diff --git a/python-installer/opengnsys_installer.sh b/python-installer/opengnsys_installer.sh
index 174d499..ff154f7 100755
--- a/python-installer/opengnsys_installer.sh
+++ b/python-installer/opengnsys_installer.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ install_packages() {
     apt-get install -y curl jq unzip python3 python3-git
 }
 
+
+create_python_venv() {
+    apt-get install -y python3-venv
+    python3 -m venv /tmp/oginstall/venv
+    source /tmp/oginstall/venv/bin/activate
+    pip install -r /tmp/oginstall/requirements.txt
+}
+
 download_installer() {
     
     rm -f /tmp/oginstaller.zip
@@ -49,6 +57,7 @@ launch_component_installer() {
 install_packages 
 download_installer
 extract_installer
+create_python_venv
 create_questions
 launch_component_installer
 
diff --git a/python-installer/requirements.txt b/python-installer/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54171c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-installer/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+GitPython 
+npyscreen