diff --git a/mrnaseq/installing-blastkit.txt b/mrnaseq/installing-blastkit.txt
index e7330fe..e3e85f9 100644
--- a/mrnaseq/installing-blastkit.txt
+++ b/mrnaseq/installing-blastkit.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Installing blastkit
 Installing some prerequisites:
 ::
 
+   apt-get -y install python-pip
    pip install pygr
    pip install whoosh
    pip install Pillow