diff --git a/AUTHORS.txt b/AUTHORS.txt
index ed59dd68..05ab6af5 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.txt
+++ b/AUTHORS.txt
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Code Contributors
 - Nguyễn Hồng Quân <ng.hong.quan@gmail.com>
 - haoran3160-afk (@haoran3160-afk)
 - Eric3-jp (@Eric3-jp) (with OpenAI Codex assistance)
+- Dhanraj E (@Dhanu-dynamic) <dhanraj@labs.digiscrypt.com>
 
 And a few more "anonymous" contributors.
 
diff --git a/jedi/api/project.py b/jedi/api/project.py
index 8927e7ea..66ec35fc 100644
--- a/jedi/api/project.py
+++ b/jedi/api/project.py
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ class Project:
     Additionally there are functions to search a whole project.
     """
     _environment = None
+    # Set for projects loaded from a ``.jedi/project.json``. That file can be
+    # part of a checked out repository, so it is not trusted to run binaries.
+    _loaded_from_file = False
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_config_folder_path(base_path):
@@ -86,7 +89,13 @@ class Project:
             version, data = json.load(f)
 
         if version == 1:
-            return cls(**data)
+            # A code base must not be able to enable the loading of its own
+            # extensions, see the docs about security.
+            if data.pop('load_unsafe_extensions', False):
+                debug.warning('load_unsafe_extensions is ignored for loaded projects')
+            project = cls(**data)
+            project._loaded_from_file = True
+            return project
         else:
             raise WrongVersion(
                 "The Jedi version of this project seems newer than what we can handle."
@@ -98,6 +107,7 @@ class Project:
         """
         data = dict(self.__dict__)
         data.pop('_environment', None)
+        data.pop('_loaded_from_file', None)
         data.pop('_django', None)  # TODO make django setting public?
         data = {k.lstrip('_'): v for k, v in data.items()}
         data['path'] = str(data['path'])
@@ -242,7 +252,10 @@ class Project:
     def get_environment(self):
         if self._environment is None:
             if self._environment_path is not None:
-                self._environment = create_environment(self._environment_path, safe=False)
+                # An environment path from a loaded project file is checked
+                # like a scanned virtualenv, see find_virtualenvs.
+                self._environment = create_environment(
+                    self._environment_path, safe=self._loaded_from_file)
             else:
                 self._environment = get_cached_default_environment()
         return self._environment
diff --git a/test/test_api/test_project.py b/test/test_api/test_project.py
index ddf8d2c6..fd90f150 100644
--- a/test/test_api/test_project.py
+++ b/test/test_api/test_project.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
@@ -6,6 +7,7 @@ import pytest
 from ..helpers import get_example_dir, set_cwd, root_dir, test_dir
 from jedi import Interpreter
 from jedi.api import Project, get_default_project
+from jedi.api.environment import InvalidPythonEnvironment
 from jedi.api.project import _is_potential_project, _CONTAINS_POTENTIAL_PROJECT
 
 
@@ -54,6 +56,33 @@ def test_load_save_project(tmpdir):
     assert loaded.added_sys_path == ['/foo']
 
 
+def test_load_project_checks_environment_path(tmpdir, monkeypatch):
+    # The project file can be part of a checked out repository, so the binary
+    # it points to has to pass the same check as in find_virtualenvs.
+    monkeypatch.setattr('jedi.api.environment._is_safe', lambda executable_path: False)
+
+    def _get_subprocess(self):
+        raise RuntimeError('Should not get called!')
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr('jedi.api.environment.Environment._get_subprocess',
+                        _get_subprocess)
+
+    Project(tmpdir.strpath, environment_path=sys.executable).save()
+    with pytest.raises(InvalidPythonEnvironment):
+        Project.load(tmpdir.strpath).get_environment()
+
+
+def test_load_project_safe_environment_path(tmpdir):
+    Project(tmpdir.strpath, environment_path=sys.executable).save()
+    environment = Project.load(tmpdir.strpath).get_environment()
+    assert environment.executable == sys.executable
+
+
+def test_load_project_ignores_unsafe_extensions(tmpdir):
+    Project(tmpdir.strpath, load_unsafe_extensions=True).save()
+    assert Project.load(tmpdir.strpath).load_unsafe_extensions is False
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     'string, full_names, kwargs', [
         ('test_load_save_project', ['test_api.test_project.test_load_save_project'], {}),