diff --git a/Doc/library/venv.rst b/Doc/library/venv.rst
index 4f083a3181e7a9..d3d5ae2b007d5f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/venv.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/venv.rst
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ creation according to their needs, the :class:`EnvBuilder` class.
 
 .. class:: EnvBuilder(system_site_packages=False, clear=False, \
                       symlinks=False, upgrade=False, with_pip=False, \
-                      prompt=None)
+                      prompt=None, upgrade_deps=False)
 
     The :class:`EnvBuilder` class accepts the following keyword arguments on
     instantiation:
@@ -123,12 +123,17 @@ creation according to their needs, the :class:`EnvBuilder` class.
       (defaults to ``None`` which means directory name of the environment would
       be used).
 
+    * ``upgrade_deps`` -- Update the base venv modules to the latest on PyPI
+
     .. versionchanged:: 3.4
        Added the ``with_pip`` parameter
 
     .. versionadded:: 3.6
        Added the ``prompt`` parameter
 
+    .. versionadded:: 3.8
+       Added the ``upgrade_deps`` parameter
+
     Creators of third-party virtual environment tools will be free to use the
     provided ``EnvBuilder`` class as a base class.
 
diff --git a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc
index 1ada83c07a67f1..8fd107b332026e 100644
--- a/Doc/using/venv-create.inc
+++ b/Doc/using/venv-create.inc
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ your :ref:`Python installation <using-on-windows>`::
 The command, if run with ``-h``, will show the available options::
 
     usage: venv [-h] [--system-site-packages] [--symlinks | --copies] [--clear]
-                [--upgrade] [--without-pip] [--prompt PROMPT]
+                [--upgrade] [--without-pip] [--prompt PROMPT] [--upgrade-deps]
                 ENV_DIR [ENV_DIR ...]
 
     Creates virtual Python environments in one or more target directories.
@@ -60,10 +60,15 @@ The command, if run with ``-h``, will show the available options::
                             environment (pip is bootstrapped by default)
       --prompt PROMPT       Provides an alternative prompt prefix for this
                             environment.
+      --upgrade-deps        Upgrade core dependencies: pip setuptools to the
+                            latest version in PyPI
 
     Once an environment has been created, you may wish to activate it, e.g. by
     sourcing an activate script in its bin directory.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 3.8
+   Add ``--upgrade-deps`` option to upgrade pip + setuptools to the latest on PyPI
+
 .. versionchanged:: 3.4
    Installs pip by default, added the ``--without-pip``  and ``--copies``
    options
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_venv.py b/Lib/test/test_venv.py
index 24d3a69b1878b5..4f6c11b2663efd 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_venv.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_venv.py
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 from test.support import (captured_stdout, captured_stderr, requires_zlib,
                           can_symlink, EnvironmentVarGuard, rmtree,
                           import_module)
-import threading
 import unittest
 import venv
+from unittest.mock import patch
 
 try:
     import ctypes
@@ -131,6 +131,28 @@ def test_prompt(self):
         self.assertEqual(context.prompt, '(My prompt) ')
         self.assertIn("prompt = 'My prompt'\n", data)
 
+    def test_upgrade_dependencies(self):
+        builder = venv.EnvBuilder()
+        bin_path = 'Scripts' if sys.platform == 'win32' else 'bin'
+        pip_exe = 'pip.exe' if sys.platform == 'win32' else 'pip'
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as fake_env_dir:
+
+            def pip_cmd_checker(cmd):
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    cmd,
+                    [
+                        os.path.join(fake_env_dir, bin_path, pip_exe),
+                        'install',
+                        '-U',
+                        'pip',
+                        'setuptools'
+                    ]
+                )
+
+            fake_context = builder.ensure_directories(fake_env_dir)
+            with patch('venv.subprocess.check_call', pip_cmd_checker):
+                builder.upgrade_dependencies(fake_context)
+
     @requireVenvCreate
     def test_prefixes(self):
         """
diff --git a/Lib/venv/__init__.py b/Lib/venv/__init__.py
index 4a49b240b8e217..b64125fa4fe175 100644
--- a/Lib/venv/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/venv/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 import sysconfig
 import types
 
