diff --git a/base/setuptools_package.yaml b/base/setuptools_package.yaml
index 98185993c..5f875fd97 100644
--- a/base/setuptools_package.yaml
+++ b/base/setuptools_package.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ build_stages:
   handler: bash
   bash: |
     ${PYTHON} -c 'import setuptools; __file__="setup.py"; exec(open(__file__).read())' \
+       ${SETUPTOOLS_PACKAGE_EXTRA_OPTIONS} \
        install \
        --prefix=. --root=${ARTIFACT} \
        --single-version-externally-managed
diff --git a/pkgs/pillow.yaml b/pkgs/pillow.yaml
index 1cc90b543..430151538 100644
--- a/pkgs/pillow.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/pillow.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 extends: [setuptools_package]
 dependencies:
-  build: [png]
+  build: [zlib, png, freetype, openjpeg]
 
 sources:
 - key: tar.gz:q5qmcgfaefplufr7o6bbcdt67tn3cx4k
   url: https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/P/Pillow/Pillow-2.8.1.tar.gz
+
+build_stages:
+- name: build_ext_options
+  mode: replace
+  before: install
+  handler: bash
+  bash: |
+       export SETUPTOOLS_PACKAGE_EXTRA_OPTIONS="build_ext --enable-zlib --enable-freetype --enable-jpeg2000 --include-dirs=${ZLIB_DIR}/include:${PNG_DIR}/include:${FREETYPE_DIR}/include:${OPENJPEG_DIR}/include --library-dirs=${ZLIB_DIR}/lib:${PNG_DIR}/lib:${FREETYPE_DIR}/lib:${OPENJPEG_DIR}/lib"