diff --git a/_sources/install.txt b/_sources/install.txt
index f663d4fb..3db00966 100644
--- a/_sources/install.txt
+++ b/_sources/install.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ version:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
+   $ pip install virtualenv
    $ virtualenv catalyst-venv
    $ source ./catalyst-venv/bin/activate
    $ pip install enigma-catalyst
diff --git a/install.html b/install.html
index 85565116..a3c605b9 100644
--- a/install.html
+++ b/install.html
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ your particular platform), you should be able to simply run</p>
 that you install in a <a class="reference external" href="https://virtualenv.readthedocs.org/en/latest">virtualenv</a>.  The <a class="reference external" href="http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/">Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to
 Python</a> provides an <a class="reference external" href="http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/dev/virtualenvs/">excellent tutorial on virtualenv</a>. Here&#8217;s a summarized
 version:</p>
-<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">$ </span>virtualenv catalyst-venv
+<div class="highlight-bash"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nv">$ </span>pip install virtualenv
+<span class="nv">$ </span>virtualenv catalyst-venv
 <span class="nv">$ </span><span class="nb">source</span> ./catalyst-venv/bin/activate
 <span class="nv">$ </span>pip install enigma-catalyst
 </pre></div>