diff --git a/setup/questions.sh b/setup/questions.sh
index 3e6ffd3a..7866461c 100644
--- a/setup/questions.sh
+++ b/setup/questions.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ if [ -z "${NONINTERACTIVE:-}" ]; then
 		apt_get_quiet install dialog python3 python3-pip  || exit 1
 	fi
 
+	echo "install vintual env for python3"
+	hide_output apt install python3-venv
+   	hide_output python3 -m venv mailinabox
+    hide_output source mailinabox/bin/activate
 
 	# Installing email_validator is repeated in setup/management.sh, but in setup/management.sh
 	# we install it inside a virtualenv. In this script, we don't have the virtualenv yet