diff --git a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
index c390f28ec..ce3b35e86 100755
--- a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
+++ b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
@@ -521,10 +521,20 @@ BootstrapSuseCommon() {
     QUIET_FLAG='-qq'
   fi
 
+  if zypper search -x python-virtualenv >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    OPENSUSE_VIRTUALENV_PACKAGES="python-virtualenv"
+  else
+    # Since Leap 15.0 (and associated Tumbleweed version), python-virtualenv
+    # is a source package, and python2-virtualenv must be used instead.
+    # Also currently python2-setuptools is not a dependency of python2-virtualenv,
+    # while it should be. Installing it explicitly until upstreqm fix.
+    OPENSUSE_VIRTUALENV_PACKAGES="python2-virtualenv python2-setuptools"
+  fi
+
   zypper $QUIET_FLAG $zypper_flags in $install_flags \
     python \
     python-devel \
-    python-virtualenv \
+    $OPENSUSE_VIRTUALENV_PACKAGES \
     gcc \
     augeas-lenses \
     libopenssl-devel \
diff --git a/letsencrypt-auto-source/pieces/bootstrappers/suse_common.sh b/letsencrypt-auto-source/pieces/bootstrappers/suse_common.sh
index c531cbe99..ac66119c3 100755
--- a/letsencrypt-auto-source/pieces/bootstrappers/suse_common.sh
+++ b/letsencrypt-auto-source/pieces/bootstrappers/suse_common.sh
@@ -14,10 +14,20 @@ BootstrapSuseCommon() {
     QUIET_FLAG='-qq'
   fi
 
+  if zypper search -x python-virtualenv >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    OPENSUSE_VIRTUALENV_PACKAGES="python-virtualenv"
+  else
+    # Since Leap 15.0 (and associated Tumbleweed version), python-virtualenv
+    # is a source package, and python2-virtualenv must be used instead.
+    # Also currently python2-setuptools is not a dependency of python2-virtualenv,
+    # while it should be. Installing it explicitly until upstreqm fix.
+    OPENSUSE_VIRTUALENV_PACKAGES="python2-virtualenv python2-setuptools"
+  fi
+
   zypper $QUIET_FLAG $zypper_flags in $install_flags \
     python \
     python-devel \
-    python-virtualenv \
+    $OPENSUSE_VIRTUALENV_PACKAGES \
     gcc \
     augeas-lenses \
     libopenssl-devel \