diff --git a/modules/virtual_environments/auto-venv/venv_helpers.nu b/modules/virtual_environments/auto-venv/venv_helpers.nu
index 1d6ea10..5370083 100644
--- a/modules/virtual_environments/auto-venv/venv_helpers.nu
+++ b/modules/virtual_environments/auto-venv/venv_helpers.nu
@@ -23,6 +23,20 @@ export def venv-is-active [] {
     '__auto_venv' in (overlay list)
 }
 
+# Creates a virtual environment under the current directory
+export def 'venv-create' [] {
+	let venv_path = $env.PWD
+	let venv_name = ($env.PWD | path basename) 
+
+	let sys_posix = ['darwin', 'linux', 'unix', 'posix', 'gnu']
+	let is_posix = (((sys).host.name | str downcase) in $sys_posix)
+	let python_name = if $is_posix {'python3'} else {'py.exe'}
+	run-external $python_name "-m" "venv" ".venv" "--clear" "--prompt" $venv_name
+	run-external $".venv/bin/($python_name)" "-m" "pip" "install" "-U" "pip" "wheel" "setuptools"
+
+	let trigger_file = ([$env.PWD, $env.AUTO_VENV_TRIGGER] | path join)
+	ln -sf $'($env.FILE_PWD)/venvs/python-venv.nu' $trigger_file
+}
 
 export def has-entered-venv [
     after: path,