diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/package/pip3.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/package/pip3.rb
index f155a57..d012c33 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/package/pip3.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/package/pip3.rb
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:package).provide :pip3,
   end
 
   def self.pip3_cmd
-    ['/usr/bin/python3-pip', '/usr/bin/pip3', '/usr/bin/pip-3.2', '/usr/bin/pip-3.3'].each do |p|
+    ['/usr/local/bin/pip3', '/usr/bin/python3-pip', '/usr/bin/pip3',
+     '/usr/bin/pip-3.2', '/usr/bin/pip-3.3'].each do |p|
       return p if File.exist?(p)
     end
     raise Puppet::Error, "Unable to find pip3 binary.";