diff --git a/.pick_status.json b/.pick_status.json
index aff6bc0ca1e..6e8962a7f3c 100644
--- a/.pick_status.json
+++ b/.pick_status.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         "description": "bin/pick-ui: use venv wrapper",
         "nominated": false,
         "nomination_type": null,
-        "resolution": 4,
+        "resolution": 1,
         "main_sha": null,
         "because_sha": null
     },
diff --git a/bin/pick-ui.sh b/bin/pick-ui.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..6e44cf851fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/pick-ui.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -eu
+
+this_dir=$(dirname -- "$(readlink -f -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")
+readonly this_dir
+
+exec \
+  "$this_dir/python-venv.sh" \
+  "$this_dir/pick/requirements.txt" \
+  "$this_dir/pick-ui.py" "$@"
diff --git a/bin/pick/requirements.txt b/bin/pick/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0a6f4e9cb16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/pick/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+attrs==23.1.0
+urwid==2.1.2