diff --git a/python-packages/virtualenv.yml b/python-packages/virtualenv.yml
index a766e51a0c7926119ee277507b874b63b87a5ba9..19001e1e1ea6f47cfb70821f49e835cb828216b3 100644
--- a/python-packages/virtualenv.yml
+++ b/python-packages/virtualenv.yml
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ virtualenv:
     - virtualenv $VIRTUALENV_NAME  # create a virtualenvironment
     - source $VIRTUALENV_NAME/bin/activate  # activate the virtualenvironment
     - python -V  # print python version for debugging
-    - pip install -r requirements.txt  # install required packages
+    - pip install -r requirements.txt  --extra-index-url $ACR_PYPI_INDEX_URL # install required packages look also in artifactory