diff --git a/www-servers/webbump/webbump-9999.ebuild b/www-servers/webbump/webbump-9999.ebuild
index 9d2021e..fed0958 100644
--- a/www-servers/webbump/webbump-9999.ebuild
+++ b/www-servers/webbump/webbump-9999.ebuild
@@ -24,3 +24,18 @@ src_install() {
 
 	find "${ED}/etc/webbump/" -type f -exec chmod 0755 {} +
 }
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	local venv_dir="/var/lib/webbump/venv"
+
+    if [[ ! -d "$venv_dir" ]]; then
+        einfo "Creating Python virtualenv at $venv_dir"
+        python3 -m venv "$venv_dir"
+
+        einfo "Installing dependencies into venv"
+        "$venv_dir/bin/pip" install --upgrade pip
+        "$venv_dir/bin/pip" install flask
+    else
+        einfo "Virtualenv already exists at $venv_dir"
+    fi
+}