diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a9316b6721..81dd1c40ec 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ module = [
     "pyinotify.*",
     "pyoembed.*",
     "pyuca.*",
+    "pyvips.*",
     "re2.*",
     "requests_oauthlib.*", # https://github.com/requests/requests-oauthlib/issues/428
     "scim2_filter_parser.attr_paths",
diff --git a/requirements/common.in b/requirements/common.in
index 6a4a3fdc64..2ab7b95833 100644
--- a/requirements/common.in
+++ b/requirements/common.in
@@ -25,8 +25,9 @@ regex
 # Needed for manage.py
 ipython
 
-# Needed for image processing
+# Needed for image processing and thumbnailing
 Pillow
+pyvips
 
 # Needed for building complex DB queries
 SQLAlchemy==1.4.*
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index ca3565b8ab..a182498798 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ cffi==1.16.0 \
     #   argon2-cffi-bindings
     #   cairocffi
     #   cryptography
+    #   pyvips
 chardet==5.2.0 \
     --hash=sha256:1b3b6ff479a8c414bc3fa2c0852995695c4a026dcd6d0633b2dd092ca39c1cf7 \
     --hash=sha256:e1cf59446890a00105fe7b7912492ea04b6e6f06d4b742b2c788469e34c82970
@@ -2479,6 +2480,9 @@ pyuca==1.2 \
     --hash=sha256:8a382fe74627f08c0d18908c0713ca4a20aad5385f077579e56208beea2893b2 \
     --hash=sha256:abaa12e1bd2c7c68ca8396ff8383bc0654a739cef3ae68fd7af58bf29af0a91e
     # via -r requirements/common.in
+pyvips==2.2.3 \
+    --hash=sha256:43bceced0db492654c93008246a58a508e0373ae1621116b87b322f2ac72212f
+    # via -r requirements/common.in
 pyyaml==6.0.1 \
     --hash=sha256:04ac92ad1925b2cff1db0cfebffb6ffc43457495c9b3c39d3fcae417d7125dc5 \
     --hash=sha256:062582fca9fabdd2c8b54a3ef1c978d786e0f6b3a1510e0ac93ef59e0ddae2bc \
diff --git a/requirements/prod.txt b/requirements/prod.txt
index 4ccb545507..81ff1fea85 100644
--- a/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ cffi==1.16.0 \
     # via
     #   argon2-cffi-bindings
     #   cryptography
+    #   pyvips
 charset-normalizer==3.3.2 \
     --hash=sha256:06435b539f889b1f6f4ac1758871aae42dc3a8c0e24ac9e60c2384973ad73027 \
     --hash=sha256:06a81e93cd441c56a9b65d8e1d043daeb97a3d0856d177d5c90ba85acb3db087 \
@@ -1958,6 +1959,9 @@ pyuca==1.2 \
     --hash=sha256:8a382fe74627f08c0d18908c0713ca4a20aad5385f077579e56208beea2893b2 \
     --hash=sha256:abaa12e1bd2c7c68ca8396ff8383bc0654a739cef3ae68fd7af58bf29af0a91e
     # via -r requirements/common.in
+pyvips==2.2.3 \
+    --hash=sha256:43bceced0db492654c93008246a58a508e0373ae1621116b87b322f2ac72212f
+    # via -r requirements/common.in
 pyyaml==6.0.1 \
     --hash=sha256:04ac92ad1925b2cff1db0cfebffb6ffc43457495c9b3c39d3fcae417d7125dc5 \
     --hash=sha256:062582fca9fabdd2c8b54a3ef1c978d786e0f6b3a1510e0ac93ef59e0ddae2bc \
diff --git a/scripts/lib/setup_venv.py b/scripts/lib/setup_venv.py
index f09a0d1698..2124fc4bb3 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/setup_venv.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/setup_venv.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ VENV_DEPENDENCIES = [
     "pkg-config",
     "jq",  # No longer used in production (clean me up later)
     "libsasl2-dev",  # For building python-ldap from source
+    "libvips",  # For thumbnailing
 ]
 
 COMMON_YUM_VENV_DEPENDENCIES = [
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ COMMON_YUM_VENV_DEPENDENCIES = [
     "postgresql-libs",  # libpq-dev on apt
     "openssl-devel",
     "jq",
+    "libvips",  # For thumbnailing
 ]
 
 REDHAT_VENV_DEPENDENCIES = [
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
index 304d80a80e..3f80e307cb 100644
--- a/version.py
+++ b/version.py
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ API_FEATURE_LEVEL = 266
 #   historical commits sharing the same major version, in which case a
 #   minor version bump suffices.
 
-PROVISION_VERSION = (281, 1)  # bumped 2024-06-16 for updating simplebar
+PROVISION_VERSION = (281, 2)  # bumped 2024-06-18 for adding libvips
diff --git a/zproject/computed_settings.py b/zproject/computed_settings.py
index 5d91651417..3621b60eb9 100644
--- a/zproject/computed_settings.py
+++ b/zproject/computed_settings.py
@@ -889,6 +889,11 @@ LOGGING: Dict[str, Any] = {
             "handlers": ["scim_file", "errors_file"],
             "propagate": False,
         },
+        "pyvips": {
+            "level": "WARNING",
+            "handlers": ["console", "errors_file"],
+            "propagate": False,
+        },
         "pika": {
             # pika is super chatty on INFO.
             "level": "WARNING",