diff --git a/plugins/available/virtualenv.plugin.bash b/plugins/available/virtualenv.plugin.bash
index 651bfec7..468870cd 100644
--- a/plugins/available/virtualenv.plugin.bash
+++ b/plugins/available/virtualenv.plugin.bash
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 # make sure virtualenvwrapper is enabled if available
 
 cite about-plugin
-about-plugin 'virtualenvwrapper helper functions'
+about-plugin 'virtualenvwrapper and pyenv-virtualenvwrapper helper functions'
 
-[[ `which virtualenvwrapper.sh` ]] && . virtualenvwrapper.sh
+if _command_exists pyenv; then
+  pyenv virtualenvwrapper
+else
+  [[ `which virtualenvwrapper.sh` ]] && . virtualenvwrapper.sh
+fi
 
 
 function mkvenv {