diff --git a/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/family.js b/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/family.js
index b27538edafb9a..f7a630d0a79c7 100644
--- a/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/family.js
+++ b/packages/babel-traverse/src/path/family.js
@@ -125,3 +125,64 @@ export function getBindingIdentifiers(duplicates?) {
 export function getOuterBindingIdentifiers(duplicates?) {
   return t.getOuterBindingIdentifiers(this.node, duplicates);
 }
+
+// original source - https://github.com/babel/babel/blob/master/packages/babel-types/src/retrievers.js
+// path.getBindingIdentifiers returns nodes where the following re-implementation
+// returns paths
+export function getBindingIdentifierPaths(duplicates = false, outerOnly = false) {
+  let path = this;
+  let search = [].concat(path);
+  let ids = Object.create(null);
+
+  while (search.length) {
+    let id = search.shift();
+    if (!id) continue;
+    if (!id.node) continue;
+
+    let keys = t.getBindingIdentifiers.keys[id.node.type];
+
+    if (id.isIdentifier()) {
+      if (duplicates) {
+        let _ids = ids[id.node.name] = ids[id.node.name] || [];
+        _ids.push(id);
+      } else {
+        ids[id.node.name] = id;
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (id.isExportDeclaration()) {
+      const declaration = id.get("declaration");
+      if (declaration.isDeclaration()) {
+        search.push(declaration);
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (outerOnly) {
+      if (id.isFunctionDeclaration()) {
+        search.push(id.get("id"));
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (id.isFunctionExpression()) {
+        continue;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (keys) {
+      for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
+        let key = keys[i];
+        let child = id.get(key);
+        if (Array.isArray(child) || child.node) {
+          search = search.concat(child);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return ids;
+}
+
+export function getOuterBindingIdentifierPaths(duplicates?) {
+  return this.getBindingIdentifierPaths(duplicates, true);
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-traverse/test/family.js b/packages/babel-traverse/test/family.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c6fc297f86a69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-traverse/test/family.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+let traverse = require("../lib").default;
+let assert = require("assert");
+let parse = require("babylon").parse;
+
+describe("path/family", function () {
+  describe("getBindingIdentifiers", function () {
+    let ast = parse("var a = 1, {b} = c, [d] = e; function f() {}");
+    let nodes = {}, paths = {}, outerNodes = {}, outerPaths = {};
+    traverse(ast, {
+      VariableDeclaration(path) {
+        nodes = path.getBindingIdentifiers();
+        paths = path.getBindingIdentifierPaths();
+      },
+      FunctionDeclaration(path) {
+        outerNodes = path.getOuterBindingIdentifiers();
+        outerPaths = path.getOuterBindingIdentifierPaths();
+      }
+    });
+
+    it("should contain keys of nodes in paths", function () {
+      Object.keys(nodes).forEach((id) => {
+        assert.strictEqual(hop(paths, id), true, "Node's keys exists in paths");
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("should contain outer bindings", function () {
+      Object.keys(outerNodes).forEach((id) => {
+        assert.strictEqual(hop(outerPaths, id), true, "Has same outer keys");
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("should return paths", function () {
+      Object.keys(paths).forEach((id) => {
+        assert.strictEqual(!!paths[id].node, true, "Has a property node that's not falsy");
+        assert.strictEqual(paths[id].type, paths[id].node.type, "type matches");
+      });
+
+      Object.keys(outerPaths).forEach((id) => {
+        assert.strictEqual(!!outerPaths[id].node, true, "has property node");
+        assert.strictEqual(outerPaths[id].type, outerPaths[id].node.type, "type matches");
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("should match paths and nodes returned for the same ast", function () {
+      Object.keys(nodes).forEach((id) => {
+        assert.strictEqual(nodes[id], paths[id].node, "Nodes match");
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("should match paths and nodes returned for outer Bindings", function () {
+      Object.keys(outerNodes).forEach((id) => {
+        assert.strictEqual(outerNodes[id], outerPaths[id].node, "nodes match");
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+function hop(o, key) {
+  return Object.hasOwnProperty.call(o, key);
+}