diff --git a/pysollib/kivy/tkutil.py b/pysollib/kivy/tkutil.py
index a1f10259..e13ccc7b 100644
--- a/pysollib/kivy/tkutil.py
+++ b/pysollib/kivy/tkutil.py
@@ -329,6 +329,11 @@ def createImage(width, height, fill, outline=None, outwidth=1):
     return image
 
 
+def createImagePIL(width, height, fill, outline=None, outwidth=1):
+    # Is this needed for Kivy?
+    createImage(width, height, fill, outline=outline, outwidth=outwidth)
+
+
 def shadowImage(image, color='#3896f8', factor=0.3):
 
     logging.info("shadowImage: ")
diff --git a/pysollib/pysolgtk/tkutil.py b/pysollib/pysolgtk/tkutil.py
index c8ccca6f..57827207 100644
--- a/pysollib/pysolgtk/tkutil.py
+++ b/pysollib/pysolgtk/tkutil.py
@@ -159,6 +159,11 @@ def createImage(width, height, fill, outline=None):
     return _PysolPixmap(width=width, height=height, fill=fill, outline=outline)
 
 
+def createImagePIL(width, height, fill, outline=None):
+    # Is this needed for GTK?
+    createImage(width, height, fill, outline=outline)
+
+
 def shadowImage(image):
     # FIXME
     return None