diff -r 312a2220100c Lib/venv/scripts/posix/activate.fish
--- a/Lib/venv/scripts/posix/activate.fish	Wed Nov 18 21:19:18 2015 -0800
+++ b/Lib/venv/scripts/posix/activate.fish	Thu Nov 19 10:23:47 2015 -0500
@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@
     # fish uses a function instead of an env var to generate the prompt.
 
     # save the current fish_prompt function as the function _old_fish_prompt
-    . ( begin
-            printf "function _old_fish_prompt\n\t#"
-            functions fish_prompt
-        end | psub )
+    functions -c fish_prompt _old_fish_prompt
 
     # with the original prompt function renamed, we can override with our own.
     function fish_prompt
+        # Save the return status of the last command
+        set -l old_status $status
+
         # Prompt override?
-        if test -n "__VENV_PROMPT__"
-            printf "%s%s%s" "__VENV_PROMPT__" (set_color normal) (_old_fish_prompt)
+        if test -n "__VENV_PROMPT__"            
+            printf "%s%s" "__VENV_PROMPT__" (set_color normal)
             return
         end
         # ...Otherwise, prepend env
@@ -64,10 +64,14 @@
         if test $_checkbase = "__"
             # special case for Aspen magic directories
             # see http://www.zetadev.com/software/aspen/
-            printf "%s[%s]%s %s" (set_color -b blue white) (basename (dirname "$VIRTUAL_ENV")) (set_color normal) (_old_fish_prompt)
+            printf "%s[%s]%s " (set_color -b blue white) (basename (dirname "$VIRTUAL_ENV")) (set_color normal)
         else
-            printf "%s(%s)%s%s" (set_color -b blue white) (basename "$VIRTUAL_ENV") (set_color normal) (_old_fish_prompt)
+            printf "%s(%s)%s" (set_color -b blue white) (basename "$VIRTUAL_ENV") (set_color normal)
         end
+
+        # Restore the return status of the previous command.
+        echo "exit $old_status" | .
+        _old_fish_prompt
     end
 
     set -gx _OLD_FISH_PROMPT_OVERRIDE "$VIRTUAL_ENV"