diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8e11b283..1678b26d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 	* ZPsycopgDA/DA.py (Connection.__init__): Default the encoding to
 	UTF-8, fixing bug #190.
+	(App.ImageFile): simplify ImageFile import using patch from
+	chrism, fixing bug #198.
 
 2008-01-16  James Henstridge  <james@jamesh.id.au>
 
diff --git a/ZPsycopgDA/DA.py b/ZPsycopgDA/DA.py
index 60de1354..5afa4294 100644
--- a/ZPsycopgDA/DA.py
+++ b/ZPsycopgDA/DA.py
@@ -34,19 +34,13 @@ from ExtensionClass import Base
 from App.Dialogs import MessageDialog
 from DateTime import DateTime
 
-# Build Zope version in a float for later cheks
-import App
-zope_version = App.version_txt.getZopeVersion()
-if zope_version[1] == -1:
-    zope_version = None
-else:
-    zope_version = float("%s.%s" %(zope_version[:2]))
-
 # ImageFile is deprecated in Zope >= 2.9
-if zope_version is not None and zope_version < 2.9:
-     from ImageFile import ImageFile
-else:
-     from App.ImageFile import ImageFile 
+try:
+    from App.ImageFile import ImageFile
+except ImportError:
+    # Zope < 2.9.  If PIL's installed with a .pth file, we're probably
+    # hosed.
+    from ImageFile import ImageFile
 
 # import psycopg and functions/singletons needed for date/time conversions