diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 3276df29..c8ecbbff 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -12,8 +12,11 @@ skimage (0.9.3-1) unstable; urgency=low
   * debian/rules
     - added export http(s)_proxy to point to non-existing localhost proxy,
       so we could guarantee no network is used at pkg build time
+  * debian/control
+    - *Depends on python{,3}-pil as well now as an alternative to
+      python{,3}-imaging due to its rename
 
- -- Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>  Fri, 22 Nov 2013 16:10:11 -0500
+ -- Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>  Sat, 23 Nov 2013 17:24:52 -0500
 
 skimage (0.8.2-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 1dce99fa..2469fd1b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Build-Depends: cython (>= 0.15),
                debhelper (>= 9~),
                libfreeimage3,
                python-all-dev (>= 2.6.6-3~),
-               python-imaging,
+               python-imaging | python-pil,
                python-matplotlib (>= 1.0),
                python-nose,
                python-numpy,
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Build-Depends: cython (>= 0.15),
                python-setuptools,
                python-sphinx (>= 1.0.7+dfsg-1~),
                python3-all-dev,
-               python3-imaging,
+               python3-imaging | python3-pil,
                python3-nose,
                python3-numpy,
                python3-setuptools
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Depends: libfreeimage3,
          python-skimage-lib (>= ${source:Version}),
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${python:Depends}
-Recommends: python-imaging, python-matplotlib (>= 1.0), python-nose, python-qt4
+Recommends: python-imaging, python-pil, python-matplotlib (>= 1.0), python-nose, python-qt4
 Suggests: python-opencv, python-skimage-doc
 Description: Python modules for image processing
  scikit-image is a collection of image processing algorithms for
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Depends: libfreeimage3,
          python3-skimage-lib (>= ${source:Version}),
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${python3:Depends}
-Recommends: python3-imaging, python3-matplotlib (>= 1.0), python3-nose
+Recommends: python3-imaging, python3-pil, python3-matplotlib (>= 1.0), python3-nose
 Suggests: python-skimage-doc
 Description: Python 3 modules for image processing
  scikit-image is a collection of image processing algorithms for