diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 66589873ab17..a02a35c7983c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5236,7 +5236,7 @@ let
 
   numeric = callPackage ../development/python-modules/numeric { };
 
-  pil = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pil { };
+  pil = python27Packages.pil;
 
   psyco = callPackage ../development/python-modules/psyco { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 3b0828acb8e3..62039b853a66 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
     inherit buildPythonPackage pythonPackages;
   };
 
+  pil = import ../development/python-modules/pil {
+    inherit (pkgs) fetchurl stdenv python libjpeg zlib freetype;
+  };
 
   wrapPython = pkgs.makeSetupHook
     { deps = pkgs.makeWrapper;