diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 38e8700e0..8a6e9cba5 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Ian Stapleton Cordasco
 Igor Duarte Cardoso
 Ilya Kulakov
 Ionel Maries Cristian
+Isaac Pedisich
 Itxaka Serrano
 Jake Windle
 Jannis Leidel
diff --git a/docs/changelog/2065.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/2065.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecb90308e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/2065.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+``--devenv`` no longer modifies the directory in which the ``.tox`` environment is provisioned - by :user:`isaac-ped`
diff --git a/src/tox/config/__init__.py b/src/tox/config/__init__.py
index b014d7751..8f03f3647 100644
--- a/src/tox/config/__init__.py
+++ b/src/tox/config/__init__.py
@@ -595,7 +595,10 @@ def tox_addoption(parser):
     )
 
     def _set_envdir_from_devenv(testenv_config, value):
-        if testenv_config.config.option.devenv is not None:
+        if (
+            testenv_config.config.option.devenv is not None
+            and testenv_config.envname != testenv_config.config.provision_tox_env
+        ):
             return py.path.local(testenv_config.config.option.devenv)
         else:
             return value
diff --git a/tests/unit/session/test_provision.py b/tests/unit/session/test_provision.py
index cf2ded108..ad9f2310f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/session/test_provision.py
+++ b/tests/unit/session/test_provision.py
@@ -385,3 +385,20 @@ def space_path2url(path):
     if " " not in at_path:
         return at_path
     return urljoin("file:", pathname2url(os.path.abspath(at_path)))
+
+
+def test_provision_does_not_occur_in_devenv(newconfig, next_tox_major):
+    """Adding --devenv should not change the directory where provisioning occurs"""
+    with pytest.raises(MissingRequirement) as context:
+        newconfig(
+            ["--devenv", "my_devenv"],
+            """\
+            [tox]
+            minversion = {}
+            """.format(
+                next_tox_major,
+            ),
+        )
+    config = context.value.config
+    assert config.run_provision is True
+    assert config.envconfigs[".tox"].envdir.basename != "my_devenv"