diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4603a4..c61548d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@
 
 2. Make sure you have write permission to the installation directory.
 
-3. Make sure the native OS compiler tools are installed.
+3. Make sure the native OS compiler tools are installed. *Do not
+   include the tools directories in your `${PATH}` at this time.* We
+   want this phase of the build to be done entirely with system tools.
 
 4. Get the linuxbrew image:
 
@@ -41,6 +43,11 @@
 
      `make bootstrap-build`
 
+   NOTE: As of this writing, `make` will report an `Error 1` at
+   completion.  We have not quite chased this down yet, but suspect it
+   to be a failing test case for one of the subcomponents of the
+   build.  So far, this does not seem to be pathological.
+
 6. Build a release tarball and export it:
 
      `make bootstrap-release`
@@ -75,7 +82,8 @@
 
      `. brewenv`
 
-4. Make sure `${MYTOOLS}` has all the packages you want listed.
+4. Make sure `${MYTOOLS}` and `${PIPMODULES}` include all the
+   packages you want.
 
 5. Build the full tool set using the bootstrapped compiler we just
    built:
@@ -128,7 +136,7 @@
 
 The `brewenv` file documents the environment variables that need to be
 set in order to access your installed binaries and support files.  You
-may find this useful when doing the builds.  You certainly will want
+may find this useful when doing the full build.  You certainly will want
 these variables set when running a final installation of your tools.
 
 Just be sure to edit it and change `TOOLSDIR="/opt/TundraWare/tools"`
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 36d2910..32f33d1 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 EXPORTDIR = /shared
 INSTALLDIR = /opt/TundraWare
 TOOLS = tools
-MYTOOLS = emacs joe htop nload nmap perl screen the_silver_searcher tree vim
+MYTOOLS = perl python emacs joe htop nload nmap screen the_silver_searcher tree vim
+PIPMODULES = ansible pew pew[pythonz]
 
 # Nothing below here should need changing
 
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@
 	echo "Make sure your OS autoconf, automake, and perl are installed!"
 	echo 'Make sure the bootstrap is installed at $TOOLSDIR'
 	${BREW} install ${MYTOOLS}
+	ln -nfs ${INSTALLDIR}/${TOOLS}/bin/python2 ${INSTALLDIR}/${TOOLS}/bin/python
+	ln -nfs ${INSTALLDIR}/${TOOLS}/bin/pip2 ${INSTALLDIR}/${TOOLS}/bin/pip
+	pip install $PIPMODULES -U --ignore-installed
 
 full-release: tidyup
 	cd ${INSTALLDIR} && mv -v ${TOOLS} ${TOOLS}-${DATESTAMP}