diff --git a/plugins/mise/mise.plugin.zsh b/plugins/mise/mise.plugin.zsh
index 2477d5c91..4a10ea445 100644
--- a/plugins/mise/mise.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/mise/mise.plugin.zsh
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
-if (( ! $+commands[mise] )); then
+if (( $+commands[mise] )); then
+  _mise_bin=mise
+elif [[ -x ~/.local/bin/mise ]]; then
+  _mise_bin=~/.local/bin/mise
+else
   return
 fi
 
 # Load mise hooks
-eval "$(mise activate zsh)"
+eval "$($_mise_bin activate zsh)"
+unset _mise_bin
 
 # If the completion file doesn't exist yet, we need to autoload it and
 # bind it to `mise`. Otherwise, compinit will have already done that.