diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fd7bbfc6..5beaf65f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ virtualenv:
 install:
   - git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/OCA/maintainer-quality-tools.git ${HOME}/maintainer-quality-tools
   - export PATH=${HOME}/maintainer-quality-tools/travis:${PATH}
+  - export WKHTMLTOPDF_VERSION=0.12.4
   - travis_install_nightly
 
 script:
diff --git a/report_qweb_pdf_watermark/__manifest__.py b/report_qweb_pdf_watermark/__manifest__.py
index e6e779d4..95b4c536 100644
--- a/report_qweb_pdf_watermark/__manifest__.py
+++ b/report_qweb_pdf_watermark/__manifest__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 {
     "name": "Pdf watermark",
     "version": "10.0.1.0.0",
-    "author": "Therp BV,Odoo Community Association (OCA)",
+    "author": "Therp BV, "
+              "Odoo Community Association (OCA)",
     "license": "AGPL-3",
     "category": "Reporting",
     "summary": "Add watermarks to your QWEB PDF reports",
diff --git a/report_qweb_pdf_watermark/models/report.py b/report_qweb_pdf_watermark/models/report.py
index 5125cd3c..82d0d311 100644
--- a/report_qweb_pdf_watermark/models/report.py
+++ b/report_qweb_pdf_watermark/models/report.py
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ from pyPdf.utils import PdfReadError
 from PIL import Image
 from StringIO import StringIO
 from odoo import api, models, tools
+from PIL import PdfImagePlugin # flake8: noqa
+
+# PdfImagePlugin must be loaded in order to work PNG to PDF transformation
+# This issue is related to Pillow creation, as can be seen in its source code:
+# https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/blob/master/PIL/PdfImagePlugin.py
+
 logger = getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -40,6 +46,7 @@ class Report(models.Model):
         except PdfReadError:
             # let's see if we can convert this with pillow
             try:
+                Image.init()
                 image = Image.open(StringIO(watermark))
                 pdf_buffer = StringIO()
                 if image.mode != 'RGB':