diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index facff0e647c..237da96a199 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def _python_installs(self):
         buffer = StringIO()
         # with venv_vars.apply():
         self.run(f"""python -c {outer}import importlib.metadata;  print({inner};{inner}.join([(package.metadata[{inner}Name{inner}]+{inner},{inner}+ package.metadata[{inner}Version{inner}]) for package in importlib.metadata.distributions()])){outer}""",
-                 env = "virtual_python_env",
+                 env = ["conanrun", "virtual_python_env"],
                  stdout = buffer)
 
         print(f"############################################################ {buffer.getvalue()}")