diff --git a/tasks/barbican_install.yml b/tasks/barbican_install.yml
index ef94bb5..534fa86 100644
--- a/tasks/barbican_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/barbican_install.yml
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
   shell: |
     find {{ barbican_bin }} -name \*.pyc -delete
     sed -si '1s/^.*python.*$/#!{{ barbican_bin | replace ('/','\/') }}\/python/' {{ barbican_bin }}/*
+    virtualenv {{ barbican_bin | dirname }}
   when: barbican_get_venv | changed
   tags:
     - skip_ansible_lint