diff --git a/jenkins/test.sh b/jenkins/test.sh
index 60dd59f7c0..0c12602bed 100755
--- a/jenkins/test.sh
+++ b/jenkins/test.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ VIRTUALENV_DIR="/mnt/virtualenvs/${JOB_NAME}${WORKSPACE_SUFFIX}"
 
 if [ ! -d "$VIRTUALENV_DIR" ]; then
     mkdir -p "$VIRTUALENV_DIR"
-    virtualenv "$VIRTUALENV_DIR"
+    virtualenv --system-site-packages "$VIRTUALENV_DIR"
 fi
 
 export PIP_DOWNLOAD_CACHE=/mnt/pip-cache
diff --git a/jenkins/test_acceptance.sh b/jenkins/test_acceptance.sh
index 1d11265d08..b7a244fe99 100755
--- a/jenkins/test_acceptance.sh
+++ b/jenkins/test_acceptance.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export PYTHONIOENCODING=UTF-8
 
 if [ ! -d /mnt/virtualenvs/"$JOB_NAME" ]; then
     mkdir -p /mnt/virtualenvs/"$JOB_NAME"
-    virtualenv /mnt/virtualenvs/"$JOB_NAME"
+    virtualenv --system-site-packages /mnt/virtualenvs/"$JOB_NAME"
 fi
 
 export PIP_DOWNLOAD_CACHE=/mnt/pip-cache