diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/debian/ansible_install.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/debian/ansible_install.rb
index b77c875a0..5000809aa 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/debian/ansible_install.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/debian/ansible_install.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ INLINE_CRIPT
 
             def self.pip_setup(machine, pip_install_cmd = "")
               machine.communicate.sudo "apt-get update -y -qq"
-              machine.communicate.sudo "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -qq --option \"Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold\" build-essential curl git libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev"
+              machine.communicate.sudo "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -qq --option \"Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold\" build-essential curl git libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev-is-python3"
               Pip::get_pip machine, pip_install_cmd
             end
 
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/shared/pip_ansible_install_examples.rb b/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/shared/pip_ansible_install_examples.rb
index b897d94a3..1e4018689 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/shared/pip_ansible_install_examples.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/shared/pip_ansible_install_examples.rb
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ shared_examples_for "Ansible setup via pip on Debian-based systems" do
       expect(communicator).to receive(:sudo).once.ordered.
         with("apt-get update -y -qq")
       expect(communicator).to receive(:sudo).once.ordered.
-        with("DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -qq --option \"Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold\" build-essential curl git libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev")
-      expect(communicator).to receive(:sudo).once.ordered.
+        with("DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -qq --option \"Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold\" build-essential curl git libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev-is-python3
         with("pip install --upgrade ansible")
 
       subject.ansible_install(machine, :pip, "", "", pip_install_cmd)
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ shared_examples_for "Ansible setup via pip on Debian-based systems" do
       expect(communicator).to receive(:sudo).once.ordered.
         with("apt-get update -y -qq")
       expect(communicator).to receive(:sudo).once.ordered.
-        with("DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -qq --option \"Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold\" build-essential curl git libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev")
+        with("DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -qq --option \"Dpkg::Options::=--force-confold\" build-essential curl git libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev-is-python3")
       expect(communicator).to receive(:sudo).once.ordered.
         with("pip install")