diff --git a/devstack/create_config b/devstack/create_config
index f6703701..8c1525c9 100755
--- a/devstack/create_config
+++ b/devstack/create_config
@@ -37,23 +37,30 @@ fi
 EC2_URL=`openstack endpoint list --service ec2 --interface public --os-identity-api-version=3 -c URL -f value`
 S3_URL=`openstack endpoint list --service s3 --interface public --os-identity-api-version=3 -c URL -f value`
 
-# in some cases these packages can present in the system but don't work
-# reinstalling can help
+venv_dir="$(pwd)/.venv_awscli"
+virtualenv "$venv_dir"
+if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]]; then
+  die $LINENO "Can't setup virtual env."
+fi
+source "$venv_dir/bin/activate"
+pip install awscli
+if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]]; then
+  die $LINENO "Can't install awscli in virtual env."
+fi
 aws --version
 if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]]; then
-  sudo pip install awscli --upgrade
-  aws --version
-  if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]]; then
-    die $LINENO "Looks like awscli is not correctly installed."
-  fi
+  die $LINENO "awscli doesn't work correctly."
 fi
+deactivate
 
 project_id=`openstack project show $OS_PROJECT_NAME -c id -f value`
 openstack ec2 credentials create 1>&2
 line=`openstack ec2 credentials list | grep " $project_id "`
 read ec2_access_key ec2_secret_key <<< `echo $line | awk '{print $2 " " $4 }'`
+source "$venv_dir/bin/activate"
 aws configure set aws_access_key_id $ec2_access_key --profile admin
 aws configure set aws_secret_access_key $ec2_secret_key --profile admin
+deactivate
 AWS_PARAMS="--region $REGION_NAME --endpoint-url $EC2_URL"
 
 neutron_item=$(openstack service list | grep neutron)
@@ -68,7 +75,9 @@ wget -nv -P /tmp $CIRROS_IMAGE_URL &
 cirros_image_wget_pid=$!
 
 # find simple image
+source "$venv_dir/bin/activate"
 image_id=`aws $AWS_PARAMS --profile admin ec2 describe-images --filters Name=image-type,Values=machine Name=name,Values=cirros* --query 'Images[0].ImageId' --output text`
+deactivate
 
 if [[ "$image_id" == 'None' || -z "$image_id" ]]; then
   wait $cirros_image_wget_pid
@@ -77,7 +86,9 @@ if [[ "$image_id" == 'None' || -z "$image_id" ]]; then
     if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]]; then
       echo "Creation of openstack image failed."
     fi
+    source "$venv_dir/bin/activate"
     image_id=`aws $AWS_PARAMS --profile admin ec2 describe-images --filters Name=image-type,Values=machine Name=name,Values=cirros* --query 'Images[0].ImageId' --output text`
+    deactivate
   fi
 fi
 
@@ -95,7 +106,9 @@ if [[ $RUN_LONG_TESTS == "1" ]]; then
     exit 1
   fi
   # find this image
+  source "$venv_dir/bin/activate"
   image_id_ubuntu=`aws $AWS_PARAMS --profile admin ec2 describe-images --filters Name=image-type,Values=machine Name=name,Values=$REGULAR_IMAGE_NAME --query 'Images[0].ImageId' --output text`
+  deactivate
 fi
 
 # create separate user/project
@@ -129,8 +142,10 @@ fi
 openstack ec2 credentials create --user $user_id --project $project_id 1>&2
 line=`openstack ec2 credentials list --user $user_id | grep " $project_id "`
 read ec2_access_key ec2_secret_key <<< `echo $line | awk '{print $2 " " $4 }'`
+source "$venv_dir/bin/activate"
 aws configure set aws_access_key_id $ec2_access_key --profile user
 aws configure set aws_secret_access_key $ec2_secret_key --profile user
+deactivate
 
 auth="--os-project-name $project_name --os-username $user_name --os-password password"
 
@@ -189,7 +204,9 @@ if [[ -n "$openstack_image_id" ]]; then
   if [[ "$?" -ne "0" ]]; then
     die $LINENO "Image creation from instance fails"
   fi
+  source "$venv_dir/bin/activate"
   ebs_image_id=`aws $AWS_PARAMS --profile user ec2 describe-images --filters Name=image-type,Values=machine Name=name,Values=$image_name --query 'Images[0].ImageId' --output text`
+  deactivate
   nova $auth delete $instance_id
 fi
 
@@ -245,7 +262,9 @@ if [[ "$?" -eq "0" && "$CA_CERT" && -e "$CA_CERT" ]]; then
     warn $LINENO "Bundling of image $CIRROS_IMAGE_URL failed."
   fi
   # next line is example how to register this image in the cloud
+  #source "$venv_dir/bin/activate"
   #aws --endpoint-url $EC2_URL --region RegionOne --profile admin ec2 register-image --image-location "$AWS_AMI_BUCKET/$CIRROS_IMAGE_FNAME.manifest.xml" --name "$CIRROS_IMAGE_FNAME" --architecture x86_64
+  #deactivate
 else
   warn $LINENO "Downloading of image $CIRROS_IMAGE_URL failed."
 fi