diff --git a/lib/core.ps1 b/lib/core.ps1
index c271ce8f94..28f90134cc 100644
--- a/lib/core.ps1
+++ b/lib/core.ps1
@@ -1034,7 +1034,8 @@ function shim($path, $global, $name, $arg) {
 
 function get_shim_path() {
     $shim_version = get_config SHIM 'kiennq'
-    $shim_path = switch ($shim_version) {
+    $shim_path = switch -Wildcard ($shim_version) {
+        'ext:*' { "$(versiondir "$($shim_version -replace 'ext:','')" 'current')\shim.exe" }
         'scoopcs' { "$(versiondir 'scoop' 'current')\supporting\shims\scoopcs\shim.exe" }
         '71' { "$(versiondir 'scoop' 'current')\supporting\shims\71\shim.exe" }
         'kiennq' { "$(versiondir 'scoop' 'current')\supporting\shims\kiennq\shim.exe" }