diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c19edced..7abfd014 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ See [Advanced configuration](#advanced-configuration) for details and more confi
 
   ~~~ pwsh
   echo '$Env:PYENV_ROOT="$Env:HOME/.pyenv"' >> $profile.CurrentUserAllHosts
-  echo '$Env:PATH="$Env:PYENV_ROOT/bin:$Env:PATH"' >> $profile.CurrentUserAllHosts
+  echo 'if (Test-Path -LP "$Env:PYENV_ROOT/bin" -PathType Container) { 
+        $Env:PATH="$Env:PYENV_ROOT/bin:$Env:PATH" }' >> $profile.CurrentUserAllHosts
   echo 'iex ((pyenv init -) -join "`n")' >> $profile.CurrentUserAllHosts
   ~~~
 
diff --git a/libexec/pyenv-init b/libexec/pyenv-init
index b5c9aa61..a9f30c1b 100755
--- a/libexec/pyenv-init
+++ b/libexec/pyenv-init
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ function help_() {
       echo "# the following to $profile :"
       echo
       echo '$Env:PYENV_ROOT="$Env:HOME/.pyenv"'
-      echo '$Env:PATH="$Env:PYENV_ROOT/bin:$Env:PATH"'
+      echo 'if (Test-Path -LP "$Env:PYENV_ROOT/bin" -PathType Container) {'
+      echo '  $Env:PATH="$Env:PYENV_ROOT/bin:$Env:PATH" }'
       echo 'iex ((pyenv init -) -join "`n")'
       ;;
     * )