diff --git a/pipenv/cli.py b/pipenv/cli.py
index 7985d5b9..da927d31 100644
--- a/pipenv/cli.py
+++ b/pipenv/cli.py
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ def do_where(virtualenv=False, bare=True):
     if not virtualenv:
         location = project.pipfile_location
 
-        if not bare:
+        if not location:
+            click.echo('No Pipfile present at project home. Consider running {0} first to automatically generate a Pipfile for you.'.format(crayons.green('`pipenv install`')))
+        elif not bare:
             click.echo('Pipfile found at {0}. Considering this to be the project home.'.format(crayons.green(location)))
         else:
             click.echo(location)