+
+CORE_VENV_DEPS = ('pip', 'setuptools')
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -38,16 +40,19 @@ class EnvBuilder:
     :param with_pip: If True, ensure pip is installed in the virtual
                      environment
     :param prompt: Alternative terminal prefix for the environment.
+    :param upgrade_deps: Update the base venv modules to the latest on PyPI
     """
 
     def __init__(self, system_site_packages=False, clear=False,
-                 symlinks=False, upgrade=False, with_pip=False, prompt=None):
+                 symlinks=False, upgrade=False, with_pip=False, prompt=None,
+                 upgrade_deps=False):
         self.system_site_packages = system_site_packages
         self.clear = clear
         self.symlinks = symlinks
         self.upgrade = upgrade
         self.with_pip = with_pip
         self.prompt = prompt
+        self.upgrade_deps = upgrade_deps
 
     def create(self, env_dir):
         """
@@ -74,6 +79,8 @@ def create(self, env_dir):
             # restore it and rewrite the configuration
             self.system_site_packages = True
             self.create_configuration(context)
+        if self.upgrade_deps:
+            self.upgrade_dependencies(context)
 
     def clear_directory(self, path):
         for fn in os.listdir(path):
@@ -105,7 +112,6 @@ def create_if_needed(d):
         prompt = self.prompt if self.prompt is not None else context.env_name
         context.prompt = '(%s) ' % prompt
         create_if_needed(env_dir)
-        env = os.environ
         executable = getattr(sys, '_base_executable', sys.executable)
         dirname, exename = os.path.split(os.path.abspath(executable))
         context.executable = executable
@@ -363,13 +369,25 @@ def install_scripts(self, context, path):
                         f.write(data)
                     shutil.copymode(srcfile, dstfile)
 
+    def upgrade_dependencies(self, context):
+        logger.debug(
+            f'Upgrading {CORE_VENV_DEPS} packages in {context.bin_path}'
+        )
+        if sys.platform == 'win32':
+            pip_exe = os.path.join(context.bin_path, 'pip.exe')
+        else:
+            pip_exe = os.path.join(context.bin_path, 'pip')
+        cmd = [pip_exe, 'install', '-U']
+        cmd.extend(CORE_VENV_DEPS)
+        subprocess.check_call(cmd)
+
 
 def create(env_dir, system_site_packages=False, clear=False,
-                    symlinks=False, with_pip=False, prompt=None):
+           symlinks=False, with_pip=False, prompt=None, upgrade_deps=False):
     """Create a virtual environment in a directory."""
     builder = EnvBuilder(system_site_packages=system_site_packages,
                          clear=clear, symlinks=symlinks, with_pip=with_pip,
-                         prompt=prompt)
+                         prompt=prompt, upgrade_deps=upgrade_deps)
     builder.create(env_dir)
 
 def main(args=None):
@@ -432,6 +450,11 @@ def main(args=None):
         parser.add_argument('--prompt',
                             help='Provides an alternative prompt prefix for '
                                  'this environment.')
+        parser.add_argument('--upgrade-deps', default=False, action='store_true',
+                            dest='upgrade_deps',
+                            help='Upgrade core dependencies: {} to the latest '
+                                 'version in PyPI'.format(
+                                 ' '.join(CORE_VENV_DEPS)))
         options = parser.parse_args(args)
         if options.upgrade and options.clear:
             raise ValueError('you cannot supply --upgrade and --clear together.')
@@ -440,7 +463,8 @@ def main(args=None):
                              symlinks=options.symlinks,
                              upgrade=options.upgrade,
                              with_pip=options.with_pip,
-                             prompt=options.prompt)
+                             prompt=options.prompt,
+                             upgrade_deps=options.upgrade_deps)
         for d in options.dirs:
             builder.create(d)
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-05-05-18-09-40.bpo-34556.o9kfpu.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-05-05-18-09-40.bpo-34556.o9kfpu.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7861eac5cb2560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-05-05-18-09-40.bpo-34556.o9kfpu.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add ``--upgrade-deps`` to venv module. Patch by Cooper Ry Lees

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