diff --git a/src/code/CompressPSResource.cs b/src/code/CompressPSResource.cs
index ba79425df..95b95a4e3 100644
--- a/src/code/CompressPSResource.cs
+++ b/src/code/CompressPSResource.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,13 @@ public sealed class CompressPSResource : PSCmdlet
         public string DestinationPath { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Bypasses validating a resource module manifest before publishing.
+        /// When specified, passes the full path of the nupkg through the pipeline.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = false, HelpMessage = "Pass the full path of the nupkg through the pipeline")]
+        public SwitchParameter PassThru { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Bypasses validating a resource module manifest before compressing.
         /// </summary>
         [Parameter]
         public SwitchParameter SkipModuleManifestValidate { get; set; }
@@ -61,6 +67,7 @@ protected override void BeginProcessing()
                 this,
                 Path,
                 DestinationPath,
+                PassThru,
                 SkipModuleManifestValidate);
 
             _publishHelper.CheckAllParameterPaths();
diff --git a/src/code/PublishHelper.cs b/src/code/PublishHelper.cs
index 8fc2575ad..861bbfab3 100644
--- a/src/code/PublishHelper.cs
+++ b/src/code/PublishHelper.cs
@@ -61,18 +61,20 @@ internal enum CallerCmdlet
         private string outputDir = string.Empty;
         internal bool ScriptError = false;
         internal bool ShouldProcess = true;
+        internal bool PassThru = false;
 
         #endregion
 
         #region Constructors
 
-        internal PublishHelper(PSCmdlet cmdlet, string path, string destinationPath, bool skipModuleManifestValidate)
+        internal PublishHelper(PSCmdlet cmdlet, string path, string destinationPath, bool passThru, bool skipModuleManifestValidate)
         {
             _callerCmdlet = CallerCmdlet.CompressPSResource;
             _cmdOperation = "Compress";
             _cmdletPassedIn = cmdlet;
             Path = path;
             DestinationPath = destinationPath;
+            PassThru = passThru;
             SkipModuleManifestValidate = skipModuleManifestValidate;
             outputDir = System.IO.Path.Combine(System.IO.Path.GetTempPath(), Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
             outputNupkgDir = destinationPath;
@@ -562,6 +564,10 @@ private bool PackNupkg(string outputDir, string outputNupkgDir, string nuspecFil
 
                 if (success)
                 {
+                    if (PassThru)
+                    {
+                        _cmdletPassedIn.WriteObject(System.IO.Path.Combine(outputNupkgDir, _pkgName + "." + _pkgVersion.ToNormalizedString() + ".nupkg"));
+                    }
                     _cmdletPassedIn.WriteVerbose("Successfully packed the resource into a .nupkg");
                 }
                 else
diff --git a/test/PublishPSResourceTests/CompressPSResource.Tests.ps1 b/test/PublishPSResourceTests/CompressPSResource.Tests.ps1
index cdccee7f6..778c225bb 100644
--- a/test/PublishPSResourceTests/CompressPSResource.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/PublishPSResourceTests/CompressPSResource.Tests.ps1
@@ -153,6 +153,17 @@ Describe "Test Compress-PSResource" -tags 'CI' {
 
         Test-Path -Path (Join-Path -Path $unzippedPath -ChildPath $testFile) | Should -Be $True
     }
+
+    It "Compress-PSResource -PassThru returns the path to the nupkg" {
+        $version = "1.0.0"
+        New-ModuleManifest -Path (Join-Path -Path $script:PublishModuleBase -ChildPath "$script:PublishModuleName.psd1") -ModuleVersion $version -Description "$script:PublishModuleName module"
+
+        $nupkgPath = Compress-PSResource -Path $script:PublishModuleBase -DestinationPath $script:repositoryPath -PassThru
+
+        $expectedPath = Join-Path -Path $script:repositoryPath -ChildPath "$script:PublishModuleName.$version.nupkg"
+        $nupkgPath | Should -Be $expectedPath
+    }
+
 <# Test for Signing the nupkg. Signing doesn't work
     It "Compressed Module is able to be signed with a certificate" {
 		$version = "1.0.0"