diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d75b4c7f38745ef3cc8c98a5c8e8f4754d68e0e6..672a21efab300e4357e10a8b68b0362d485ebf82 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ venv: $(VENV)/bin/activate
 ${VENV}/bin/activate: requirements.txt requirements.dev.txt
 	test -d $(VENV) || python3 -m venv $(VENV)
 	$(PYTHON) -m pip install -U pip
+	$(PYTHON) -m pip install -U wheel
 	$(PYTHON) -m pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements.dev.txt
 	touch $(VENV)/bin/activate