diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9c5bf194..95588462 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ powerline-go
 .glide/
 
 /.idea/
-~
+
+.vscode/
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c7710492..492a40d7 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220128215802-99c3d69c2c27
 	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201117132131-f5c789dd3221
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.4
+	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.66.4
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 64c91bef..8c028479 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IV
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.66.4 h1:SsAcf+mM7mRZo2nJNGt8mZCjG8ZRaNGMURJw7BsIST4=
+gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.66.4/go.mod h1:pNLf8WUiyNEtQjuu5G5vTm06TEv9tsIgeAvK8hOrP4k=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c h1:dUUwHk2QECo/6vqA44rthZ8ie2QXMNeKRTHCNY2nXvo=
diff --git a/segment-virtualenv.go b/segment-virtualenv.go
index d9a305e3..dd21b385 100644
--- a/segment-virtualenv.go
+++ b/segment-virtualenv.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 
+	"gopkg.in/ini.v1"
+
 	pwl "github.com/justjanne/powerline-go/powerline"
 )
 
@@ -11,6 +13,12 @@ func segmentVirtualEnv(p *powerline) []pwl.Segment {
 	var env string
 	if env == "" {
 		env, _ = os.LookupEnv("VIRTUAL_ENV")
+		if env != "" {
+			cfg, err := ini.Load(path.Join(env, "pyvenv.cfg"))
+			if err == nil {
+				env = cfg.Section("").Key("prompt").String()
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	if env == "" {
 		env, _ = os.LookupEnv("CONDA_ENV_PATH")