diff --git a/plugins/virtualenv/virtualenv.plugin.zsh b/plugins/virtualenv/virtualenv.plugin.zsh
index e250eb63..876b1e8f 100644
--- a/plugins/virtualenv/virtualenv.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/virtualenv/virtualenv.plugin.zsh
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@ function virtualenv_prompt_info(){
 
 # disables prompt mangling in virtual_env/bin/activate
 export VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT=1
+
+alias activate='source $(find . -maxdepth 3 -name "activate") 2> /dev/null || echo "No virtualenv detected"'