diff --git a/shims/deactivate b/shims/deactivate
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3a39302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shims/deactivate
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+if [[ "$0" != "${BASH_SOURCE}" ]]; then
+  eval "$(pyenv sh-deactivate --verbose "$@" || true)"
+else
+  echo "pyenv-virtualenv: deactivate must be sourced. Run 'source deactivate' instead of 'deactivate'" 1>&2
+  false
+fi