diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 57d15b2..3ff67dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
+      - name: install python3-venv
+        run: sudo apt-get install python3-venv
+
       - name: build test image
         run: docker build . -t prosody