diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index 11a3716..2e1cc31 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ for dir in $VIRTUALENV_DIRS; do
 done
 
 echo "-----> Preparing virtualenv version $(virtualenv --version)"
-virtualenv --no-site-packages . | indent
+virtualenv --no-site-packages --distribute . | indent
 
 # if Django, append settings
 if [ "$NAME" = "Python/Django" ]; then