diff --git a/frappe/client.py b/frappe/client.py
index 6f19e78183..158a143ad0 100644
--- a/frappe/client.py
+++ b/frappe/client.py
@@ -87,7 +87,12 @@ def get_value(doctype, fieldname, filters=None, as_dict=True, debug=False, paren
 	if not filters:
 		filters = None
 
-	value = frappe.get_list(doctype, filters=filters, fields=fields, debug=debug, limit=1)
+
+	if frappe.get_meta(doctype).issingle:
+		value = frappe.db.get_values_from_single(fields, None, doctype, as_dict=as_dict, debug=debug)
+	else:
+		value = frappe.get_list(doctype, filters=filters, fields=fields, debug=debug, limit=1)
+
 	if as_dict:
 		value = value[0] if value else {}
 	else:
diff --git a/frappe/tests/test_api.py b/frappe/tests/test_api.py
index 3139237cc9..45107612cc 100644
--- a/frappe/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/frappe/tests/test_api.py
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ class TestAPI(unittest.TestCase):
 
 		self.assertRaises(FrappeException, server.get_value, "Note", "(select (password) from(__Auth) order by name desc limit 1)", {"title": "get_value"})
 
+	def test_get_single(self):
+		server = FrappeClient(get_url(), "Administrator", "admin", verify=False)
+		server.set_value('Website Settings', 'Website Settings', 'title_prefix', 'test-prefix')
+		self.assertEqual(server.get_value('Website Settings', 'title_prefix').get('title_prefix'), 'test-prefix')
+		frappe.db.set_value('Website Settings', None, 'title_prefix', '')
 
 	def test_update_doc(self):
 		server = FrappeClient(get_url(), "Administrator", "admin", verify=False)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a88d0e3c1d..af3104cce7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ oauthlib==3.1.0
 openpyxl==2.6.4
 passlib==1.7.2
 pdfkit==0.6.1
-Pillow==6.2.2
+Pillow==7.1.0
 premailer==3.6.1
 psycopg2-binary==2.8.4
 pyasn1==0.4.8