diff --git a/package/prepare_osx.sh b/package/prepare_osx.sh
index ffb1c8c..5f9620e 100755
--- a/package/prepare_osx.sh
+++ b/package/prepare_osx.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ brew update
 # upgrade to python 3.x
 brew upgrade python
 brew install enchant
-sudo pip3 install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
+sudo -H pip3 install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel
 pip3 install pyinstaller PyQt5 lxml pyenchant
 brew install qt hunspell
 # fooling PyEnchant as described in the wiki: https://github.com/olivierkes/manuskript/wiki/Package-manuskript-for-OS-X