--- /dev/null
+--- a/src/reportlab/lib/utils.py
++++ b/src/reportlab/lib/utils.py
+@@ -883,7 +883,13 @@
+ im = self._image
+ mode = self.mode = im.mode
+ if mode in ('LA','RGBA'):
+- if Image.VERSION.startswith('1.1.7'): im.load()
++ # Pillow 6.0.0 and above have removed the 'VERSION' attribute
++ # https://bitbucket.org/rptlab/reportlab/issues/176/incompatibility-with-pillow-600
++ try:
++ im_ver = Image.__version__
++ except AttributeError:
++ im_ver = Image.VERSION
++ if im_ver.startswith('1.1.7'): im.load()
+ self._dataA = ImageReader(im.split()[3 if mode=='RGBA' else 1])
+ nm = mode[:-1]
+ im = im.convert(nm)