diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-imaging_1.1.7.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-imaging_1.1.7.bb
index 851c53fe88..c8dd8147ce 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-imaging_1.1.7.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/python/python-imaging_1.1.7.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Python Imaging Library"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
 
+PR = "r1"
+
 LICENSE = "BSD"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://README;beginline=92;endline=117;md5=003338c482e1d2eb2e4d862897f3abbf"
 
@@ -31,6 +33,9 @@ do_install() {
     install -m 0644 ${S}/README ${D}${datadir}/doc/${PN}/
     install -m 0644 ${S}/Docs/* ${D}${datadir}/doc/${PN}/html/
 
+    # get rid of #!/usr/local/bin/python
+    sed -i -e 's:/usr/local/bin/:${bindir}/env :g' ${D}${bindir}/*
+
 }
 RDEPENDS_${PN} = "python-lang python-stringold"