diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 0ae7784c640..9af4ca1d01c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -2028,7 +2028,9 @@ in {
 
   immutables = callPackage ../development/python-modules/immutables {};
 
-  imread = callPackage ../development/python-modules/imread { };
+  imread = callPackage ../development/python-modules/imread {
+    inherit (pkgs) pkgconfig libjpeg libpng libtiff libwebp;
+  };
 
   imaplib2 = callPackage ../development/python-modules/imaplib2 { };