diff --git a/deploy/install.sh b/deploy/install.sh
index 87bf0aa7d5..7cc343ff44 100755
--- a/deploy/install.sh
+++ b/deploy/install.sh
@@ -248,8 +248,13 @@ urlencode() {
 }
 
 generate_password() {
-    # Picked up the following method of generation from : https://gist.github.com/earthgecko/3089509
-    LC_CTYPE=C tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' < /dev/urandom | fold -w 13 | head -n 1
+    local gen_string="$(/usr/bin/python -c 'import random, string; print("".join(random.choice(string.ascii_letters + string.digits) for _ in range(13)))' 2>/dev/null)"
+    if [[ -n $gen_string ]]; then
+        echo "$gen_string"
+    else
+        # Picked up the following method of generation from : https://gist.github.com/earthgecko/3089509
+        LC_ALL=C tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' < /dev/urandom | fold -w 13 | head -n 1
+    fi
 }
 
 confirm() {