diff --git a/zshrc b/zshrc
index d49cc3c..e0d38e2 100644
--- a/zshrc
+++ b/zshrc
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ alias gcc="gcc-5"
 alias g++="g++-5"
 alias push="git push"
 alias pull="git pull"
-alias pupgrade2="python2.7 ~/.pip-upgrade 2"
-alias pupgrade3="python3.4 ~/.pip-upgrade 3"
+alias pupgrade2="pip2.7 install --upgrade pip; python2.7 ~/.pip-upgrade 2"
+alias pupgrade3="pip3 install --upgrade pip; python3.4 ~/.pip-upgrade 3"
 alias pupgrade="pupgrade2 && pupgrade3"
 alias cupgrade="cabal update; cabal list --simple-output --installed | awk '{print $1}' | uniq | sed 's/ .*$//' | xargs -I {} cabal install {} --reinstall"
 alias ghci="ghci -v0"