diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 2674af045..5410a2c8b 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ jobs:
       cross_python2: null
       cross_python3: null
       docs: null
+      py38:
+        image: [linux, windows, macOs]
       py37:
         image: [linux, windows, macOs]
       py36:
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       package_readme: null
     before:
       - script: 'sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get install fish csh'
-        condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['image_name'], 'linux'), in(variables['TOXENV'], 'py37', 'py36', 'py35', 'py34', 'py27'))
+        condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['image_name'], 'linux'), in(variables['TOXENV'], 'py38', 'py37', 'py36', 'py35', 'py34', 'py27'))
         displayName: install fish and csh via apt-get
       - script: 'brew update -vvv && brew install fish tcsh'
         condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['image_name'], 'macOs'), in(variables['TOXENV'], 'py37', 'py36', 'py35', 'py34', 'py27'))
diff --git a/virtualenv.py b/virtualenv.py
index 0c47e4f72..5db4fe193 100755
--- a/virtualenv.py
+++ b/virtualenv.py
@@ -990,8 +990,12 @@ def find_wheels(projects, search_dirs):
             # The pattern could be tightened to require -py2.py3-none-any.whl.
             files = glob.glob(os.path.join(dirname, "{}-*.whl".format(project)))
             if files:
-                versions = sorted(
-                    [(tuple(int(i) for i in os.path.basename(f).split("-")[1].split(".")), f) for f in files]
+                versions = list(
+                    reversed(
+                        sorted(
+                            [(tuple(int(i) for i in os.path.basename(f).split("-")[1].split(".")), f) for f in files]
+                        )
+                    )
                 )
                 if project == "pip" and sys.version_info[0:2] == (3, 4):
                     wheel = next(p for v, p in versions if v <= (19, 1, 1))