diff --git a/news/1 Enhancements/978.md b/news/1 Enhancements/978.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..544d85669309
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/1 Enhancements/978.md	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add the python.pipenvPath config setting.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 30c2095b5463..b384fb155399 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1521,6 +1521,12 @@
                     "description": "Path to the conda executable to use for activation (version 4.4+).",
                     "scope": "resource"
                 },
+                "python.pipenvPath": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "default": "pipenv",
+                    "description": "Path to the pipenv executable to use for activation.",
+                    "scope": "window"
+                },
                 "python.sortImports.args": {
                     "type": "array",
                     "description": "Arguments passed in. Each argument is a separate item in the array.",
diff --git a/src/client/common/configSettings.ts b/src/client/common/configSettings.ts
index b10c7ad0c686..61e12abbdd7c 100644
--- a/src/client/common/configSettings.ts
+++ b/src/client/common/configSettings.ts
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ export class PythonSettings extends EventEmitter implements IPythonSettings {
     public venvPath = '';
     public venvFolders: string[] = [];
     public condaPath = '';
+    public pipenvPath = '';
     public devOptions: string[] = [];
     public linting!: ILintingSettings;
     public formatting!: IFormattingSettings;
@@ -137,6 +138,8 @@ export class PythonSettings extends EventEmitter implements IPythonSettings {
         this.venvFolders = systemVariables.resolveAny(pythonSettings.get<string[]>('venvFolders'))!;
         const condaPath = systemVariables.resolveAny(pythonSettings.get<string>('condaPath'))!;
         this.condaPath = condaPath && condaPath.length > 0 ? getAbsolutePath(condaPath, workspaceRoot) : condaPath;
+        const pipenvPath = systemVariables.resolveAny(pythonSettings.get<string>('pipenvPath'))!;
+        this.pipenvPath = pipenvPath && pipenvPath.length > 0 ? getAbsolutePath(pipenvPath, workspaceRoot) : pipenvPath;
 
         this.downloadLanguageServer = systemVariables.resolveAny(pythonSettings.get<boolean>('downloadLanguageServer', true))!;
         this.jediEnabled = systemVariables.resolveAny(pythonSettings.get<boolean>('jediEnabled', true))!;
diff --git a/src/client/common/terminal/environmentActivationProviders/pipEnvActivationProvider.ts b/src/client/common/terminal/environmentActivationProviders/pipEnvActivationProvider.ts
index b279c00de109..be61c16ccbda 100644
--- a/src/client/common/terminal/environmentActivationProviders/pipEnvActivationProvider.ts
+++ b/src/client/common/terminal/environmentActivationProviders/pipEnvActivationProvider.ts
@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@
 
 import { inject, injectable } from 'inversify';
 import { Uri } from 'vscode';
-import { IInterpreterService, InterpreterType } from '../../../interpreter/contracts';
+import { IInterpreterService, InterpreterType, IPipEnvService } from '../../../interpreter/contracts';
 import { ITerminalActivationCommandProvider, TerminalShellType } from '../types';
 
 @injectable()
 export class PipEnvActivationCommandProvider implements ITerminalActivationCommandProvider {
-    constructor(@inject(IInterpreterService) private readonly interpreterService: IInterpreterService) { }
+    constructor(
+        @inject(IInterpreterService) private readonly interpreterService: IInterpreterService,
+        @inject(IPipEnvService) private readonly pipenvService: IPipEnvService
+    ) { }
 
     public isShellSupported(_targetShell: TerminalShellType): boolean {
         return true;
@@ -22,6 +25,7 @@ export class PipEnvActivationCommandProvider implements ITerminalActivationComma
             return;
         }
 
-        return ['pipenv shell'];
+        const execName = this.pipenvService.executable;
+        return [`${execName} shell`];
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/client/common/types.ts b/src/client/common/types.ts
index 3d8ad02b97a1..039a41e4d871 100644
--- a/src/client/common/types.ts
+++ b/src/client/common/types.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ export interface IPythonSettings {
     readonly venvPath: string;
     readonly venvFolders: string[];
     readonly condaPath: string;
+    readonly pipenvPath: string;
     readonly downloadLanguageServer: boolean;
     readonly jediEnabled: boolean;
     readonly jediPath: string;
diff --git a/src/client/interpreter/contracts.ts b/src/client/interpreter/contracts.ts
index f8db9ad82ba9..3ce2db2e75d7 100644
--- a/src/client/interpreter/contracts.ts
+++ b/src/client/interpreter/contracts.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ export interface IInterpreterHelper {
 
 export const IPipEnvService = Symbol('IPipEnvService');
 export interface IPipEnvService {
+    executable: string;
     isRelatedPipEnvironment(dir: string, pythonPath: string): Promise<boolean>;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/client/interpreter/locators/services/pipEnvService.ts b/src/client/interpreter/locators/services/pipEnvService.ts
index fde8f6f69746..ede53aaaaf5c 100644
--- a/src/client/interpreter/locators/services/pipEnvService.ts
+++ b/src/client/interpreter/locators/services/pipEnvService.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,11 @@ import { IApplicationShell, IWorkspaceService } from '../../../common/applicatio
 import { traceError } from '../../../common/logger';
 import { IFileSystem, IPlatformService } from '../../../common/platform/types';
 import { IProcessServiceFactory } from '../../../common/process/types';
-import { ICurrentProcess, ILogger } from '../../../common/types';
+import { IConfigurationService, ICurrentProcess, ILogger } from '../../../common/types';
 import { IServiceContainer } from '../../../ioc/types';
 import { IInterpreterHelper, InterpreterType, IPipEnvService, PythonInterpreter } from '../../contracts';
 import { CacheableLocatorService } from './cacheableLocatorService';
 
