diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tifffile/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tifffile/default.nix
index 8aafc39fc34..02ca26960d0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tifffile/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tifffile/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, isPy27
+{ lib, fetchPypi, buildPythonPackage, isPy27, isPy3k
 , numpy, enum34, futures, pathlib
 , pytest
+, imagecodecs-lite
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -24,10 +25,11 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy ]
     ++ lib.optionals isPy27 [ futures enum34 pathlib ];
+    ++ lib.optionals isPy3k [ imagecodecs-lite ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Read and write image data from and to TIFF files.";
-    homepage = https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/;
+    homepage = "https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.lebastr ];
     license = licenses.bsd3;
   };