diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 356486b519..c9314563aa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - **scoop-download|install|update:** Fallback to default downloader when aria2 fails ([#4292](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/4292))
 - **decompress**: `Expand-7zipArchive` only delete temp dir / `$extractDir` if it is empty ([#6092](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/6092))
 - **commands**: Handling broken aliases ([#6141](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/6141))
+- **scoop-install**: Prevent installation of Scoop itself ([#6158](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/6158))
 
 ### Code Refactoring
 
diff --git a/libexec/scoop-install.ps1 b/libexec/scoop-install.ps1
index 0fadcff09d..8cfb711182 100644
--- a/libexec/scoop-install.ps1
+++ b/libexec/scoop-install.ps1
@@ -59,6 +59,13 @@ try {
 
 if (!$apps) { error '<app> missing'; my_usage; exit 1 }
 
+# Prevent installation of Scoop itself
+foreach ($app in $apps) {
+    if (($app -eq 'scoop') -or ($app -match '.*/scoop$')) {
+        abort "ERROR: You cannot install Scoop via 'scoop install'"
+    }
+}
+
 if ($global -and !(is_admin)) {
     abort 'ERROR: you need admin rights to install global apps'
 }