diff --git a/tools/travis_before_install.sh b/tools/travis_before_install.sh
index 411c9c56746..4d499ec7bf8 100755
--- a/tools/travis_before_install.sh
+++ b/tools/travis_before_install.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ echo "cython>=0.21" >> requirements.txt
 if [[ $TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION == 2.7* ]]; then
     sed -i 's/>=/==/g' requirements.txt
     # PIL instead of Pillow
-    sed -i 's/pillow/pil/g' requirements.txt
+    sed -i 's/pillow.*/pil==1.1.7/g' requirements.txt
     WHEELBINARIES=${WHEELBINARIES/pillow/pil}
 fi