diff --git a/docs/changelog/1537.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/1537.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c4735456e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/1537.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Exclude virtualenv depencency versions with known
+regressions (20.0.[0-7]) - by :user:`webknjaz`.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 82b2223b49..ebe42bfb68 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ install_requires =
     pluggy >= 0.12.0, <1
     py >= 1.4.17, <2
     six >= 1.14.0, <2  # required when virtualenv>=20
-    virtualenv >= 16.0.0
+    virtualenv >= 16.0.0, !=20.0.0, !=20.0.1, !=20.0.2, !=20.0.3, !=20.0.4, !=20.0.5, !=20.0.6, !=20.0.7
     toml >=0.9.4
     filelock >= 3.0.0, <4
     colorama >= 0.4.1 ;platform_system=="Windows"