diff --git a/book/starting-utils.md b/book/starting-utils.md
index f8493d1..4a02b18 100644
--- a/book/starting-utils.md
+++ b/book/starting-utils.md
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ Usage:
   solo video (acquire|restore)
   solo script [<arg>...]
 ```
+If you get an "ImportError: No module named virtualenv" run 
+
+```sh
+sudo pip install virtualenv
+```
 
 Specific information about what these commands do is given in the following sections and on the [*Solo CLI* README](https://github.com/3drobotics/solo-cli).