diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index ead31050d..b08195576 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * bump pylitterbot-2021.2.8
  * bump pymysensors-0.21.0
  * bump elgato-2.0.1
+ * update pillow-8.1.2
 
 2021-03-14
  * add aiohttp-3.7.3 from main repo, still needed, fix https://git.edevau.net/onkelbeh/HomeAssistantRepository/issues/198
diff --git a/dev-python/pillow/Manifest b/dev-python/pillow/Manifest
index e289d10f5..dfcf0b569 100644
--- a/dev-python/pillow/Manifest
+++ b/dev-python/pillow/Manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 DIST pillow-7.2.0.tar.gz 39125407 BLAKE2B f49015922c34473590740c9fa63435f85f9a517b3295abd2e758941b95162cef0fb1fa2a0e6ee0ac86323709ee3af02888f6e029a1905f13698e82c1f38d5d94 SHA512 ac9c7c8f445b3f67f51bea13fad118d1612c45272c26d33bec286f3c2e198912b934378c4bf986b409aaa2a83d92ff176ee4d25f28701d61746c9cb86d0f412b
 DIST pillow-8.1.0.tar.gz 44929704 BLAKE2B 6b8100f26a746c625851521d7aa3696c4de30b05d2debc07cfcc038c1bc1e73ab1136676d22fccdf17b8d0ecfeb21479168580e5f5a93488c50cbaf1c6533d79 SHA512 1014271d29e98c465e6882ed3f2f915f8955f5ada2a762c671a1f79389b25576ead2d144c6eaf42b4777f14438d15979d78d34dc32d984fd7defb53f0d209957
+DIST pillow-8.1.2.tar.gz 45217041 BLAKE2B dbc7fb5c426c6a8f0efd218db5cd404c6b6a603054b36125ea687c69cca78ddd2e58712e8fe94460978bffe6bc059e5819d7ac6371bad11ee8fc1df445495c70 SHA512 32ffedf8cc8f2c21c241f41938d0521626ea05206d1a762305ac38abedecdf9bc8a6e5e2ded7565340e54797a4395acefb3b4d939ebdde8fc9583a1998bae34d
 EBUILD pillow-7.2.0.ebuild 2695 BLAKE2B 1b4ee46ff5821a68079e43b2645f40a7f86e964b5875b5dbb10a232be9f55901be1efada636d0383930dd5fc76a0ad1f12e8af090e981b7e036a3393d7e48632 SHA512 1de60e1ed6de3d9945ce4c6d8ce0e7f04669c76133f564dc0a58914124be6c644dd09fb80cc6589e67dead064e109a9675366bb58ad63529bf312ed878675864
 EBUILD pillow-8.1.0.ebuild 2621 BLAKE2B a0df80c884d2ae46c5f02126e220dbb10330c35e25ccc8a24ba4ce451efe93aac0ce1f2ce753cccc286626a3841a46a683ef4c15435175e0caa6a46f7ee86e6a SHA512 3337dd0acc4a11306870d428a64e7af65f381d57ada6fe44ebdbd748eeef28b69d7081c6485fe93b38e93f33da734d7d398a91fd4b8e9e273624d4a687464fb7
+EBUILD pillow-8.1.2.ebuild 2631 BLAKE2B 77f8b0ad1c44bf783406b221947b058d1aac64bfeda772ff73bee223077d640c38d248136eb21fd71d0f99426254f492e25fc35f620ec1bda117fa99d44e8114 SHA512 cb066ae7bb02c2b47e78de4d62a9c44bb7082c871597d3d91c9707c354a77f51b16c2f06ada48fdf4d233de613f4303b4430ed16df09033c12cc097871812f2a
 MISC metadata.xml 471 BLAKE2B 7398f2bf03eb24310e412acc83ef38c6ecaf0e579dab6199897fd077232c50a16c57b9bd33a72d109eca8ecb36f7b1636684338fad0930e842fe66f9c24164b2 SHA512 81e56fa969622e4bba3ef96d9abd2e3a8fe791930e34bfcfe5668ac0b8300b4e08d485d6f8071c29432907aeba93bc39448b750aa58665c805c8614ba7d0a588
diff --git a/dev-python/pillow/pillow-8.1.2.ebuild b/dev-python/pillow/pillow-8.1.2.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddc9e47c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/pillow/pillow-8.1.2.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI="7"
+
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{7..9} pypy3 )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE='tk?,threads(+)'
+
+inherit distutils-r1 toolchain-funcs virtualx
+
+MY_PN=Pillow
+MY_P=${MY_PN}-${PV}
+
+DESCRIPTION="Python Imaging Library (fork)"
+HOMEPAGE="https://python-pillow.org/"
+SRC_URI="https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/archive/${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
+S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
+
+LICENSE="HPND"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ppc ~ppc64 sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+IUSE="examples imagequant jpeg jpeg2k lcms test tiff tk truetype webp xcb zlib"
+REQUIRED_USE="test? ( jpeg jpeg2k tiff )"
+RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
+
+DEPEND="
+	imagequant? ( media-gfx/libimagequant:0 )
+	jpeg? ( virtual/jpeg:0 )
+	jpeg2k? ( media-libs/openjpeg:2= )
+	lcms? ( media-libs/lcms:2= )
+	tiff? ( media-libs/tiff:0=[jpeg,zlib] )
+	truetype? ( media-libs/freetype:2= )
+	webp? ( media-libs/libwebp:0= )
+	xcb? ( x11-libs/libxcb )
+	zlib? ( sys-libs/zlib:0= )"
+RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
+	dev-python/olefile[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
+BDEPEND="
+	test? (
+		${RDEPEND}
+		dev-python/pytest[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+		media-gfx/imagemagick[png]
+	)
+"
+
+python_configure_all() {
+	# It's important that these flags are also passed during the install phase
+	# as well. Make sure of that if you change the lines below. See bug 661308.
+	mydistutilsargs=(
+		build_ext
+		--disable-platform-guessing
+		$(use_enable truetype freetype)
+		$(use_enable jpeg)
+		$(use_enable jpeg2k jpeg2000)
+		$(use_enable lcms)
+		$(use_enable tiff)
+		$(use_enable imagequant)
+		$(use_enable webp)
+		$(use_enable webp webpmux)
+		$(use_enable xcb)
+		$(use_enable zlib)
+	)
+
+	# setup.py sucks at adding the right toolchain paths but it does
+	# accept additional ones from INCLUDE and LIB so set these. You
+	# wouldn't normally need these at all as the toolchain should look
+	# here anyway but this setup.py does stupid things.
+	export \
+		INCLUDE=${ESYSROOT}/usr/include \
+		LIB=${ESYSROOT}/usr/$(get_libdir)
+
+	# We have patched in this env var.
+	tc-export PKG_CONFIG
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	virtx distutils-r1_src_test
+}
+
+python_test() {
+	"${EPYTHON}" selftest.py --installed || die "selftest failed with ${EPYTHON}"
+	# no:relaxed: pytest-relaxed plugin make our tests fail. deactivate if installed
+	pytest -vv -p no:relaxed || die "Tests fail with ${EPYTHON}"
+}
+
+python_install() {
+	python_doheader src/libImaging/*.h
+	distutils-r1_python_install
+}
+
+python_install_all() {
+	if use examples ; then
+		docinto example
+		dodoc docs/example/*
+		docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/example
+	fi
+	distutils-r1_python_install_all
+}