diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/base.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/base.pp
index 3b45160d34..e7786a6f51 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/base.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/base.pp
@@ -29,13 +29,19 @@ class openstack_project::base(
   $packages = [
     'puppet',
     'python-setuptools',
-    'python-virtualenv'
   ]
 
   package { $packages:
     ensure => 'present'
   }
 
+  include pip
+  package { 'virtualenv':
+    ensure => latest,
+    provider => pip,
+    require => Class[pip]
+  }
+
   if ($install_users) {
     package { ['byobu', 'emacs23-nox']:
       ensure => 'present'