diff --git a/packer/freebsd.pkr.hcl b/packer/freebsd.pkr.hcl
index d6d060d..3f4bb59 100644
--- a/packer/freebsd.pkr.hcl
+++ b/packer/freebsd.pkr.hcl
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ build {
           krb5 \
           openldap25-client \
           openldap25-server
+        python3 -m ensurepip --upgrade
         pkg clean -y
         rm -fr /usr/ports /usr/src /usr/lib/debug
         cat /etc/rc.conf
diff --git a/scripts/bsd/netbsd-prep-postgres.sh b/scripts/bsd/netbsd-prep-postgres.sh
index b9bbb39..588eb71 100644
--- a/scripts/bsd/netbsd-prep-postgres.sh
+++ b/scripts/bsd/netbsd-prep-postgres.sh
@@ -15,12 +15,16 @@ pkgin -y install \
     flex \
     pkgconf \
     python39 \
+    py39-pip \
     icu \
     lz4 \
     libxslt \
     tcl \
     zstd
 
+echo "alias python3=python3.9" >> ~/.bashrc
+echo "alias pip3=pip3.9" >> ~/.bashrc
+
 # Set kernel parameters for running postgres tests
 echo "sysctl -w kern.ipc.semmni=2048" >> /etc/rc.local
 echo "sysctl -w kern.ipc.semmns=32768" >> /etc/rc.local
diff --git a/scripts/bsd/openbsd-prep-postgres.sh b/scripts/bsd/openbsd-prep-postgres.sh
index 1095243..1ab5ff0 100644
--- a/scripts/bsd/openbsd-prep-postgres.sh
+++ b/scripts/bsd/openbsd-prep-postgres.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ pkg_add -I \
     login_krb5 \
     openldap-client--gssapi \
     openldap-server--gssapi
+python3 -m ensurepip --upgrade
 
 #####
 # Add 'noatime' and 'softdep' to the mount points
diff --git a/scripts/linux_debian_install_deps.sh b/scripts/linux_debian_install_deps.sh
index 9bdad80..eb27044 100755
--- a/scripts/linux_debian_install_deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/linux_debian_install_deps.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends \
   g++ \
   gcc \
   gettext \
+  python3-pip \
   \
   libio-pty-perl \
   libipc-run-perl \
diff --git a/scripts/windows_install_mingw64.ps1 b/scripts/windows_install_mingw64.ps1
index eeba00a..8727367 100644
--- a/scripts/windows_install_mingw64.ps1
+++ b/scripts/windows_install_mingw64.ps1
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ msys 'pacman --noconfirm -Scc' ;
 
 echo 'installing packages' ;
 msys 'pacman -S --needed --noconfirm git bison flex make diffutils \
-    ucrt64/mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-{ccache,gcc,icu,libxml2,libxslt,lz4,make,meson,perl,pkg-config,zlib}' ;
+    ucrt64/mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-{ccache,gcc,icu,libxml2,libxslt,lz4,make,meson,perl,pkg-config,python-pip,zlib}' ;
 msys 'pacman -Scc --noconfirm'
 
 # Install perl modules to enable tap tests