diff --git a/plugins/virtualenv/virtualenv.plugin.zsh b/plugins/virtualenv/virtualenv.plugin.zsh
index e8458389f..934f54aa3 100644
--- a/plugins/virtualenv/virtualenv.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/virtualenv/virtualenv.plugin.zsh
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
-function virtualenv_prompt_info(){
+function virtualenv_check() {
   local virtualenv_path="$VIRTUAL_ENV"
   if [[ -n $virtualenv_path ]]; then
     local virtualenv_name=`basename $virtualenv_path`
-    printf "%s[%s] " "%{${fg[yellow]}%}" $virtualenv_name
+    printf "%s" $virtualenv_name
+  fi
+}
+
+function virtualenv_prompt_info() {
+  local prefix="$ZSH_THEME_VIRTUALENV_PROMPT_PREFIX"
+  local suffix="$ZSH_THEME_VIRTUALENV_PROMPT_SUFFIX"
+  if [[ -n $(virtualenv_check) ]]; then
+    if [[ -n $prefix ]]; then
+      printf "%s%s%s" $prefix $(virtualenv_check) $suffix
+    else
+      printf "%s[%s] " "%{${fg[yellow]}%}" $(virtualenv_check)
+    fi
   fi
 }
 
diff --git a/themes/blinks.zsh-theme b/themes/blinks.zsh-theme
index ddb32f7c3..1bf69bf0f 100644
--- a/themes/blinks.zsh-theme
+++ b/themes/blinks.zsh-theme
@@ -23,8 +23,18 @@ ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_SUFFIX="%{%f%k%b%K{${bkg}}%B%F{green}%}]"
 ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_DIRTY=" %{%F{red}%}*%{%f%k%b%}"
 ZSH_THEME_GIT_PROMPT_CLEAN=""
 
+ZSH_THEME_VIRTUALENV_PROMPT_PREFIX="   (%{%B%F{blue}%}"
+ZSH_THEME_VIRTUALENV_PROMPT_SUFFIX="%{%f%k%b%K{${bkg}}%B%F{green}%})"
+
+function _virtualenv() {
+  # check if the virtualenv plugin is activated
+  if [[ ${plugins[(r)virtualenv]} == virtualenv ]] then;
+    echo "%s" $(virtualenv_prompt_info)
+  fi
+}
+
 PROMPT='%{%f%k%b%}
-%{%K{${bkg}}%B%F{green}%}%n%{%B%F{blue}%}@%{%B%F{cyan}%}%m%{%B%F{green}%} %{%b%F{yellow}%K{${bkg}}%}%~%{%B%F{green}%}$(git_prompt_info)%E%{%f%k%b%}
+%{%K{${bkg}}%B%F{green}%}%n%{%B%F{blue}%}@%{%B%F{cyan}%}%m%{%B%F{green}%} %{%b%F{yellow}%K{${bkg}}%}%~%{%B%F{green}%}$(_virtualenv)$(git_prompt_info)%E%{%f%k%b%}
 %{%K{${bkg}}%}$(_prompt_char)%{%K{${bkg}}%} %#%{%f%k%b%} '
 
 RPROMPT='!%{%B%F{cyan}%}%!%{%f%k%b%}'