diff --git a/elastic-tube-1d/fluid-python/requirements.txt b/elastic-tube-1d/fluid-python/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7c8a22bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elastic-tube-1d/fluid-python/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+matplotlib
+numpy >1, <2
+pyprecice~=3.0
diff --git a/elastic-tube-1d/fluid-python/run.sh b/elastic-tube-1d/fluid-python/run.sh
index 40f081acc..42eb172b5 100755
--- a/elastic-tube-1d/fluid-python/run.sh
+++ b/elastic-tube-1d/fluid-python/run.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ set -e -u
 . ../../tools/log.sh
 exec > >(tee --append "$LOGFILE") 2>&1
 
+python3 -m venv .venv
+. .venv/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+
 python3 ./FluidSolver.py ../precice-config.xml
 
 close_log
diff --git a/elastic-tube-1d/solid-python/requirements.txt b/elastic-tube-1d/solid-python/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dbffa144f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elastic-tube-1d/solid-python/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+numpy >1, <2
+pyprecice~=3.0
diff --git a/elastic-tube-1d/solid-python/run.sh b/elastic-tube-1d/solid-python/run.sh
index e56711214..1ef66e4c7 100755
--- a/elastic-tube-1d/solid-python/run.sh
+++ b/elastic-tube-1d/solid-python/run.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ set -e -u
 . ../../tools/log.sh
 exec > >(tee --append "$LOGFILE") 2>&1
 
+python3 -m venv .venv
+. .venv/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+
 python3 ./SolidSolver.py ../precice-config.xml
 
 close_log