diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/template.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/template.pp
index 3f6a8c5c9a..c381555ebd 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/template.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/template.pp
@@ -209,8 +209,9 @@ class openstack_project::template (
 
   $desired_virtualenv = '13.1.0'
   class { '::pip':
-    index_url     => $pypi_index_url,
-    trusted_hosts => $pypi_trusted_hosts,
+    index_url       => $pypi_index_url,
+    trusted_hosts   => $pypi_trusted_hosts,
+    manage_pip_conf => true,
   }
 
   if (( versioncmp($::virtualenv_version, $desired_virtualenv) < 0 )) {