diff --git a/scripts/curl_install_pypi/install.py b/scripts/curl_install_pypi/install.py
index a200dfa8556..bf7171d2f96 100644
--- a/scripts/curl_install_pypi/install.py
+++ b/scripts/curl_install_pypi/install.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import hashlib
+import distro
 try:
     # Attempt to load python 3 module
     from urllib.request import urlopen
@@ -42,10 +43,10 @@
 {install_dir}/bin/python -m azure.cli "$@"
 """
 
-VIRTUALENV_VERSION = '15.0.0'
+VIRTUALENV_VERSION = '16.7.7'
 VIRTUALENV_ARCHIVE = 'virtualenv-'+VIRTUALENV_VERSION+'.tar.gz'
 VIRTUALENV_DOWNLOAD_URL = 'https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/v/virtualenv/'+VIRTUALENV_ARCHIVE
-VIRTUALENV_ARCHIVE_SHA256 = '70d63fb7e949d07aeb37f6ecc94e8b60671edb15b890aa86dba5dfaf2225dc19'
+VIRTUALENV_ARCHIVE_SHA256 = 'd257bb3773e48cac60e475a19b608996c73f4d333b3ba2e4e57d5ac6134e0136'
 
 DEFAULT_INSTALL_DIR = os.path.expanduser(os.path.join('~', 'lib', 'azure-cli'))
 DEFAULT_EXEC_DIR = os.path.expanduser(os.path.join('~', 'bin'))
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ def _native_dependencies_for_dist(verify_cmd_args, install_cmd_args, dep_list):
             raise CLIInstallError('Please install the native dependencies and try again.')
 
 def verify_native_dependencies():
-    distname, version, _ = platform.linux_distribution()
+    distname, version, _ = distro.linux_distribution()
     if not distname:
         # There's no distribution name so can't determine native dependencies required / or they may not be needed like on OS X
         return
diff --git a/src/azure-cli/HISTORY.rst b/src/azure-cli/HISTORY.rst
index dc8cacbd69c..e411c632032 100644
--- a/src/azure-cli/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/src/azure-cli/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 Release History
 ===============
 
+**Install**
+* Install script support python 3.8
+
 **Azure Red Hat OpenShift**
 
 * Add `--workspace-resource-id` flag to allow creation of Azure Red Hat Openshift cluster with monitoring