diff --git a/src/code/CompressPSResource.cs b/src/code/CompressPSResource.cs
index 95b95a4e3..b306e7d88 100644
--- a/src/code/CompressPSResource.cs
+++ b/src/code/CompressPSResource.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 using Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet.UtilClasses;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Management.Automation;
 
 namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet.Cmdlets
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet.Cmdlets
         "PSResource",
         SupportsShouldProcess = true)]
     [Alias("cmres")]
+    [OutputType(typeof(FileInfo))]
     public sealed class CompressPSResource : PSCmdlet
     {
         #region Parameters
diff --git a/src/code/PublishHelper.cs b/src/code/PublishHelper.cs
index 861bbfab3..f7ef9248b 100644
--- a/src/code/PublishHelper.cs
+++ b/src/code/PublishHelper.cs
@@ -566,7 +566,8 @@ private bool PackNupkg(string outputDir, string outputNupkgDir, string nuspecFil
                 {
                     if (PassThru)
                     {
-                        _cmdletPassedIn.WriteObject(System.IO.Path.Combine(outputNupkgDir, _pkgName + "." + _pkgVersion.ToNormalizedString() + ".nupkg"));
+                        var nupkgPath = System.IO.Path.Combine(outputNupkgDir, _pkgName + "." + _pkgVersion.ToNormalizedString() + ".nupkg");
+                        _cmdletPassedIn.WriteObject(new FileInfo(nupkgPath));
                     }
                     _cmdletPassedIn.WriteVerbose("Successfully packed the resource into a .nupkg");
                 }
diff --git a/test/PublishPSResourceTests/CompressPSResource.Tests.ps1 b/test/PublishPSResourceTests/CompressPSResource.Tests.ps1
index 778c225bb..7a54d72d6 100644
--- a/test/PublishPSResourceTests/CompressPSResource.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/PublishPSResourceTests/CompressPSResource.Tests.ps1
@@ -154,14 +154,17 @@ 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" {
+    It "Compress-PSResource -PassThru returns a FileInfo object with the correct path" {
         $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
+        $fileInfoObject = Compress-PSResource -Path $script:PublishModuleBase -DestinationPath $script:repositoryPath -PassThru
 
         $expectedPath = Join-Path -Path $script:repositoryPath -ChildPath "$script:PublishModuleName.$version.nupkg"
-        $nupkgPath | Should -Be $expectedPath
+        $fileInfoObject | Should -BeOfType 'System.IO.FileSystemInfo'
+        $fileInfoObject.FullName | Should -Be $expectedPath
+        $fileInfoObject.Extension | Should -Be '.nupkg'
+        $fileInfoObject.Name | Should -Be "$script:PublishModuleName.$version.nupkg"
     }
 
 <# Test for Signing the nupkg. Signing doesn't work