diff --git a/poethepoet/config/config.py b/poethepoet/config/config.py
index 56d9a346..acb444ad 100644
--- a/poethepoet/config/config.py
+++ b/poethepoet/config/config.py
@@ -125,6 +125,15 @@ def is_poetry_project(self) -> bool:
             and "poetry" in self._project_config.full_config.get("tool", {})
         )
 
+    @property
+    def is_uv_project(self) -> bool:
+        # Note: That it can happen that a uv managed project has no uv config
+        #       In this case, this check would fail.
+        return (
+            self._project_config.path.name == "pyproject.toml"
+            and "uv" in self._project_config.full_config.get("tool", {})
+        )
+
     @property
     def project_dir(self) -> Path:
         return self._project_dir
diff --git a/poethepoet/executor/__init__.py b/poethepoet/executor/__init__.py
index 34c8a9a2..604a601c 100644
--- a/poethepoet/executor/__init__.py
+++ b/poethepoet/executor/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 from .base import PoeExecutor
 from .poetry import PoetryExecutor
 from .simple import SimpleExecutor
+from .uv import UvExecutor
 from .virtualenv import VirtualenvExecutor
 
-__all__ = ["PoeExecutor", "PoetryExecutor", "SimpleExecutor", "VirtualenvExecutor"]
+__all__ = [
+    "PoeExecutor",
+    "PoetryExecutor",
+    "SimpleExecutor",
+    "UvExecutor",
+    "VirtualenvExecutor",
+]
diff --git a/poethepoet/executor/base.py b/poethepoet/executor/base.py
index a1402a01..541a5a88 100644
--- a/poethepoet/executor/base.py
+++ b/poethepoet/executor/base.py
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ def _resolve_implementation(cls, context: "RunContext", executor_type: str):
         if executor_type == "auto":
             for impl in [
                 cls.__executor_types["poetry"],
+                cls.__executor_types["uv"],
                 cls.__executor_types["virtualenv"],
             ]:
                 if impl.works_with_context(context):
diff --git a/poethepoet/executor/uv.py b/poethepoet/executor/uv.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2807b80f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poethepoet/executor/uv.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Optional
+
+from .base import PoeExecutor
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from ..context import RunContext
+
+
+class UvExecutor(PoeExecutor):
+    """
+    A poe task executor implementation that executes inside a uv managed dev
+    environment
+    """
+
+    __key__ = "uv"
+    __options__: dict[str, type] = {}
+
+    @classmethod
+    def works_with_context(cls, context: "RunContext") -> bool:
+        if not context.config.is_uv_project:
+            return False
+        return bool(cls._uv_cmd_from_path())
+
+    def execute(
+        self, cmd: Sequence[str], input: Optional[bytes] = None, use_exec: bool = False
+    ) -> int:
+        """
+        Execute the given cmd as a subprocess inside the uv managed dev environment.
+
+        We simply use `uv run`, which handles the virtualenv and other setup for us.
+        """
+
+        # Run this task with `uv run`
+        return self._execute_cmd(
+            (self._uv_cmd(), "run", *cmd),
+            input=input,
+            use_exec=use_exec,
+        )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _uv_cmd(cls):
+        from_path = cls._uv_cmd_from_path()
+        if from_path:
+            return str(Path(from_path).resolve())
+
+        return "uv"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _uv_cmd_from_path(cls):
+        import shutil
+
+        return shutil.which("uv")
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/uv_project/pyproject.toml b/tests/fixtures/uv_project/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4921c30d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/uv_project/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+[project]
+name = "uv-project"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Add your description here"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.12"
+dependencies = []
+
+[tool.uv]
+# We need to have an empty table here to ensure that the tool is recognized
+
+[tool.poe.tasks]
+show-version = "test_print_version"
+test-package-version.script = "scripts:test_package_version"
+test-package-exec-version.script = "scripts:test_package_exec_version"
+show-env = "poe_test_env"
+
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/uv_project/scripts.py b/tests/fixtures/uv_project/scripts.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..16701734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/uv_project/scripts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+def test_package_version():
+    import poe_test_package
+
+    print(poe_test_package.__version__)
+
+
+def test_package_exec_version():
+    from subprocess import Popen
+
+    Popen(["test_print_version"])
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/uv_project/src/uv_project/__init__.py b/tests/fixtures/uv_project/src/uv_project/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94ebc9cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/uv_project/src/uv_project/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+def hello() -> str:
+    return "Hello from uv-project!"