diff --git a/ci-support.sh b/ci-support.sh
index ba29a46877d3e16fb1ce2d898ef874e39ac60212..fb04f639c3246f29a1046e8e7acdf57d1ba30c23 100644
--- a/ci-support.sh
+++ b/ci-support.sh
@@ -219,6 +219,12 @@ print_status_message()
 
 
 create_and_set_up_virtualenv()
+{
+  with_output_group "virtualenv" create_and_set_up_virtualenv_inner
+}
+
+
+create_and_set_up_virtualenv_inner()
 {
   ${PY_EXE} -m venv .env
   . .env/bin/activate