diff --git a/scripts/install_dependencies.sh b/scripts/install_dependencies.sh
index 095dc94f81..7d7d52a22f 100755
--- a/scripts/install_dependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_dependencies.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ git clone --recursive $_OMPI_REPO
 cd ompi
 git checkout $_OMPI_COMMIT_HASH
 git submodule update --init --recursive
-python3 -m venv --system-site-packages --without-pip venv
+python3 -m ensurepip && python3 -m venv venv || python3 -m venv --system-site-packages --without-pip venv
 . venv/bin/activate
 python3 -m pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
 ./autogen.pl