-const execName = 'pipenv';
 const pipEnvFileNameVariable = 'PIPENV_PIPFILE';
 
 @injectable()
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ export class PipEnvService extends CacheableLocatorService implements IPipEnvSer
     private readonly workspace: IWorkspaceService;
     private readonly fs: IFileSystem;
     private readonly logger: ILogger;
+    private readonly configService: IConfigurationService;
 
     constructor(@inject(IServiceContainer) serviceContainer: IServiceContainer) {
         super('PipEnvService', serviceContainer);
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export class PipEnvService extends CacheableLocatorService implements IPipEnvSer
         this.workspace = this.serviceContainer.get<IWorkspaceService>(IWorkspaceService);
         this.fs = this.serviceContainer.get<IFileSystem>(IFileSystem);
         this.logger = this.serviceContainer.get<ILogger>(ILogger);
+        this.configService = this.serviceContainer.get<IConfigurationService>(IConfigurationService);
     }
     // tslint:disable-next-line:no-empty
     public dispose() { }
@@ -42,6 +43,11 @@ export class PipEnvService extends CacheableLocatorService implements IPipEnvSer
         const envName = await this.getInterpreterPathFromPipenv(dir, true);
         return !!envName;
     }
+
+    public get executable(): string {
+        return this.configService.getSettings().pipenvPath;
+    }
+
     protected getInterpretersImplementation(resource?: Uri): Promise<PythonInterpreter[]> {
         const pipenvCwd = this.getPipenvWorkingDirectory(resource);
         if (!pipenvCwd) {
@@ -115,6 +121,7 @@ export class PipEnvService extends CacheableLocatorService implements IPipEnvSer
     private async invokePipenv(arg: string, rootPath: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
         try {
             const processService = await this.processServiceFactory.create(Uri.file(rootPath));
+            const execName = this.executable;
             const result = await processService.exec(execName, [arg], { cwd: rootPath });
             if (result) {
                 const stdout = result.stdout ? result.stdout.trim() : '';
diff --git a/src/test/common/configSettings/configSettings.unit.test.ts b/src/test/common/configSettings/configSettings.unit.test.ts
index e571f73ed049..61a494d51a73 100644
--- a/src/test/common/configSettings/configSettings.unit.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/common/configSettings/configSettings.unit.test.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ suite('Python Settings', () => {
 
     function initializeConfig(sourceSettings: PythonSettings) {
         // string settings
-        for (const name of ['pythonPath', 'venvPath', 'condaPath', 'envFile']) {
+        for (const name of ['pythonPath', 'venvPath', 'condaPath', 'pipenvPath', 'envFile']) {
             config.setup(c => c.get<string>(name))
                 .returns(() => sourceSettings[name]);
         }
diff --git a/src/test/common/terminals/environmentActivationProviders/pipEnvActivationProvider.unit.test.ts b/src/test/common/terminals/environmentActivationProviders/pipEnvActivationProvider.unit.test.ts
index de6ceba62116..4b42cfe9d1c1 100644
--- a/src/test/common/terminals/environmentActivationProviders/pipEnvActivationProvider.unit.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/common/terminals/environmentActivationProviders/pipEnvActivationProvider.unit.test.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 
 import * as assert from 'assert';
 import { instance, mock, when } from 'ts-mockito';
+import * as TypeMoq from 'typemoq';
 import { Uri } from 'vscode';
 import { PipEnvActivationCommandProvider } from '../../../../client/common/terminal/environmentActivationProviders/pipEnvActivationProvider';
 import { ITerminalActivationCommandProvider, TerminalShellType } from '../../../../client/common/terminal/types';
 import { getNamesAndValues } from '../../../../client/common/utils/enum';
-import { IInterpreterService, InterpreterType } from '../../../../client/interpreter/contracts';
+import { IInterpreterService, InterpreterType, IPipEnvService } from '../../../../client/interpreter/contracts';
 import { InterpreterService } from '../../../../client/interpreter/interpreterService';
 
