diff --git a/Auxiliary/DirectXTexPNG.cpp b/Auxiliary/DirectXTexPNG.cpp
index f8402456..6f20e7b1 100644
--- a/Auxiliary/DirectXTexPNG.cpp
+++ b/Auxiliary/DirectXTexPNG.cpp
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ namespace
         void Update() noexcept(false)
         {
             png_read_info(st, info);
+            // check for unsupported cases
+            png_byte interlacing = png_get_interlace_type(st, info);
+            if (interlacing != PNG_INTERLACE_NONE)
+            {
+                throw std::invalid_argument{ "interlacing not supported" };
+            }           
             // color handling
             png_byte color_type = png_get_color_type(st, info);
             if (color_type == PNG_COLOR_TYPE_GRAY)
@@ -277,7 +283,7 @@ namespace
                 color_type = PNG_COLOR_TYPE_RGBA;
                 break;
             default:
-                return E_INVALIDARG;
+                return HRESULT_E_NOT_SUPPORTED;
             }
 
             png_set_IHDR(st, info,
@@ -334,6 +340,10 @@ HRESULT DirectX::GetMetadataFromPNGFile(
         return (ec.code().value() == ENOENT) ? HRESULT_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND : E_FAIL;
 #endif
     }
+    catch (const std::invalid_argument&)
+    {
+        return HRESULT_E_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+    }
     catch (const std::exception&)
     {
         return E_FAIL;
@@ -375,6 +385,10 @@ HRESULT DirectX::LoadFromPNGFile(
         return (ec.code().value() == ENOENT) ? HRESULT_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND : E_FAIL;
 #endif
     }
+    catch (const std::invalid_argument&)
+    {
+        return HRESULT_E_NOT_SUPPORTED;
+    }
     catch (const std::exception&)
     {
         image.Release();