py
index 690ebe0c..2b995376 100644
--- a/qrcode/image/pure.py
+++ b/qrcode/image/pure.py
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 from itertools import chain
 
-import png
+from qrcode.compat.png import PngWriter
+from qrcode.image.base import BaseImage
 
-import qrcode.image.base
 
-
-class PyPNGImage(qrcode.image.base.BaseImage):
+class PyPNGImage(BaseImage):
     """
     pyPNG image builder.
     """
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ class PyPNGImage(qrcode.image.base.BaseImage):
     needs_drawrect = False
 
     def new_image(self, **kwargs):
-        return png.Writer(self.pixel_size, self.pixel_size, greyscale=True, bitdepth=1)
+        return PngWriter(self.pixel_size, self.pixel_size, greyscale=True, bitdepth=1)
 
     def drawrect(self, row, col):
         """
diff --git a/qrcode/tests/test_qrcode.py b/qrcode/tests/test_qrcode.py
index 8d768bd9..63eaca9f 100644
--- a/qrcode/tests/test_qrcode.py
+++ b/qrcode/tests/test_qrcode.py
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 from tempfile import mkdtemp
 from unittest import mock
 
-import png
 
 import qrcode
 import qrcode.util
 from qrcode.compat.pil import Image as pil_Image
+from qrcode.compat.png import PngWriter
 from qrcode.exceptions import DataOverflowError
 from qrcode.image.base import BaseImage
 from qrcode.image.pure import PyPNGImage
@@ -174,20 +174,22 @@ class MockFactory(BaseImage):
         self.assertTrue(MockFactory.new_image.called)
         self.assertTrue(MockFactory.drawrect.called)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(not PngWriter, "Requires PNG")
     def test_render_pypng(self):
         qr = qrcode.QRCode()
         qr.add_data(UNICODE_TEXT)
         img = qr.make_image(image_factory=PyPNGImage)
-        self.assertIsInstance(img.get_image(), png.Writer)
+        self.assertIsInstance(img.get_image(), PngWriter)
 
         print(img.width, img.box_size, img.border)
         img.save(io.BytesIO())
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(not PngWriter, "Requires PNG")
     def test_render_pypng_to_str(self):
         qr = qrcode.QRCode()
         qr.add_data(UNICODE_TEXT)
         img = qr.make_image(image_factory=PyPNGImage)
-        self.assertIsInstance(img.get_image(), png.Writer)
+        self.assertIsInstance(img.get_image(), PngWriter)
 
         mock_open = mock.mock_open()
         with mock.patch("qrcode.image.pure.open", mock_open, create=True):
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c89f4787..0b46e48f 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tox]
 distribute = False
-envlist = py{39,310,311,312}-{pil,nopil}
+envlist = py{39,310,311,312}-{pil,png,none}
 skip_missing_interpreters = True
 
 [gh-actions]
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ commands =
     pytest {envsitepackagesdir}/qrcode
 deps =
     pil: pillow>=9.1.0
+    png: pypng
     pytest
     pytest-cov