diff --git a/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_base.py b/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_base.py
--- a/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_base.py
+++ b/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_base.py
@@ -15,12 +15,22 @@
 import click
 import functools
 import os
+import sys
 
 import kallithea
 import logging.config
 import paste.deploy
 
 
+# kallithea_cli is usually invoked through the 'kallithea-cli' wrapper script
+# that is installed by setuptools, as specified in setup.py console_scripts
+# entry_points. The script will be using the right virtualenv (if any), and for
+# Unix, it will contain #! pointing at the right python executable. The script
+# also makes sure sys.argv[0] points back at the script path, and that is what
+# can be used to invoke 'kallithea-cli' later.
+kallithea_cli_path = sys.argv[0]
+
+
 # This placeholder is the main entry point for the kallithea-cli command
 @click.group(context_settings=dict(help_option_names=['-h', '--help']))
 def cli():
diff --git a/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_config.py b/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_config.py
--- a/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_config.py
+++ b/kallithea/bin/kallithea_cli_config.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ def config_create(config_file, key_value
     mako_variable_values = {
         'git_hook_interpreter': sys.executable,
         'user_home_path': os.path.expanduser('~'),
+        'kallithea_cli_path': cli_base.kallithea_cli_path,
     }
     ini_settings = defaultdict(dict)
 
diff --git a/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/template.ini.mako b/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/template.ini.mako
--- a/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/template.ini.mako
+++ b/kallithea/lib/paster_commands/template.ini.mako
@@ -337,6 +337,9 @@ ssh_authorized_keys = ${user_home_path}/
 
 <%text>## Path to be used in ssh_authorized_keys file to invoke kallithea-cli with ssh-serve.</%text>
 #kallithea_cli_path = /srv/kallithea/venv/bin/kallithea-cli
+%if kallithea_cli_path:
+kallithea_cli_path = ${kallithea_cli_path}
+%endif
 
 <%text>####################################</%text>
 <%text>###        CELERY CONFIG        ####</%text>