diff --git a/pysollib/mfxutil.py b/pysollib/mfxutil.py
index bc5bdff7c..d980204ee 100644
--- a/pysollib/mfxutil.py
+++ b/pysollib/mfxutil.py
@@ -106,6 +106,17 @@ def format_time(t):
     return "%d:%02d:%02d" % (t // 3600, (t % 3600) // 60, t % 60)
 
 
+def get_default_resampling():
+    if not USE_PIL:
+        return 0
+    elif hasattr(Image, "ANTIALIAS"):
+        return Image.ANTIALIAS
+    elif hasattr(Image, "LANCZOS"):
+        return Image.LANCZOS
+    else:
+        return Image.NEAREST
+
+
 def print_err(s, level=1):
     if level == 0:
         ss = PACKAGE+': ERROR:'
diff --git a/pysollib/options.py b/pysollib/options.py
index d3ad2bdf3..10b454792 100644
--- a/pysollib/options.py
+++ b/pysollib/options.py
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 import configobj
 
 import pysollib.settings
-from pysollib.mfxutil import Image, USE_PIL, print_err
+from pysollib.mfxutil import USE_PIL,\
+    get_default_resampling, print_err
 from pysollib.mygettext import _
 from pysollib.mygettext import myGettext
 from pysollib.pysoltk import STATUSBAR_ITEMS, TOOLBAR_BUTTONS, TOOLKIT
@@ -474,7 +475,8 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.tabletile_scale_method = 0
         self.resampling = 0
         if USE_PIL:
-            self.resampling = int(Image.ANTIALIAS)
+            self.resampling = int(get_default_resampling())
+
         # solver
         self.solver_presets = [
             'none',
diff --git a/pysollib/ui/tktile/menubar.py b/pysollib/ui/tktile/menubar.py
index b95da623d..6605641d8 100644
--- a/pysollib/ui/tktile/menubar.py
+++ b/pysollib/ui/tktile/menubar.py
@@ -94,32 +94,32 @@ def createResamplingMenu(menubar, menu):
                             variable=menubar.tkopt.resampling,
                             value=int(Image.NEAREST),
                             command=menubar.mOptResampling)
-    if Image.BILINEAR:
+    if hasattr(Image, "BILINEAR"):
         submenu.add_radiobutton(label=n_("&Bilinear"),
                                 variable=menubar.tkopt.resampling,
                                 value=int(Image.BILINEAR),
                                 command=menubar.mOptResampling)
-    if Image.BICUBIC:
+    if hasattr(Image, "BICUBIC"):
         submenu.add_radiobutton(label=n_("B&icubic"),
                                 variable=menubar.tkopt.resampling,
                                 value=int(Image.BICUBIC),
                                 command=menubar.mOptResampling)
-    if Image.LANCZOS:
+    if hasattr(Image, "LANCZOS"):
         submenu.add_radiobutton(label=n_("&Lanczos"),
                                 variable=menubar.tkopt.resampling,
                                 value=int(Image.LANCZOS),
                                 command=menubar.mOptResampling)
-    elif Image.ANTIALIAS:
+    elif hasattr(Image, "ANTIALIAS"):
         submenu.add_radiobutton(label=n_("&Antialiasing"),
                                 variable=menubar.tkopt.resampling,
                                 value=int(Image.ANTIALIAS),
                                 command=menubar.mOptResampling)
-    if Image.BOX:
+    if hasattr(Image, "BOX"):
         submenu.add_radiobutton(label=n_("B&ox"),
                                 variable=menubar.tkopt.resampling,
                                 value=int(Image.BOX),
                                 command=menubar.mOptResampling)
-    if Image.HAMMING:
+    if hasattr(Image, "HAMMING"):
         submenu.add_radiobutton(label=n_("&Hamming"),
                                 variable=menubar.tkopt.resampling,
                                 value=int(Image.HAMMING),
diff --git a/pysollib/ui/tktile/tkutil.py b/pysollib/ui/tktile/tkutil.py
index d6ac38d16..14ba0321f 100644
--- a/pysollib/ui/tktile/tkutil.py
+++ b/pysollib/ui/tktile/tkutil.py
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 import os
 import re
 
-from pysollib.mfxutil import Image, ImageDraw, ImageOps, ImageTk
+from pysollib.mfxutil import Image, ImageDraw, ImageOps, ImageTk, \
+    get_default_resampling
 from pysollib.settings import TITLE, WIN_SYSTEM
 
 from six.moves import tkinter
@@ -288,7 +289,10 @@ def subsample(self, r):
             im = PIL_Image(image=im)
             return im
 
-        def resize(self, xf, yf, resample=Image.ANTIALIAS):
+        def resize(self, xf, yf, resample=-1):
+
+            if resample == -1:
+                resample = get_default_resampling()
 
             w, h = self._pil_image_orig.size
             w0, h0 = int(w*xf), int(h*yf)
@@ -456,7 +460,10 @@ def _createBottomImage(image, color='white', backfile=None):
     size = (w-th*2, h-th*2)
     tmp = Image.new('RGBA', size, color)
     tmp.putalpha(60)
-    mask = out.resize(size, Image.ANTIALIAS)
+
+    resampling = get_default_resampling()
+
+    mask = out.resize(size, resampling)
     out.paste(tmp, (th, th), mask)
     if backfile:
         back = Image.open(backfile).convert('RGBA')
@@ -465,7 +472,7 @@ def _createBottomImage(image, color='white', backfile=None):
         a = min(float(w1)/w0, float(h1)/h0)
         a = a*0.9
         w0, h0 = int(w0*a), int(h0*a)
-        back = back.resize((w0, h0), Image.ANTIALIAS)
+        back = back.resize((w0, h0), resampling)
         x, y = (w1 - w0) // 2, (h1 - h0) // 2
         out.paste(back, (x, y), back)
     return out