diff --git a/.changeset/clever-rules-taste.md b/.changeset/clever-rules-taste.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21ef9e4cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/clever-rules-taste.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/npm-resolver": patch
+---
+
+It should be possible to alias scoped packages using the `workspace:` protocol. See https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/3883
diff --git a/packages/npm-resolver/src/index.ts b/packages/npm-resolver/src/index.ts
index 403fa50889..c3b843fccc 100644
--- a/packages/npm-resolver/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/npm-resolver/src/index.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import parsePref, {
 } from './parsePref'
 import fromRegistry, { RegistryResponseError } from './fetch'
 import createPkgId from './createNpmPkgId'
+import workspacePrefToNpm from './workspacePrefToNpm'
 
 export class NoMatchingVersionError extends PnpmError {
   public readonly packageMeta: PackageMeta
@@ -196,23 +197,6 @@ async function resolveNpm (
   }
 }
 
-function workspacePrefToNpm (workspacePref: string): string {
-  const prefParts = /^workspace:([^@]+@)?(.*)$/.exec(workspacePref)
-  if (prefParts == null) {
-    throw new Error(`Invalid workspace spec: ${workspacePref}`)
-  }
-  const [workspacePkgAlias, workspaceVersion] = prefParts.slice(1)
-
-  const pkgAliasPart = workspacePkgAlias != null && workspacePkgAlias
-    ? `npm:${workspacePkgAlias}`
-    : ''
-  const versionPart = workspaceVersion === '^' || workspaceVersion === '~'
-    ? '*'
-    : workspaceVersion
-
-  return `${pkgAliasPart}${versionPart}`
-}
-
 function tryResolveFromWorkspace (
   wantedDependency: WantedDependency,
   opts: {
diff --git a/packages/npm-resolver/src/workspacePrefToNpm.ts b/packages/npm-resolver/src/workspacePrefToNpm.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6939d0272d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/npm-resolver/src/workspacePrefToNpm.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+export default function workspacePrefToNpm (workspacePref: string): string {
+  const prefParts = /^workspace:([^._/][^@]*@)?(.*)$/.exec(workspacePref)
+
+  if (prefParts == null) {
+    throw new Error(`Invalid workspace spec: ${workspacePref}`)
+  }
+  const [workspacePkgAlias, workspaceVersion] = prefParts.slice(1)
+
+  const pkgAliasPart = workspacePkgAlias != null && workspacePkgAlias
+    ? `npm:${workspacePkgAlias}`
+    : ''
+  const versionPart = workspaceVersion === '^' || workspaceVersion === '~'
+    ? '*'
+    : workspaceVersion
+
+  return `${pkgAliasPart}${versionPart}`
+}
diff --git a/packages/npm-resolver/test/index.ts b/packages/npm-resolver/test/index.ts
index 13f70412aa..7b7068436d 100644
--- a/packages/npm-resolver/test/index.ts
+++ b/packages/npm-resolver/test/index.ts
@@ -1589,70 +1589,6 @@ test('request to a package with malformed metadata', async () => {
     )
 })
 
-test('resolve workspace:^', async () => {
-  const cacheDir = tempy.directory()
-  const resolve = createResolveFromNpm({
-    cacheDir,
-  })
-  const resolveResult = await resolve({ alias: 'is-positive', pref: 'workspace:^' }, {
-    projectDir: '/home/istvan/src',
-    registry,
-    workspacePackages: {
-      'is-positive': {
-        '1.0.0': {
-          dir: '/home/istvan/src/is-positive',
-          manifest: {
-            name: 'is-positive',
-            version: '1.0.0',
-          },
-        },
-      },
-    },
-  })
-
-  expect(resolveResult!.resolvedVia).toBe('local-filesystem')
-  expect(resolveResult!.id).toBe('link:is-positive')
-  expect(resolveResult!.resolution).toStrictEqual({
-    directory: '/home/istvan/src/is-positive',
-    type: 'directory',
-  })
-  expect(resolveResult!.manifest).toBeTruthy()
-  expect(resolveResult!.manifest!.name).toBe('is-positive')
-  expect(resolveResult!.manifest!.version).toBe('1.0.0')
-})
-
-test('resolve workspace:~', async () => {
-  const cacheDir = tempy.directory()
-  const resolve = createResolveFromNpm({
-    cacheDir,
-  })
-  const resolveResult = await resolve({ alias: 'is-positive', pref: 'workspace:~' }, {
-    projectDir: '/home/istvan/src',
-    registry,
-    workspacePackages: {
-      'is-positive': {
-        '1.0.0': {
-          dir: '/home/istvan/src/is-positive',
-          manifest: {
-            name: 'is-positive',
-            version: '1.0.0',
-          },
-        },
-      },
-    },
-  })
-
-  expect(resolveResult!.resolvedVia).toBe('local-filesystem')
-  expect(resolveResult!.id).toBe('link:is-positive')
-  expect(resolveResult!.resolution).toStrictEqual({
-    directory: '/home/istvan/src/is-positive',
-    type: 'directory',
-  })
-  expect(resolveResult!.manifest).toBeTruthy()
-  expect(resolveResult!.manifest!.name).toBe('is-positive')
-  expect(resolveResult!.manifest!.version).toBe('1.0.0')
-})
-
 test('resolveFromNpm() does not fail if the meta file contains no integrity information', async () => {
   nock(registry)
     .get('/is-positive')
diff --git a/packages/npm-resolver/test/workspacePrefToNpm.test.ts b/packages/npm-resolver/test/workspacePrefToNpm.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..976e0cb98e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/npm-resolver/test/workspacePrefToNpm.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import workspacePrefToNpm from '@pnpm/npm-resolver/lib/workspacePrefToNpm'
+
+describe('workspacePrefToNpm', () => {
+  test('resolve workspace only version aliases', async () => {
+    expect(workspacePrefToNpm('workspace:^')).toStrictEqual('*')
+    expect(workspacePrefToNpm('workspace:~')).toStrictEqual('*')
+  })
+
+  test('resolve package name aliases', async () => {
+    expect(workspacePrefToNpm('workspace:is-positive@3.0.0')).toStrictEqual('npm:is-positive@3.0.0')
+    expect(workspacePrefToNpm('workspace:is-positive@*')).toStrictEqual('npm:is-positive@*')
+    expect(workspacePrefToNpm('workspace:is-positive@^')).toStrictEqual('npm:is-positive@*')
+  })
+
+  test('resolve scoped package name aliases', async () => {
+    expect(
+      workspacePrefToNpm('workspace:@scope/is-positive@1.2.3')
+    ).toStrictEqual('npm:@scope/is-positive@1.2.3')
+    expect(
+      workspacePrefToNpm('workspace:@scope/is-positive@^1.2.3')
+    ).toStrictEqual('npm:@scope/is-positive@^1.2.3')
+    expect(
+      workspacePrefToNpm('workspace:@scope/is-positive@*')
+    ).toStrictEqual('npm:@scope/is-positive@*')
+    expect(
+      workspacePrefToNpm('workspace:@scope/is-positive@~')
+    ).toStrictEqual('npm:@scope/is-positive@*')
+  })
+})