diff --git a/direnv/direnvrc b/direnv/direnvrc
index 8978fb7..d2a246b 100644
--- a/direnv/direnvrc
+++ b/direnv/direnvrc
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 use_python() {
     if has pyenv; then
         local pyversion=$1
+        eval "$(pyenv init --path)"
         eval "$(pyenv init -)"
         pyenv local ${pyversion} || log_error "Could not find pyenv version '${pyversion}'. Consider running 'pyenv install ${pyversion}'"
     fi
diff --git a/pyenv/init.sh b/pyenv/init.sh
index 54e3b41..e411c4c 100644
--- a/pyenv/init.sh
+++ b/pyenv/init.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # - pyenv-virtualenv: https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-virtualenv
 
 if [ -n "$(which pyenv 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+  eval "$(pyenv init --path)"
   eval "$(pyenv init -)"
   eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"