diff --git a/languages/python/.gitignore b/languages/python/.gitignore
index baa13a078..495f6296b 100644
--- a/languages/python/.gitignore
+++ b/languages/python/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *.egg-info
 bitwarden_py*.so
 __pycache__
+.venv
diff --git a/languages/python/README.md b/languages/python/README.md
index f41fd8a12..e5fe5ae70 100644
--- a/languages/python/README.md
+++ b/languages/python/README.md
@@ -33,3 +33,26 @@ Set the `ORGANIZATION_ID` and `ACCESS_TOKEN` environment variables to your organ
 ```bash
 python3 ./example.py
 ```
+
+# Using Virtual Environments
+
+If you would like to build & run the script within a virtual environment you can do the following.
+
+## Build
+
+```bash
+npm run schemas # generate schemas.py
+
+cd languages/python/
+python3 -m venv .venv
+maturin develop
+```
+
+## Run
+
+```bash
+source .venv/bin/activate
+python3 ./example.py
+
+deactivate # run this to close the virtual session
+```