diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4b7ffa9b87a7d0a197def611a4667c34a5f62c6d..dba716e7d92aef159ba5fa68ecec47a38e8dfdda 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ clean:
 	find $(AVOCADO_OPTIONAL_PLUGINS) -name '*.egg-info' -exec rm -r {} +
 
 pip:
-	$(PYTHON) -m pip --version || $(PYTHON) -c "import os; import sys; import urllib; f = urllib.urlretrieve('https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py')[0]; os.system('%s %s' % (sys.executable, f))"
+	$(PYTHON) -m pip --version || $(PYTHON) -m ensurepip $(PYTHON_DEVELOP_ARGS) || $(PYTHON) -c "import os; import sys; import urllib; f = urllib.urlretrieve('https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py')[0]; os.system('%s %s' % (sys.executable, f))"
 
 requirements: pip
 	- pip install "pip>=6.0.1"