diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/nodepool/scripts/fix_pip.sh b/modules/openstack_project/files/nodepool/scripts/fix_pip.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5f3124854a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/nodepool/scripts/fix_pip.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash -xe
+# Copyright (C) 2014 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied.
+#
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# get rid of system-installed pip
+for p in python-pip python3-pip ; do
+    if apt-cache policy $p | grep -q 'Installed:.*[0-9]' ; then
+        sudo apt-get remove -y $p
+    fi
+done
+
+# install pip using get-pip
+PIP_GET_PIP_URL=https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py
+if [ ! -f get-pip.py ] ; then
+  curl -O $PIP_GET_PIP_URL || wget $PIP_GET_PIP_URL
+fi
+sudo python get-pip.py
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/nodepool/scripts/prepare_node_py3k.sh b/modules/openstack_project/files/nodepool/scripts/prepare_node_py3k.sh
index 91946024a5..c970be81b8 100755
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/nodepool/scripts/prepare_node_py3k.sh
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/nodepool/scripts/prepare_node_py3k.sh
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ PYPY='true'
 ALL_MYSQL_PRIVS='true'
 
 ./prepare_node.sh "$HOSTNAME" "$SUDO" "$BARE" "$PYTHON3" "$PYPY" "$ALL_MYSQL_PRIVS"
-
+./fix_pip.sh
 ./restrict_memory.sh