diff --git a/contrib/automation/hgautomation/linux.py b/contrib/automation/hgautomation/linux.py
index ca0cd0a135141e1e4507f8f540a8bd3627089c59_Y29udHJpYi9hdXRvbWF0aW9uL2hnYXV0b21hdGlvbi9saW51eC5weQ==..acdd4f28f6a3d6114c19b7ef4e7387899312f14b_Y29udHJpYi9hdXRvbWF0aW9uL2hnYXV0b21hdGlvbi9saW51eC5weQ== 100644
--- a/contrib/automation/hgautomation/linux.py
+++ b/contrib/automation/hgautomation/linux.py
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@
     python3-fuzzywuzzy \
     python3-pygments \
     python3-vcr \
+    python3-venv \
     rsync \
     sqlite3 \
     subversion \