diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b4d94ee65..02c103d35 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ pbr>=0.6,!=0.7,<1.0
 Babel>=1.3
 oslo.config>=1.11.0
 oslo.log>=1.2.0
+six>=1.9.0
diff --git a/scripts/env-setup.sh b/scripts/env-setup.sh
index 83116c155..c1cfb95d8 100755
--- a/scripts/env-setup.sh
+++ b/scripts/env-setup.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if [ -x '/usr/bin/apt-get' ]; then
         sudo -H apt-get -y install git
     fi
     if ! $(pip -v &>/dev/null); then
-        sudo -H apt-get -y install python-pip
+        sudo easy_install pip
     fi
 elif [ -x '/usr/bin/yum' ]; then
     if ! $(git --version &>/dev/null); then