diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow/0001-Revert-Handle-more-than-one-directory-returned-by-pk.patch b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow/0001-Revert-Handle-more-than-one-directory-returned-by-pk.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..9947a476efdf767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow/0001-Revert-Handle-more-than-one-directory-returned-by-pk.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+From d71eade071704c3f10709b49335eba886f2ac5b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: roblabla <unfiltered@roblab.la>
+Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2023 11:40:58 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Revert "Handle more than one directory returned by
+ pkg-config."
+
+This reverts commit 04cf5e2cfc5dc1676efd9f5c8d605ddfccb0f9ee.
+---
+ setup.py | 26 ++++++++++++--------------
+ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
+index 07d6c66d6..348ad1482 100755
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -265,16 +265,18 @@ def _pkg_config(name):
+             if not DEBUG:
+                 command_libs.append("--silence-errors")
+                 command_cflags.append("--silence-errors")
+-            libs = re.split(
+-                r"(^|\s+)-L",
++            libs = (
+                 subprocess.check_output(command_libs, stderr=stderr)
+                 .decode("utf8")
+-                .strip(),
+-            )[::2][1:]
+-            cflags = re.split(
+-                r"(^|\s+)-I",
+-                subprocess.check_output(command_cflags).decode("utf8").strip(),
+-            )[::2][1:]
++                .strip()
++                .replace("-L", "")
++            )
++            cflags = (
++                subprocess.check_output(command_cflags)
++                .decode("utf8")
++                .strip()
++                .replace("-I", "")
++            )
+             return libs, cflags
+         except Exception:
+             pass
+@@ -472,12 +474,8 @@ class pil_build_ext(build_ext):
+             else:
+                 lib_root = include_root = root
+ 
+-            if lib_root is not None:
+-                for lib_dir in lib_root:
+-                    _add_directory(library_dirs, lib_dir)
+-            if include_root is not None:
+-                for include_dir in include_root:
+-                    _add_directory(include_dirs, include_dir)
++            _add_directory(library_dirs, lib_root)
++            _add_directory(include_dirs, include_root)
+ 
+         # respect CFLAGS/CPPFLAGS/LDFLAGS
+         for k in ("CFLAGS", "CPPFLAGS", "LDFLAGS"):
+-- 
+2.37.1 (Apple Git-137.1)
+
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow/default.nix
index 6dc894c0a4ca5b3..a6f48850acec2b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pillow/default.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 import ./generic.nix (rec {
   pname = "pillow";
-  version = "9.4.0";
+  version = "9.5.0";
   format = "setuptools";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@ import ./generic.nix (rec {
   src = fetchPypi {
     pname = "Pillow";
     inherit version;
-    hash = "sha256-ocLXeARI65P7zDeJvzkWqlcg2ULjeUX0BWaAMX8c0j4=";
+    hash = "sha256-v1SEedM2cm16Ds6252fhefveN4M65CeUYCYxoHDWMPE=";
   };
 
+  # Reverts 04cf5e2cfc5dc1676efd9f5c8d605ddfccb0f9ee, which prevents pillow from
+  # finding zlib.
+  patches = [ ./0001-Revert-Handle-more-than-one-directory-returned-by-pk.patch ];
+
   passthru.tests = {
     inherit imageio matplotlib pilkit pydicom reportlab;
   };