diff --git a/.config/shell/profile b/.config/shell/profile
index 3a2cc64b9..222ee03bf 100644
--- a/.config/shell/profile
+++ b/.config/shell/profile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export BROWSER="librewolf"
 export XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$HOME/.config"
 export XDG_DATA_HOME="$HOME/.local/share"
 export XDG_CACHE_HOME="$HOME/.cache"
+export PYENVS_DIR="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/pyenvs"
 export XINITRC="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/x11/xinitrc"
 # export XAUTHORITY="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/Xauthority" # This line will break some DMs.
 export NOTMUCH_CONFIG="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/notmuch-config"
diff --git a/.local/share/zsh/plugins/autopyenv/autopyenv.plugin.zsh b/.local/share/zsh/plugins/autopyenv/autopyenv.plugin.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f724e245
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.local/share/zsh/plugins/autopyenv/autopyenv.plugin.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+PYENV_DIR="${PYENVS_HOME:-${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/pyenvs}"
+function chpwd_activate(){
+  for pydir in $(ls $PYENV_DIR); do
+    if [[ $(pwd|sed -e s@/@_@g) =~ "^$pydir" ]]; then
+      if [ "x$VIRTUAL_ENV" != "x$PYENV_DIR/$pydir" ]; then
+        echo "Activating virtual env $pydir"
+        source "$PYENV_DIR/$pydir/bin/activate"
+        return
+      fi
+    fi
+  done
+  if [ "x$VIRTUAL_ENV" != "x" ]; then
+    echo "Deactivating virtual env $VIRTUAL_ENV"
+    deactivate
+  fi
+}
+
+function venv-here(){
+  envdir=$(pwd|sed -e s@/@_@g)
+  if [ ! -e "$PYENV_DIR/${envdir}" ]; then
+    echo "Creating python venv for ${envdir}.."
+    mkdir "$PYENV_DIR" -p
+    python3 -m venv "$PYENV_DIR/${envdir}"
+    echo "Activating virtual env ${envdir}"
+    source "$PYENV_DIR/${envdir}/bin/activate"
+  else
+    echo "A venv for this path already exists"
+  fi
+}
+
+autoload -U add-zsh-hook
+add-zsh-hook chpwd chpwd_activate