diff --git a/asv/commands/profiling.py b/asv/commands/profiling.py
index b3bf93ba7..d574b43e8 100644
--- a/asv/commands/profiling.py
+++ b/asv/commands/profiling.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from . import Command, common_args
 from ..benchmarks import Benchmarks
 from ..console import log
-from ..environment import get_environments, is_existing_only
+from ..environment import get_environments, is_existing_only, ExistingEnvironment
 from ..machine import Machine
 from ..profiling import ProfilerGui
 from ..repo import get_repo, NoSuchNameError
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ def run(cls, conf, benchmark, revision=None, gui=None, output=None,
                     env
                     for env in environments
                     if util.env_py_is_sys_version(env.python)
+                    or isinstance(env, ExistingEnvironment)
                 ][0]
 
             benchmarks = Benchmarks.discover(conf, repo, environments,