diff --git a/news/4045.bugfix.rst b/news/4045.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/4045.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Honor PIPENV_SPINNER environment variable
diff --git a/pipenv/environments.py b/pipenv/environments.py
index e59ed63a..763a61a3 100644
--- a/pipenv/environments.py
+++ b/pipenv/environments.py
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ if PIPENV_IS_CI:
     PIPENV_NOSPIN = True
 
 PIPENV_SPINNER = "dots" if not os.name == "nt" else "bouncingBar"
+PIPENV_SPINNER = os.environ.get("PIPENV_SPINNER", PIPENV_SPINNER)
 """Sets the default spinner type.
 
 Spinners are identitcal to the node.js spinners and can be found at