diff --git a/cinnamon/cinnamon.SlackBuild b/cinnamon/cinnamon.SlackBuild
index 0377bfb..31add8f 100644
--- a/cinnamon/cinnamon.SlackBuild
+++ b/cinnamon/cinnamon.SlackBuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=cinnamon
 VERSION=${VERSION:-4.0.10}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG:-_csb}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ patch -p1 < $CWD/logo.patch
 rm files/etc/xdg/menus/cinnamon-applications-merged
 
 patch -p1 < $CWD/7382.patch
+patch -p1 < $CWD/pil.patch
 
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
diff --git a/cinnamon/pil.patch b/cinnamon/pil.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ad391e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cinnamon/pil.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+From c843f3664064742e2672e0fea528571a882d84ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Eli Schwartz <eschwartz93@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2019 11:28:45 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] PIL: remove unnnecessary version check and code fork (#8496)
+
+The Image.VERSION variable was deprecated some time ago and is now gone
+entirely. But its only use was to determine whether we were using at
+least the latest version of PIL, or any version of its fork, Pillow. And
+PIL was last developed in 2009 and does not support python3 at all, so
+we are guaranteed to be using Pillow.
+
+Moreover, the check does not really matter, as Pillow is guaranteed to
+load any image it opens, without the user doing so manually.
+
+Fixes #8495
+---
+ .../cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/imtools.py | 27 +------------------
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 26 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/files/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/imtools.py b/files/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/imtools.py
+index 05605001f7..c386fe3847 100644
+--- a/files/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/imtools.py
++++ b/files/usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-settings/bin/imtools.py
+@@ -620,31 +620,6 @@ def has_transparency(image):
+         has_alpha(image)
+ 
+ 
+-if Image.VERSION == '1.1.7':
+-
+-    def split(image):
+-        """Work around for bug in Pil 1.1.7
+-
+-        :param image: input image
+-        :type image: PIL image object
+-        :returns: the different color bands of the image (eg R, G, B)
+-        :rtype: tuple
+-        """
+-        image.load()
+-        return image.split()
+-else:
+-
+-    def split(image):
+-        """Work around for bug in Pil 1.1.7
+-
+-        :param image: input image
+-        :type image: PIL image object
+-        :returns: the different color bands of the image (eg R, G, B)
+-        :rtype: tuple
+-        """
+-        return image.split()
+-
+-
+ def get_alpha(image):
+     """Gets the image alpha band. Can handles P mode images with transpareny.
+     Returns a band with all values set to 255 if no alpha band exists.
+@@ -655,7 +630,7 @@ def get_alpha(image):
+     :rtype: single band image object
+     """
+     if has_alpha(image):
+-        return split(image)[-1]
++        return image.split()[-1]
+     if image.mode == 'P' and 'transparency' in image.info:
+         return image.convert('RGBA').split()[-1]
+     # No alpha layer, create one.