diff --git a/.bash_aliases b/.bash_aliases
index dcc0926..f96dd48 100644
--- a/.bash_aliases
+++ b/.bash_aliases
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ alias tmux='tmux -2'
 # another session that forced down your tmux window size you can simply call
 alias takeover="tmux detach -a"
 
+# 20160126 python3 virtualenv
+alias mkvirtualenv3="mkvirtualenv --python=`which python3`"
+
 # 20140825 as there is no `pip upgrade`, this has to do
 alias pip_upgrade="pip freeze --local | grep -v '^\-e' | cut -d = -f 1  | xargs pip install -U"