diff --git a/plugins/virtualenv/virtualenv.plugin.zsh b/plugins/virtualenv/virtualenv.plugin.zsh
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+export VIRTUAL_ENV_DISABLE_PROMPT=1
+
+ZSH_THEME_VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_PREFIX="("
+ZSH_THEME_VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_SUFFIX=")"
+
+function virtualenv_prompt_info() {
+    if [ -n "$VIRTUAL_ENV" ]; then
+        if [ -f "$VIRTUAL_ENV/__name__" ]; then
+            local name=`cat $VIRTUAL_ENV/__name__`
+        elif [ `basename $VIRTUAL_ENV` = "__" ]; then
+            local name=$(basename $(dirname $VIRTUAL_ENV))
+        else
+            local name=$(basename $VIRTUAL_ENV)
+        fi
+        echo "$ZSH_THEME_VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_PREFIX$name$ZSH_THEME_VIRTUAL_ENV_PROMPT_SUFFIX"
+    fi
+}