diff --git a/crates/uv-virtualenv/src/activator/activate.elv b/crates/uv-virtualenv/src/activator/activate.elv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4593743b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/uv-virtualenv/src/activator/activate.elv
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+use path
+
+var venv-bin = (path:join '{{ VIRTUAL_ENV_DIR }}' '{{ BIN_NAME }}')
+
+var paths-bak = $paths
+set paths = [$venv-bin $@paths]
+
+set-env VIRTUAL_ENV '{{ VIRTUAL_ENV_DIR }}'
+set-env VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT '{{ VIRTUAL_PROMPT }}'
+
+edit:add-var deactivate~ {
+  set paths = $paths-bak
+  unset-env VIRTUAL_ENV
+  unset-env VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT
+  edit:del-var deactivate~
+}
diff --git a/crates/uv-virtualenv/src/virtualenv.rs b/crates/uv-virtualenv/src/virtualenv.rs
index bad380c4c..b4eca153a 100644
--- a/crates/uv-virtualenv/src/virtualenv.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-virtualenv/src/virtualenv.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ use crate::{Error, Prompt};
 const ACTIVATE_TEMPLATES: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
     ("activate", include_str!("activator/activate")),
     ("activate.csh", include_str!("activator/activate.csh")),
+    ("activate.elv", include_str!("activator/activate.elv")),
     ("activate.fish", include_str!("activator/activate.fish")),
     ("activate.nu", include_str!("activator/activate.nu")),
     ("activate.ps1", include_str!("activator/activate.ps1")),