diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 7dfdfbc..5fcedda 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ prometheus_postgres_exporter_user: "postgres"
 prometheus_postgres_exporter_password: "changeme_"
 prometheus_postgres_exporter_port: 5432
 
+prometheus_proxmox_venv_path: "/opt/venv/prometheus-pve-exporter"
+
 prometheus_redis_exporter_addr: "redis://localhost:6379"
 prometheus_redis_exporter_user: ""
 prometheus_redis_exporter_password: ""
diff --git a/tasks/exporter/services/proxmox.yml b/tasks/exporter/services/proxmox.yml
index ab6d82d..76da020 100644
--- a/tasks/exporter/services/proxmox.yml
+++ b/tasks/exporter/services/proxmox.yml
@@ -7,11 +7,22 @@
       - prometheus_proxmox_exporter_node is defined
   tags: ['prometheus_proxmox']
 
+- name: 'proxmox exporter | create dedicated venv path'
+  file:
+    path: "{{ prometheus_proxmox_venv_path | default('/opt/venv/prometheus-pve-exporter') }}"
+    state: directory
+  tags: ['prometheus_proxmox']
+
+- name: 'proxmox exporter | create dedicated venv'
+  command:
+    cmd: python3 -m venv "{{ prometheus_proxmox_venv_path | default('/opt/venv/prometheus-pve-exporter') }}"
+  tags: ['prometheus_proxmox']
+
 - name: 'proxmox exporter | install package through pip3'
   pip:
     name:
       - prometheus-pve-exporter
-    executable: pip3
+    venv: "{{ prometheus_proxmox_venv_path | default('/opt/venv/prometheus-pve-exporter') }}"
   tags: ['prometheus_proxmox']
 
 - name: 'proxmox exporter | configuration'
diff --git a/templates/systemd/prometheus-proxmox-exporter.service.j2 b/templates/systemd/prometheus-proxmox-exporter.service.j2
index d299fcd..b457c82 100644
--- a/templates/systemd/prometheus-proxmox-exporter.service.j2
+++ b/templates/systemd/prometheus-proxmox-exporter.service.j2
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ Wants=network.target
 
 [Service]
 Restart=on-failure
-ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/pve_exporter --config.file /etc/default/prometheus-proxmox-exporter --web.listen-address {{ prometheus_proxmox_exporter_node }}:{{ prometheus_proxmox_exporter_port | default('9221') }} 
+ExecStart="{{ prometheus_proxmox_venv_path | default('/opt/venv/prometheus-pve-exporter') }}"/bin/pve_exporter --config.file /etc/default/prometheus-proxmox-exporter --web.listen-address {{ prometheus_proxmox_exporter_node }}:{{ prometheus_proxmox_exporter_port | default('9221') }} 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target