diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e1e3ca3..bf7faaf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ This role uses the apt package manager on Debian based hosts.
 But for some operating systems the `ansible_os_family` variable is not set to "Debian" by the fact gathering even if it is Debian based (like Mendel GNU/Linux on the Google Coral Dev Board).
 - `override_os_family`: Set to "Debian" in the host inventory, if `ansible_os_family` is not set correctly
 
+On macOS, it might be needed to specify the full path to the pip3 executable:
+- `override_pip_exe`: Set a custom pip executable (default: n.a.)
+
 The User Setup will change the user shell and global gitconfig. This can be disabled:
 - `usersetup_chsh`: Boolean to enable changing the user shell to zsh (default: true)
 - `usersetup_gitconfig`: Boolean to disable overriding the global gitconfig (default: true)
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index f5703fa..3ff0f24 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ---
 # defaults file for common
 
+default_pip3_exe: pip3
+
 # just copy dotfiles (for foreign hosts like webhosting)
 common_settingsonly: false
 
diff --git a/tasks/devel.yml b/tasks/devel.yml
index 959e563..f40ac4e 100644
--- a/tasks/devel.yml
+++ b/tasks/devel.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     name:
       - autopep8
       # - pylint # must be installed in each venv individually!
-    executable: /usr/local/bin/pip3
+    executable: "{{ override_pip_exe | default(default_pip3_exe) }}"
   when: user_lang_python == true
 - name: vscode - Python
   block: