diff --git a/lib/resources/pip.rb b/lib/resources/pip.rb
index 7cf8072e9..624ff0d10 100644
--- a/lib/resources/pip.rb
+++ b/lib/resources/pip.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 # describe pip('Jinja2') do
 #   it { should be_installed }
 # end
+#
 class PipPackage < Vulcano.resource(1)
   name 'pip'
 
@@ -17,7 +18,31 @@ class PipPackage < Vulcano.resource(1)
     @info = {}
     @info[:type] = 'pip'
 
-    cmd = vulcano.run_command("pip show #{@package_name}")
+    # Pip is not on the default path for Windows, therefore we do some logic
+    # to find the binary on Windows
+    family = vulcano.os[:family]
+    case family
+    when 'windows'
+      # we need to detect the pip command on Windows
+      cmd = vulcano.run_command('New-Object -Type PSObject | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Pip -Value (Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock {where.exe pip}) -PassThru | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Python -Value (Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock {where.exe python}) -PassThru | ConvertTo-Json')
+      begin
+        paths = JSON.parse(cmd.stdout)
+        # use pip if it on system path
+        pipcmd = paths['Pip']
+        # calculate path on windows
+        if defined?(paths['Python']) && pipcmd.nil?
+          pipdir = paths['Python'].split('\\')
+          # remove python.exe
+          pipdir.pop
+          pipcmd = pipdir.push('Scripts').push('pip.exe').join('/')
+        end
+      rescue JSON::ParserError => _e
+        return nil
+      end
+    end
+
+    pipcmd ||= 'pip'
+    cmd = vulcano.run_command("#{pipcmd} show #{@package_name}")
     return @info if cmd.exit_status != 0
 
     params = SimpleConfig.new(