diff --git a/modules/mediawiki/manifests/init.pp b/modules/mediawiki/manifests/init.pp
index 655f88e5fa..d559c623b8 100644
--- a/modules/mediawiki/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/modules/mediawiki/manifests/init.pp
@@ -216,4 +216,11 @@
         backup  => false,
         recurse => 1,
     }
+    exec { 'create python venv':
+        command => '/usr/bin/python3 -m venv /srv/pythonenv && /srv/pythonenv/bin/pip3 install Miraheze-PyUtils',
+        require => Package[python3],
+        cwd => '/srv',
+        user => 'www-data',
+        onlyif => "test ! -d /srv/pythonenv"
+    }
 }