diff --git a/plugins/hydra_submitit_launcher/hydra_plugins/hydra_submitit_launcher/config.py b/plugins/hydra_submitit_launcher/hydra_plugins/hydra_submitit_launcher/config.py
index 6da5658a86..d4b845f0bf 100644
--- a/plugins/hydra_submitit_launcher/hydra_plugins/hydra_submitit_launcher/config.py
+++ b/plugins/hydra_submitit_launcher/hydra_plugins/hydra_submitit_launcher/config.py
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ class SlurmQueueConf(BaseQueueConf):
     # check the following for more info on slurm_max_num_timeout
     # https://github.com/facebookincubator/submitit/blob/main/docs/checkpointing.md
     max_num_timeout: int = 0
+    # Python executable to use instead of the default sys.executable
+    python: Optional[str] = None
     # Useful to add parameters which are not currently available in the plugin.
     # Eg: {"mail-user": "blublu@fb.com", "mail-type": "BEGIN"}
     additional_parameters: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
diff --git a/plugins/hydra_submitit_launcher/hydra_plugins/hydra_submitit_launcher/submitit_launcher.py b/plugins/hydra_submitit_launcher/hydra_plugins/hydra_submitit_launcher/submitit_launcher.py
index 1efc8e4ce8..c875c61543 100644
--- a/plugins/hydra_submitit_launcher/hydra_plugins/hydra_submitit_launcher/submitit_launcher.py
+++ b/plugins/hydra_submitit_launcher/hydra_plugins/hydra_submitit_launcher/submitit_launcher.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def launch(
         params = self.params
         # build executor
         init_params = {"folder": self.params["submitit_folder"]}
-        specific_init_keys = {"max_num_timeout"}
+        specific_init_keys = {"max_num_timeout", "python"}
 
         init_params.update(
             **{