diff --git a/cookbooks/ci/recipes/spb.rb b/cookbooks/ci/recipes/spb.rb
index b4cd805..c2437cb 100644
--- a/cookbooks/ci/recipes/spb.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/ci/recipes/spb.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ package 'virtualbox'
 package 'vagrant'
 package 'rake'
 package 'shunit2'
+package 'python-virtualenv' # for building colab-deps
 
 # FIXME not in the archive yet
 # package 'chake'
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