diff --git a/src/hardware/hardware.cpp b/src/hardware/hardware.cpp
index 26fdfe85..14958c3a 100644
--- a/src/hardware/hardware.cpp
+++ b/src/hardware/hardware.cpp
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ void CAPTURE_AddImage(Bitu width, Bitu height, Bitu bpp, Bitu pitch, Bitu flags,
 		}
 #ifdef PNG_TEXT_SUPPORTED
 		int fields = 1;
-		png_text text[1];
+		png_text text[1] = {};
 		const char* text_s = "DOSBox " VERSION;
 		size_t strl = strlen(text_s);
 		char* ptext_s = new char[strl + 1];