diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e5b4b0dbd..f029b4cab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
 - Add support for Heroku-20 (#968).
+- Allow pipenv users to specify pip version via `PIP_VERSION_OVERRIDE` variable (#1094)
 
 ## v182 (2020-10-06)
 
diff --git a/bin/steps/python b/bin/steps/python
index 45d34e6eb..e7d29f92e 100755
--- a/bin/steps/python
+++ b/bin/steps/python
@@ -179,7 +179,12 @@ if [[ -f "$BUILD_DIR/Pipfile" ]]; then
   # The buildpack is pinned to old pipenv, which requires older pip.
   # Pip 9.0.2 doesn't support installing itself from a wheel, so we have to use split
   # versions here (ie: installer pip version different from target pip version).
-  PIP_VERSION='9.0.2'
+  if [ -z "$PIP_VERSION_OVERRIDE" ]
+    then
+      PIP_VERSION='9.0.2'
+    else
+      PIP_VERSION=PIP_VERSION_OVERRIDE
+  fi
   PIP_TO_INSTALL="pip==${PIP_VERSION}"
 else
   PIP_TO_INSTALL="${PIP_WHEEL}"