diff --git a/plugins/python-codecs/package-lock.json b/plugins/python-codecs/package-lock.json
index d75dde506..3fa820e63 100644
--- a/plugins/python-codecs/package-lock.json
+++ b/plugins/python-codecs/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
    "name": "@scrypted/python-codecs",
-   "version": "0.1.16",
+   "version": "0.1.17",
    "lockfileVersion": 3,
    "requires": true,
    "packages": {
       "": {
          "name": "@scrypted/python-codecs",
-         "version": "0.1.16",
+         "version": "0.1.17",
          "devDependencies": {
             "@scrypted/sdk": "file:../../sdk"
          }
diff --git a/plugins/python-codecs/package.json b/plugins/python-codecs/package.json
index 34a7e8cde..6f90d1974 100644
--- a/plugins/python-codecs/package.json
+++ b/plugins/python-codecs/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
    "name": "@scrypted/python-codecs",
-   "version": "0.1.16",
+   "version": "0.1.17",
    "description": "Python Codecs for Scrypted",
    "keywords": [
       "scrypted",
diff --git a/plugins/python-codecs/src/requirements.txt b/plugins/python-codecs/src/requirements.txt
index 366586191..5d40b8808 100644
--- a/plugins/python-codecs/src/requirements.txt
+++ b/plugins/python-codecs/src/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@ PyGObject>=3.30.4; sys_platform != 'win32'
 # libav doesnt work on arm7
 av>=10.0.0; sys_platform != 'linux' or platform_machine == 'x86_64' or platform_machine == 'aarch64'
 pyvips; sys_platform != 'win32'
-Pillow
+
+# in case pyvips fails to load, use a pillow fallback.
+# pillow for anything not intel linux, pillow-simd is available on x64 linux
+Pillow>=5.4.1; sys_platform != 'linux' or platform_machine != 'x86_64'
+pillow-simd; sys_platform == 'linux' and platform_machine == 'x86_64'