diff --git a/src/ImageShow.jl b/src/ImageShow.jl
index c563388..8ea0519 100644
--- a/src/ImageShow.jl
+++ b/src/ImageShow.jl
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ function __init__()
     @require ImageTransformations="02fcd773-0e25-5acc-982a-7f6622650795" _use_restrict(true)
 end
 include("showmime.jl")
+include("compat.jl")
 
 # facilitate testing from importers
 testdir() = joinpath(@__DIR__,"..","test")
diff --git a/src/compat.jl b/src/compat.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7e2b94c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/compat.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+if isdefined(FileIO, :action)
+    # FileIO >= 1.6
+    _png_stream(io) = FileIO.Stream{format"PNG"}(io)
+else
+    _png_stream(io) = FileIO.Stream(format"PNG", io)
+end
diff --git a/src/showmime.jl b/src/showmime.jl
index f440471..502a8cd 100644
--- a/src/showmime.jl
+++ b/src/showmime.jl
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ function Base.show(io::IO, mime::MIME"image/png", img::AbstractMatrix{C};
             r[[coords_spatial(img)...]] .= fac
             img = repeat(img, inner=r)
         end
-        FileIO.save(FileIO.Stream(format"PNG", io), img, mapi=mapi)
+        FileIO.save(_png_stream(io), img, mapi=mapi)
     else
-        FileIO.save(FileIO.Stream(format"PNG", io), img)
+        FileIO.save(_png_stream(io), img)
     end
 end