diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/pip-and-virtualenv/install.d/pip-and-virtualenv-source-install/04-install-pip b/diskimage_builder/elements/pip-and-virtualenv/install.d/pip-and-virtualenv-source-install/04-install-pip
index ac63bc3aa..5719cfe92 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/pip-and-virtualenv/install.d/pip-and-virtualenv-source-install/04-install-pip
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/pip-and-virtualenv/install.d/pip-and-virtualenv-source-install/04-install-pip
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if [[ $DISTRO_NAME =~ (opensuse|fedora|centos|centos7|rhel7) ]]; then
     # overwrites the pip installed version with the packaged version,
     # leading to all sorts of weird version issues.
     if [[ $DISTRO_NAME = opensuse ]]; then
-        zypper -n install python-virtualenv python-pip python-setuptools
+        zypper -n install $packages
     else
         ${YUM:-yum} install -y $packages
     fi