diff --git a/deb/debian/control.in b/deb/debian/control.in
index a355ecd9..acb51462 100644
--- a/deb/debian/control.in
+++ b/deb/debian/control.in
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ Depends: mythtv-common,
          python-imdbpy,
          libgles2-mesa-dev [armhf],
          libegl1-mesa-dev [armhf],
-Recommends: libmythtv-perl, python-imaging, udisks2 | udisks
+Recommends: libmythtv-perl, python-imaging | python-pil, udisks2 | udisks
 Suggests: mythtv-backend, mythmusic, mythweather, mythgallery, mythgame, ntp | time-daemon | ntp-simple
 Conflicts: mythtv (<< 0.8-1), mythappearance (<< 0.21.0), mythstream (<< 0.21.0), mythflix (<< 0.23.0)
 Replaces: mythtv (<< 0.8-1),  mythappearance (<< 0.21.0), mythvideo
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ Depends: mythtv-transcode-utils(>= ${binary:Version}),
          genisoimage,
          dvd+rw-tools,
          python,
-         python-imaging,
+         python-imaging | python-pil,
          python-mysqldb,
          pmount,
          ${shlibs:Depends},