diff --git a/bin/provision_test_vms.sh b/bin/provision_test_vms.sh
index dfedb144..b5641cf6 100755
--- a/bin/provision_test_vms.sh
+++ b/bin/provision_test_vms.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ function install_terraform() {
 
 function install_ansible() {
     sudo apt-get update || true
-    sudo apt-get install -qq -y python-pip python-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev && pip install --user -U cffi && pip install --user ansible
+    sudo apt-get install -qq -y python-pip python-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev \
+        && pip install --user -U setuptools cffi \
+        && pip install --user ansible
     export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin"
 }