diff --git a/servo/README.md b/servo/README.md
index 7d976196105f..20617ef96a31 100644
--- a/servo/README.md
+++ b/servo/README.md
@@ -30,12 +30,14 @@ On Debian-based Linuxes:
 ``` sh
 sudo apt-get install curl freeglut3-dev \
     libfreetype6-dev libgl1-mesa-dri libglib2.0-dev xorg-dev \
-    gperf g++ cmake python-virtualenv python-pip \
+    gperf g++ cmake virtualenv python-pip \
     libssl-dev libbz2-dev libosmesa6-dev libxmu6 libxmu-dev \
     libglu1-mesa-dev libgles2-mesa-dev libegl1-mesa-dev
 ```
 If you are on **Ubuntu 14.04** and encountered errors on installing these dependencies involving `libcheese`, see [#6158](https://github.com/servo/servo/issues/6158) for a workaround.
 
+If `virtualenv` does not exist, try `python-virtualenv`.
+
 On Fedora:
 
 ``` sh