diff --git a/docs/Guides/Configuration.md b/docs/Guides/Configuration.md
index 9f7c462c..53ed3015 100644
--- a/docs/Guides/Configuration.md
+++ b/docs/Guides/Configuration.md
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ python {
 }
 ```
 
+- conda (anaconda executable)
+```
+conda {
+    executable='/some/path/to/conda/binary'
+}
+```
+
 
 - R
 ```
diff --git a/docs/Guides/Containers.md b/docs/Guides/Containers.md
index cbba01e2..611f1d98 100644
--- a/docs/Guides/Containers.md
+++ b/docs/Guides/Containers.md
@@ -195,4 +195,37 @@ For example, to use the `delly` container image for amd64 on Apple Silicon:
 ```
 
 Note that it is also required to specify the shell as `/bin/sh` as the container does not include
-`bash`.
\ No newline at end of file
+`bash`.
+
+
+## Anaconda (conda)
+
+Although not strictly a container platform, Anaconda is also often used to create isolated
+environments for commands to run in. Bootstrapping an Anaconda enironment within a command
+can be awkward without damaging the portability of the command, so Bpipe supports
+basic activation of conda environments through command level configuration.
+
+To cause Bpipe to inject bootstrapping shell code to enable Anaconda to work as well
+as activation of a specific Anaconda environment, add a `conda_env` attribute to the
+command configuration. For example:
+
+```groovy
+conda_env = 'gcp'
+```
+
+By default, the environment will be selected relative to the `conda` executable found in the PATH.
+You may wish to specify the absolute path to the conda installation so that the user's
+environment does not alter which environment is used. This can be done using the `conda` 
+configuration in Bpipe configuration:
+
+```
+conda {
+    executable = '/home/bob/anaconda/bin/conda'
+}
+```
+
+Note that conda environment support is implemented by prefixing your command with
+additional script contents to cause activation of the anaconda environment. In 
+some contexts this could interact with your actual command or alter things like
+line numbers reported in error messages. 
+
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/bpipe/executor/ThrottledDelegatingCommandExecutor.groovy b/src/main/groovy/bpipe/executor/ThrottledDelegatingCommandExecutor.groovy
index 40dbcd6d..53ac6547 100755
--- a/src/main/groovy/bpipe/executor/ThrottledDelegatingCommandExecutor.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/bpipe/executor/ThrottledDelegatingCommandExecutor.groovy
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import bpipe.PipelineDevRetry
 import bpipe.ResourceUnit;
 import bpipe.Runner
 import bpipe.Utils
+import bpipe.processors.CondaEnvContainerWrapper
 import bpipe.processors.DockerContainerWrapper
 import bpipe.processors.EnvironmentVariableSetter
 import bpipe.processors.MemoryLimitReplacer
@@ -199,17 +200,18 @@ class ThrottledDelegatingCommandExecutor implements CommandExecutor {
         
         List<CommandProcessor> processors = [
             new EnvironmentVariableSetter(), 
+            new CondaEnvContainerWrapper(),
             new MemoryLimitReplacer(), 
             new ThreadAllocationReplacer(),
             new StorageResolver(commandExecutor),
         ]
         
         String containerType = ((Map)cmd.processedConfig.container)?.type
-        log.info "Container type for command $cmd.id is $containerType"
+        log.info "Container type for command $cmd.id in stage $cmd.name is $containerType based on config $cmd.configName"
         if(containerType) {
             if(containerType == "docker") {
                 log.info "Configuring command with docker shell wrapper for command $cmd.id"
-                processors << new DockerContainerWrapper()
+                processors << new DockerContainerWrapper(commandExecutor)
             }
             else
             if(containerType == "singularity") {
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/bpipe/processors/CondaEnvContainerWrapper.groovy b/src/main/groovy/bpipe/processors/CondaEnvContainerWrapper.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37ee97e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/groovy/bpipe/processors/CondaEnvContainerWrapper.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package bpipe.processors
+
+import bpipe.Command
+import bpipe.CommandProcessor
+import bpipe.Config
+import bpipe.ResourceUnit
+import bpipe.Utils
+import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
+import groovy.util.logging.Log
+
+@Log
+class CondaEnvContainerWrapper implements CommandProcessor {
+
+    @CompileStatic
+    @Override
+    public void transform(Command command, List<ResourceUnit> resources) {
+        if(!command.processedConfig.containsKey('conda_env'))
+            return
+            
+        String condaEnv = (String)command.processedConfig.conda_env
+
+        Map<String,Object> config = (Map<String,Object>)command.processedConfig
+
+       String shell = config.getOrDefault('shell', '/bin/bash')
+       
+        // Crude but works for most shell setups
+        String shellType = shell.tokenize("/")[-1]
+        
+        String conda = Utils.resolveExe("conda", "conda")
+        
+        String prefix = 
+        """
+
+            $conda info --envs
+
+            export SHELL="$shell"; eval "\$('$conda' 'shell.${shellType}' 'hook' 2> /dev/null)"; conda activate $condaEnv ;
+        """.stripIndent()
+        
+        log.info "Configuring conda environment using command prefix: $prefix"
+
+        command.command = prefix + command.command
+    }
+}