diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 583ea39f623721a3233e9b5dcc47c0408ba08787..3fd60bb28c823644c790efba20fad51847f29dc6 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ create_virtualenv_wrapper(ENVPATH ${dune-python_DIR}/python2-env
 
 # Install all the external packages that we have as submodules
 
+dune_install_python_package(PATH pymbolic MAJOR_VERSION 2)
 # islpy has some serious bug: it cannot be installed with pip
 dune_install_python_package(PATH islpy MAJOR_VERSION 2 NO_PIP)
 dune_install_python_package(PATH cgen MAJOR_VERSION 2)
diff --git a/python/pymbolic b/python/pymbolic
index 80ef7a7745829f53ae949f68ad458b88c06d66a0..5fa83688cb95b429d8fa4175bb2d88ad6778a311 160000
--- a/python/pymbolic
+++ b/python/pymbolic
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 80ef7a7745829f53ae949f68ad458b88c06d66a0
+Subproject commit 5fa83688cb95b429d8fa4175bb2d88ad6778a311