diff --git a/poetry/console/commands/env/info.py b/poetry/console/commands/env/info.py
index aecce3628ac..5f7f185419d 100644
--- a/poetry/console/commands/env/info.py
+++ b/poetry/console/commands/env/info.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ def handle(self) -> Optional[int]:
         self._display_complete_info(env)
 
     def _display_complete_info(self, env: "Env") -> None:
+        from poetry.utils.env import GenericEnv
+
         env_python_version = ".".join(str(s) for s in env.version_info[:3])
         self.line("")
         self.line("<b>Virtualenv</b>")
@@ -44,6 +46,9 @@ def _display_complete_info(self, env: "Env") -> None:
             "<info>Path</info>:           <comment>{}</>".format(
                 env.path if env.is_venv() else "NA"
             ),
+            "<info>Executable</info>:     <comment>{}</>".format(
+                env.python if env.is_venv() else "NA"
+            ),
         ]
         if env.is_venv():
             listing.append(
@@ -55,13 +60,18 @@ def _display_complete_info(self, env: "Env") -> None:
 
         self.line("")
 
+        system_env = GenericEnv(env.base)
         self.line("<b>System</b>")
         self.line(
             "\n".join(
                 [
-                    "<info>Platform</info>: <comment>{}</>".format(env.platform),
-                    "<info>OS</info>:       <comment>{}</>".format(env.os),
-                    "<info>Python</info>:   <comment>{}</>".format(env.base),
+                    "<info>Platform</info>:   <comment>{}</>".format(env.platform),
+                    "<info>OS</info>:         <comment>{}</>".format(env.os),
+                    "<info>Python</info>:     <comment>{}</>".format(
+                        ".".join(str(v) for v in system_env.version_info[:3])
+                    ),
+                    "<info>Path</info>:       <comment>{}</>".format(system_env.path),
+                    "<info>Executable</info>: <comment>{}</>".format(system_env.python),
                 ]
             )
         )
diff --git a/poetry/utils/env.py b/poetry/utils/env.py
index ffa182f9a5c..485a2d20420 100644
--- a/poetry/utils/env.py
+++ b/poetry/utils/env.py
@@ -1061,6 +1061,30 @@ def __init__(self, path: Path, base: Optional[Path] = None) -> None:
         self._path = path
         self._bin_dir = self._path / bin_dir
 
+        try:
+            python_executables = sorted(
+                [
+                    p.name
+                    for p in self._bin_dir.glob("python*")
+                    if re.match(r"python(?:\d+(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:\.exe)?$", p.name)
+                ]
+            )
+            self._executable = python_executables[0].rstrip(".exe")
+        except IndexError:
+            self._executable = "python" + (".exe" if self._is_windows else "")
+
+        try:
+            pip_executables = sorted(
+                [
+                    p.name
+                    for p in self._bin_dir.glob("pip*")
+                    if re.match(r"pip(?:\d+(?:\.\d+)?)?(?:\.exe)?$", p.name)
+                ]
+            )
+            self._pip_executable = pip_executables[0].rstrip(".exe")
+        except IndexError:
+            self._pip_executable = "pip" + (".exe" if self._is_windows else "")
+
         self._base = base or path
 
         self._marker_env = None
@@ -1095,7 +1119,7 @@ def python(self) -> str:
         """
         Path to current python executable
         """
-        return self._bin("python")
+        return self._bin(self._executable)
 
     @property
     def marker_env(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
@@ -1121,7 +1145,7 @@ def pip(self) -> str:
         Path to current pip executable
         """
         # we do not use as_posix() here due to issues with windows pathlib2 implementation
-        path = self._bin("pip")
+        path = self._bin(self._pip_executable)
         if not Path(path).exists():
             return str(self.pip_embedded)
         return path
@@ -1267,7 +1291,7 @@ def run_pip(self, *args: str, **kwargs: Any) -> Union[int, str]:
         return self._run(cmd, **kwargs)
 
     def run_python_script(self, content: str, **kwargs: Any) -> str:
-        return self.run("python", "-W", "ignore", "-", input_=content, **kwargs)
+        return self.run(self._executable, "-W", "ignore", "-", input_=content, **kwargs)
 
