diff --git a/_imaging.c b/_imaging.c
index 4da764d01..40159c6a2 100644
--- a/_imaging.c
+++ b/_imaging.c
@@ -2996,6 +2996,9 @@ static struct PyMethodDef methods[] = {
     {"rankfilter", (PyCFunction)_rankfilter, 1},
 #endif
     {"resize", (PyCFunction)_resize, 1},
+    // There were two methods for image resize before.
+    // Starting from Pillow 2.7.0 stretch is depreciated.
+    {"stretch", (PyCFunction)_resize, 1},
     {"transpose", (PyCFunction)_transpose, 1},
     {"transform2", (PyCFunction)_transform2, 1},