diff --git a/requirements/system/ubuntu/apt-packages.txt b/requirements/system/ubuntu/apt-packages.txt
index 2635388757..ef659f7113 100644
--- a/requirements/system/ubuntu/apt-packages.txt
+++ b/requirements/system/ubuntu/apt-packages.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+ruby-rvm
+curl
 python-software-properties
 pkg-config
-curl
 git
 python-virtualenv
+virtualenvwraper
 build-essential
 python-dev
 gfortran
diff --git a/scripts/create-dev-env.sh b/scripts/create-dev-env.sh
index b3654e0b3b..afa2acd670 100755
--- a/scripts/create-dev-env.sh
+++ b/scripts/create-dev-env.sh
@@ -380,7 +380,15 @@ export WORKON_HOME=$PYTHON_DIR
 
 # Load in the mkvirtualenv function if needed
 if [[ `type -t mkvirtualenv` != "function" ]]; then
-  source `which virtualenvwrapper.sh`
+    case `uname -s` in
+        Darwin)
+            source `which virtualenvwrapper.sh`
+        ;;
+
+        *)
+            source /etc/bash_completion.d/virtualenvwrapper
+        ;;
+    esac
 fi
 
 # Create edX virtualenv and link it to repo