 // tslint:disable:no-any
@@ -19,9 +20,16 @@ suite('Terminals Activation - Pipenv', () => {
         suite(resource ? 'With a resource' : 'Without a resource', () => {
             let activationProvider: ITerminalActivationCommandProvider;
             let interpreterService: IInterpreterService;
+            let pipenvService: TypeMoq.IMock<IPipEnvService>;
             setup(() => {
                 interpreterService = mock(InterpreterService);
-                activationProvider = new PipEnvActivationCommandProvider(instance(interpreterService));
+                pipenvService = TypeMoq.Mock.ofType<IPipEnvService>();
+                activationProvider = new PipEnvActivationCommandProvider(
+                    instance(interpreterService),
+                    pipenvService.object
+                );
+
+                pipenvService.setup(p => p.executable).returns(() => 'pipenv');
             });
 
             test('No commands for no interpreter', async () => {
diff --git a/src/test/interpreters/pipEnvService.unit.test.ts b/src/test/interpreters/pipEnvService.unit.test.ts
index 84d9069e05e5..70591d98fc2a 100644
--- a/src/test/interpreters/pipEnvService.unit.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/interpreters/pipEnvService.unit.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 // tslint:disable:max-func-body-length no-any
 
+import * as assert from 'assert';
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { SemVer } from 'semver';
@@ -13,10 +14,17 @@ import { Uri, WorkspaceFolder } from 'vscode';
 import { IApplicationShell, IWorkspaceService } from '../../client/common/application/types';
 import { IFileSystem, IPlatformService } from '../../client/common/platform/types';
 import { IProcessService, IProcessServiceFactory } from '../../client/common/process/types';
-import { ICurrentProcess, ILogger, IPersistentState, IPersistentStateFactory } from '../../client/common/types';
+import {
+    IConfigurationService,
+    ICurrentProcess,
+    ILogger,
+    IPersistentState,
+    IPersistentStateFactory,
+    IPythonSettings
+} from '../../client/common/types';
 import { getNamesAndValues } from '../../client/common/utils/enum';
 import { IEnvironmentVariablesProvider } from '../../client/common/variables/types';
-import { IInterpreterHelper, IInterpreterLocatorService } from '../../client/interpreter/contracts';
+import { IInterpreterHelper } from '../../client/interpreter/contracts';
 import { PipEnvService } from '../../client/interpreter/locators/services/pipEnvService';
 import { IServiceContainer } from '../../client/ioc/types';
 
@@ -30,7 +38,7 @@ suite('Interpreters - PipEnv', () => {
         [undefined, Uri.file(path.join(rootWorkspace, 'one.py'))].forEach(resource => {
             const testSuffix = ` (${os.name}, ${resource ? 'with' : 'without'} a workspace)`;
 
-            let pipEnvService: IInterpreterLocatorService;
+            let pipEnvService: PipEnvService;
             let serviceContainer: TypeMoq.IMock<IServiceContainer>;
             let interpreterHelper: TypeMoq.IMock<IInterpreterHelper>;
             let processService: TypeMoq.IMock<IProcessService>;
@@ -42,6 +50,9 @@ suite('Interpreters - PipEnv', () => {
             let procServiceFactory: TypeMoq.IMock<IProcessServiceFactory>;
             let logger: TypeMoq.IMock<ILogger>;
             let platformService: TypeMoq.IMock<IPlatformService>;
+            let config: TypeMoq.IMock<IConfigurationService>;
+            let settings: TypeMoq.IMock<IPythonSettings>;
+            let pipenvPathSetting: string;
             setup(() => {
                 serviceContainer = TypeMoq.Mock.ofType<IServiceContainer>();
                 const workspaceService = TypeMoq.Mock.ofType<IWorkspaceService>();
@@ -80,6 +91,13 @@ suite('Interpreters - PipEnv', () => {
                 serviceContainer.setup(c => c.get(TypeMoq.It.isValue(IEnvironmentVariablesProvider))).returns(() => envVarsProvider.object);
                 serviceContainer.setup(c => c.get(TypeMoq.It.isValue(ILogger))).returns(() => logger.object);
                 serviceContainer.setup(c => c.get(TypeMoq.It.isValue(IPlatformService))).returns(() => platformService.object);
+                serviceContainer.setup(c => c.get(TypeMoq.It.isValue(IConfigurationService), TypeMoq.It.isAny())).returns(() => config.object);
+
+                config = TypeMoq.Mock.ofType<IConfigurationService>();
+                settings = TypeMoq.Mock.ofType<IPythonSettings>();
+                config.setup(c => c.getSettings(TypeMoq.It.isValue(undefined))).returns(() => settings.object);
+                settings.setup(p => p.pipenvPath).returns(() => pipenvPathSetting);
+                pipenvPathSetting = 'pipenv';
 
                 pipEnvService = new PipEnvService(serviceContainer.object);
             });
@@ -156,6 +174,11 @@ suite('Interpreters - PipEnv', () => {
                 expect(environments).to.be.lengthOf(1);
                 fileSystem.verifyAll();
             });
+            test('Must use \'python.pipenvPath\' setting', async () => {
+                pipenvPathSetting = 'spam-spam-pipenv-spam-spam';
+                const pipenvExe = pipEnvService.executable;
+                assert.equal(pipenvExe, 'spam-spam-pipenv-spam-spam', 'Failed to identify pipenv.exe');
+            });
         });
     });
 });