diff --git a/assets/install.sh b/assets/install.sh
index 98332b6e..38d27c70 100644
--- a/assets/install.sh
+++ b/assets/install.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ if 1:
     import json
     import tempfile
     import shutil
-    from subprocess import Popen
+    from subprocess import CalledProcessError, check_output, Popen
     try:
         from urllib.request import urlopen
     except ImportError:
@@ -121,7 +121,10 @@ if 1:
             os.makedirs(lib_dir)
         except OSError:
             pass
-        Popen([sys.executable, './virtualenv.py', lib_dir], cwd=t).wait()
+        try:
+            check_output([sys.executable, './src/virtualenv.py', lib_dir], cwd=t)
+        except CalledProcessError:  # virtualenv 16.1.0, 17+
+            Popen([sys.executable, './virtualenv.py', lib_dir], cwd=t).wait()
         Popen([os.path.join(lib_dir, 'bin', 'pip'),
            'install', '--upgrade', 'Lektor']).wait()
         os.symlink(os.path.join(lib_dir, 'bin', 'lektor'),