     def _run(self, cmd: List[str], **kwargs: Any) -> Union[int, str]:
         """
@@ -1489,7 +1513,10 @@ def get_python_implementation(self) -> str:
     def get_pip_command(self, embedded: bool = False) -> List[str]:
         # We're in a virtualenv that is known to be sane,
         # so assume that we have a functional pip
-        return [self._bin("python"), self.pip_embedded if embedded else self.pip]
+        return [
+            self._bin(self._executable),
+            self.pip_embedded if embedded else self.pip,
+        ]
 
     def get_supported_tags(self) -> List[Tag]:
         file_path = Path(packaging.tags.__file__)
@@ -1607,7 +1634,10 @@ def __init__(
         self.executed = []
 
     def get_pip_command(self, embedded: bool = False) -> List[str]:
-        return [self._bin("python"), self.pip_embedded if embedded else self.pip]
+        return [
+            self._bin(self._executable),
+            self.pip_embedded if embedded else self.pip,
+        ]
 
     def _run(self, cmd: List[str], **kwargs: Any) -> int:
         self.executed.append(cmd)
diff --git a/tests/console/commands/env/test_info.py b/tests/console/commands/env/test_info.py
index 123835ba7b9..7212004b418 100644
--- a/tests/console/commands/env/test_info.py
+++ b/tests/console/commands/env/test_info.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+import sys
+
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
 
+from poetry.utils._compat import WINDOWS
 from poetry.utils.env import MockEnv
 
 
@@ -28,14 +31,21 @@ def test_env_info_displays_complete_info(tester):
 Python:         3.7.0
 Implementation: CPython
 Path:           {prefix}
+Executable:     {executable}
 Valid:          True
 
 System
-Platform: darwin
-OS:       posix
-Python:   {base_prefix}
+Platform:   darwin
+OS:         posix
+Python:     {base_version}
+Path:       {base_prefix}
+Executable: {base_executable}
 """.format(
-        prefix=str(Path("/prefix")), base_prefix=str(Path("/base/prefix"))
+        prefix=str(Path("/prefix")),
+        base_prefix=str(Path("/base/prefix")),
+        base_version=".".join(str(v) for v in sys.version_info[:3]),
+        executable=sys.executable,
+        base_executable="python" + (".exe" if WINDOWS else ""),
     )
 
     assert expected == tester.io.fetch_output()
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_env.py b/tests/utils/test_env.py
index d09012c821f..96c81714778 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_env.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_env.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from poetry.core.semver.version import Version
 from poetry.core.toml.file import TOMLFile
 from poetry.factory import Factory
+from poetry.utils._compat import WINDOWS
 from poetry.utils.env import GET_BASE_PREFIX
 from poetry.utils.env import EnvCommandError
 from poetry.utils.env import EnvManager
@@ -964,3 +965,27 @@ def test_env_system_packages(tmp_path, config):
         assert not venv_path.joinpath(
             "lib", "python2.7", "no-global-site-packages.txt"
         ).exists()
+
+
+def test_env_finds_the_correct_executables(tmp_dir, manager):
+    venv_path = Path(tmp_dir) / "Virtual Env"
+    manager.build_venv(str(venv_path), with_pip=True)
+    venv = VirtualEnv(venv_path)
+
+    default_executable = "python" + (".exe" if WINDOWS else "")
+    default_pip_executable = "pip" + (".exe" if WINDOWS else "")
+
+    if venv._bin_dir.joinpath(default_executable).exists():
+        venv._bin_dir.joinpath(default_executable).unlink()
+
+    if venv._bin_dir.joinpath(default_pip_executable).exists():
+        venv._bin_dir.joinpath(default_pip_executable).unlink()
+
+    venv = VirtualEnv(venv_path)
+
+    assert Path(venv.python).name == "python{}{}".format(
+        sys.version_info[0], ".exe" if WINDOWS else ""
+    )
+    assert Path(venv.pip).name == "pip{}{}".format(
+        sys.version_info[0], ".exe" if WINDOWS else ""
+    )