diff --git a/build.ps1 b/build.ps1
index ff922bc21..e42e3dc72 100644
--- a/build.ps1
+++ b/build.ps1
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ function Copy-Content ($Content) {
 
 $content = @(
     , ("$PSScriptRoot/src/en-US/*.txt", "$PSScriptRoot/bin/en-US/")
-    , ("$PSScriptRoot/src/Pester.ps1", "$PSScriptRoot/bin/")
+    , ("$PSScriptRoot/src/Pester.ScriptScope.ps1", "$PSScriptRoot/bin/")
     , ("$PSScriptRoot/src/Pester.psd1", "$PSScriptRoot/bin/")
     , ("$PSScriptRoot/src/Pester.Format.ps1xml", "$PSScriptRoot/bin/")
 )
diff --git a/publish/filesToPublish.ps1 b/publish/filesToPublish.ps1
index ca9f45457..9f655c5cb 100644
--- a/publish/filesToPublish.ps1
+++ b/publish/filesToPublish.ps1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 @(
-    'Pester.ps1'
+    'Pester.ScriptScope.ps1'
     'Pester.psd1'
     'Pester.psm1'
     'Pester.Format.ps1xml'
diff --git a/src/Pester.Runtime.ps1 b/src/Pester.Runtime.ps1
index 5efe09925..33e2ef701 100644
--- a/src/Pester.Runtime.ps1
+++ b/src/Pester.Runtime.ps1
@@ -2693,7 +2693,8 @@ function Invoke-InNewScriptScope ([ScriptBlock] $ScriptBlock, $SessionState) {
     # correct session state, and then invoke the file. We can also pass a script block tied
     # to the current module to invoke internal function in the newly pushed script scope.
 
-    $Path = "$PSScriptRoot/Pester.ps1"
+    # Invoked as a standalone script file (not Pester.ps1; see Pester.ScriptScope.ps1 for why).
+    $Path = "$PSScriptRoot/Pester.ScriptScope.ps1"
     $Data = @{ ScriptBlock = $ScriptBlock }
 
     $wrapper = {
diff --git a/src/Pester.ScriptScope.ps1 b/src/Pester.ScriptScope.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ccafcf768
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Pester.ScriptScope.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# This file is invoked as a real script file by Invoke-InNewScriptScope to push a new
+# script scope into the caller's session state (see src/Pester.Runtime.ps1).
+#
+# Do NOT rename it to Pester.ps1. PSResourceGet treats a '<ModuleName>.ps1' file in the
+# package (i.e. Pester.ps1) as a script and prints a spurious installation-path warning
+# on Install-PSResource Pester. See https://github.com/pester/Pester/issues/2826.
+param ($ScriptBlock)
+
+. $ScriptBlock
+
diff --git a/src/Pester.ps1 b/src/Pester.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index b09620420..000000000
--- a/src/Pester.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-param ($ScriptBlock)
-
-. $ScriptBlock
-
diff --git a/tst/Pester.Tests.ps1 b/tst/Pester.Tests.ps1
index 9d2493c22..a01ff5aa9 100644
--- a/tst/Pester.Tests.ps1
+++ b/tst/Pester.Tests.ps1
@@ -208,6 +208,24 @@ Describe 'Style rules' -Tag StyleRules {
     }
 }
 
+Describe 'Module packaging' -Tag StyleRules {
+    # Issue #2826: PSResourceGet decides a package is a script by looking for a
+    # '<ModuleName>.ps1' file in the package root (i.e. Pester.ps1). When that file is
+    # present it prints a spurious installation-path warning on Install-PSResource Pester.
+    # The script-scope helper is therefore shipped as Pester.ScriptScope.ps1 instead.
+    BeforeAll {
+        $pesterRoot = (Get-Module Pester).ModuleBase
+    }
+
+    It 'does not ship a Pester.ps1 that PSResourceGet would treat as a script' {
+        (Join-Path $pesterRoot 'Pester.ps1') | Should -Not -Exist
+    }
+
+    It 'ships the script-scope helper as Pester.ScriptScope.ps1' {
+        (Join-Path $pesterRoot 'Pester.ScriptScope.ps1') | Should -Exist
+    }
+}
+
 InPesterModuleScope {
     Describe 'Find-File' {
         BeforeAll {