diff --git a/.evergreen/utils.sh b/.evergreen/utils.sh
index a474ce545..c97cc3436 100755
--- a/.evergreen/utils.sh
+++ b/.evergreen/utils.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ createvirtualenv () {
     fi
 
     python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-    python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel unittest-xml-reporting
+    python -m pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel
+    # lxml only has wheels for macos 10.15+
+    python -m pip install unittest-xml-reporting || true
+
 }
 
 # Usage: