diff --git a/plugins/mise/README.md b/plugins/mise/README.md
index 8ec05aab9..264a37282 100644
--- a/plugins/mise/README.md
+++ b/plugins/mise/README.md
@@ -30,3 +30,7 @@ mise use -g node@system   Use system node as global default
 mise install node@20.0.0  Install a specific version number
 mise use -g node@20       Use node-20.x as global default
 ```
+
+## Setting
+
+- `ZSH_MISE_AUTOEXPORT_VERSIONS`: if set to `true`, the plugin will register a `chpwd` hook to update environment variable to reflect the current configuration. The variables are constructed from the output of `mise -ls -c`, with the `MISE_TOOL_` prefix, and their value is set to the full version of the tool, e.g., `M̀ISE_TOOL_PYTHON=3.8.20``. This can be used when building prompts.
diff --git a/plugins/mise/mise.plugin.zsh b/plugins/mise/mise.plugin.zsh
index 96686f6aa..f61356a8e 100644
--- a/plugins/mise/mise.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/mise/mise.plugin.zsh
@@ -22,6 +22,19 @@ if [[ ! -f "$ZSH_CACHE_DIR/completions/_$__mise" ]]; then
   _comps[$__mise]=_$__mise
 fi
 
+
+if [[ "$ZSH_MISE_AUTOEXPORT_VERSIONS" != true ]]; then
+  _updateMiseVersions() {
+    unset -m "MISE_TOOL_*"
+    eval $(mise ls -c --no-header \
+      | sed 's/^\(\S\+\)\s\+\(\S\+\).*$/export MISE_TOOL_\U\1=\2/')
+  }
+
+  autoload -U add-zsh-hook
+  add-zsh-hook chpwd _updateMiseVersions
+  _updateMiseVersions # Initial call to check the current directory at shell startup
+fi
+
 # Generate and load mise completion
 $__mise completion zsh >| "$ZSH_CACHE_DIR/completions/_$__mise" &|
 unset __mise