diff --git a/src/poetry/utils/shell.py b/src/poetry/utils/shell.py
index d60998f0b0e..909915438cc 100644
--- a/src/poetry/utils/shell.py
+++ b/src/poetry/utils/shell.py
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ def activate(self, env: VirtualEnv) -> int | None:
         if self._name in ["zsh", "nu"]:
             c.setecho(False)
 
-        if self._name == "zsh":
+        if self._name == "xonsh":
+            c.sendline(f"vox activate {shlex.quote(str(env.path))}")
+        elif self._name == "zsh":
             # Under ZSH the source command should be invoked in zsh's bash emulator
             c.sendline(f"emulate bash -c '. {shlex.quote(str(activate_path))}'")
         else: