diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/pdfread/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/pdfread/default.nix
index 3074b229c55..69ab7f27e34 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/pdfread/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/pdfread/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, python, makeWrapper, ghostscript, pngnq, pil, djvulibre
+{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip, python, makeWrapper, ghostscript, pngnq, pillow, djvulibre
 , optipng, unrar}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     mkdir -p $PYDIR
     cp -R *.py pylrs $PYDIR
 
-    wrapProgram $out/bin/pdfread.py --prefix PYTHONPATH : $PYTHONPATH:${pil}/$LIBSUFFIX/PIL:$PYDIR \
+    wrapProgram $out/bin/pdfread.py --prefix PYTHONPATH : $PYTHONPATH:${pillow}/$LIBSUFFIX/PIL:$PYDIR \
       --prefix PATH : ${ghostscript}/bin:${pngnq}/bin:${djvulibre}/bin:${unrar}/bin:${optipng}/bin
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 648162b0cf0..ccf0241cee5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2671,7 +2671,9 @@ let
 
   jbig2enc = callPackage ../tools/graphics/jbig2enc { };
 
-  pdfread = callPackage ../tools/graphics/pdfread { };
+  pdfread = callPackage ../tools/graphics/pdfread {
+    inherit (pythonPackages) pillow;
+  };
 
   briss = callPackage ../tools/graphics/briss { };