diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/nix-prefetch-git b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/nix-prefetch-git
index abba76bd1ac9..43f7c5acd5ad 100755
--- a/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/nix-prefetch-git
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/fetchgit/nix-prefetch-git
@@ -373,6 +373,7 @@ print_results() {
   "url": "$(json_escape "$url")",
   "rev": "$(json_escape "$fullRev")",
   "date": "$(json_escape "$commitDateStrict8601")",
+  "path": "$(json_escape "$finalPath")",
   "$(json_escape "$hashType")": "$(json_escape "$hash")",
   "fetchSubmodules": $([[ -n "$fetchSubmodules" ]] && echo true || echo false),
   "deepClone": $([[ -n "$deepClone" ]] && echo true || echo false),