diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 8d1a313f..7fa4885b 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 # install system deps
 if [ $(which apt-get) ]; then
   echo "installing deps for ubuntu"
-  sudo apt-get -y install git curl python python-virtualenv python-dev build-essential pkg-config zlib1g-dev libglib2.0-dev libpixman-1-dev
+  sudo apt-get -y install git curl python python-dev python3-pip build-essential pkg-config zlib1g-dev libglib2.0-dev libpixman-1-dev
+  sudo pip3 install virtualenv 
+ 
 else
   echo "*** You'll need to install Ubuntu or get a working build env for qemu and python yourself ***"
 fi