diff --git a/contrib/uwsgi.ini b/contrib/uwsgi.ini
index c74c05393..a8bedc1d7 100644
--- a/contrib/uwsgi.ini
+++ b/contrib/uwsgi.ini
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ chdir = netbox
 ; specify the WSGI module to load
 module = netbox.wsgi
 
+; workaround to make uWSGI reloads work with pyuwsgi (not to be used if using uwsgi package instead)
+binary-path = venv/bin/python
+
 ; only log internal messages and errors (reverse proxy already logs the requests)
 disable-logging = true
 log-5xx = true