diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1163a6c9..07e3a0df 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+skimage (0.9.3-3) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * debian/control
+    - swap order of Build-Depends (and Recommends just in case) to favor
+      python*-pil over python*-imaging so builders do not get confused
+      (Closes: #730678)
+
+ -- Yaroslav Halchenko <debian@onerussian.com>  Fri, 29 Nov 2013 19:50:11 -0500
+
 skimage (0.9.3-2) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * debian/tests/control
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 42c060f3..347dbd62 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-pil,
+               python-pil | python-imaging,
                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-pil,
+               python3-pil | python3-imaging,
                python3-matplotlib | python-matplotlib (<< 1.2.0~),
                python3-nose,
                python3-numpy,
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Depends: libfreeimage3,
          python-skimage-lib (>= ${source:Version}),
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${python:Depends}
-Recommends: python-imaging, python-pil, python-matplotlib (>= 1.0), python-nose, python-qt4
+Recommends: python-pil, python-imaging, 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
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Depends: libfreeimage3,
          python3-skimage-lib (>= ${source:Version}),
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${python3:Depends}
-Recommends: python3-imaging, python3-pil, python3-matplotlib (>= 1.0), python3-nose
+Recommends: python3-pil,python3-imaging,  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