diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 96ec26d..2a85c3b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This role was tested on Proxmox VE 7.2.
 Requirements
 ------------
 
-This role requires `pexpect` to configure the various CLI prompts. If the module is missing from the host, a prerequiste task will install it.
+This role requires `pexpect` to configure the various CLI prompts. If the module is missing from the host, a prerequiste task will install it along with the `python3-pip` package.
 
 Role Variables
 --------------
diff --git a/tasks/prereq.yml b/tasks/prereq.yml
index 19be4d8..4063cb1 100644
--- a/tasks/prereq.yml
+++ b/tasks/prereq.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 ---
+- name: Install pip3
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    name: python3-pip
+
 - name: Install pexpect
   ansible.builtin.pip:
     name: pexpect