diff --git a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/arch/ansible_install.rb b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/arch/ansible_install.rb
index e118cebe1..9e8b8dd73 100644
--- a/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/arch/ansible_install.rb
+++ b/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/arch/ansible_install.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
 
             def self.pip_setup(machine, pip_install_cmd = "")
               machine.communicate.sudo "pacman -Syy --noconfirm"
-              machine.communicate.sudo "pacman -S --noconfirm base-devel curl git"
+              machine.communicate.sudo "pacman -S --noconfirm base-devel curl git python"
 
               Pip::get_pip machine, pip_install_cmd
             end
diff --git a/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/arch/ansible_install_test.rb b/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/arch/ansible_install_test.rb
index 3d1414f96..275b8f292 100644
--- a/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/arch/ansible_install_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/plugins/provisioners/ansible/cap/guest/arch/ansible_install_test.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe VagrantPlugins::Ansible::Cap::Guest::Arch::AnsibleInstall do
       expect(communicator).to receive(:sudo).once.ordered.
         with("pacman -Syy --noconfirm")
       expect(communicator).to receive(:sudo).once.ordered.
-        with("pacman -S --noconfirm base-devel curl git")
+        with("pacman -S --noconfirm base-devel curl git python")
       expect(VagrantPlugins::Ansible::Cap::Guest::Pip).to receive(:get_pip).once.ordered.
         with(machine, pip_install_cmd)