diff --git a/.circleci/bootstrap.sh b/.circleci/bootstrap.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..978464efe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.circleci/bootstrap.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+apt-get update -y && apt-get install -yq zip
+make bootstrap
diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 73e734825..35e643a04 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
             - glide- # used as a fall through if the checksum fails to find exact entry
       - run:
           name: install dependencies
-          command: make bootstrap
+          command: .circleci/bootstrap.sh
       - save_cache:
           key: glide-{{ checksum "glide.yaml" }}-{{ checksum "glide.lock" }}
           paths: