diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/python.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/python.sh
index 4f6bf45d8..87f58b660 100644
--- a/images/linux/scripts/installers/python.sh
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/python.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ source $HELPER_SCRIPTS/document.sh
 # Install Python, Python 3, pip, pip3
 apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3 python3-dev python3-pip
 
+curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py --output get-pip.py
+python2 get-pip.py
+
 # Run tests to determine that the software installed as expected
 echo "Testing to make sure that script performed as expected, and basic scenarios work"
 for cmd in python python3 pip3; do