diff --git a/src/cargo/core/dependency.rs b/src/cargo/core/dependency.rs
index 61795936dc2..483ecef75bf 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/dependency.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/dependency.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use semver::ReqParseError;
 use semver::VersionReq;
 use serde::ser;
 use serde::Serialize;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 
 use crate::core::{PackageId, SourceId, Summary};
@@ -61,6 +62,10 @@ struct SerializedDependency<'a> {
     /// The registry URL this dependency is from.
     /// If None, then it comes from the default registry (crates.io).
     registry: Option<&'a str>,
+
+    /// The file system path for a local path dependency.
+    #[serde(skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none")]
+    path: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
 impl ser::Serialize for Dependency {
@@ -80,6 +85,7 @@ impl ser::Serialize for Dependency {
             target: self.platform(),
             rename: self.explicit_name_in_toml().map(|s| s.as_str()),
             registry: registry_id.as_ref().map(|sid| sid.url().as_str()),
+            path: self.source_id().local_path(),
         }
         .serialize(s)
     }
diff --git a/src/cargo/core/source/source_id.rs b/src/cargo/core/source/source_id.rs
index 5e6322d9e9c..a1183f39670 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/source/source_id.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/source/source_id.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use std::cmp::{self, Ordering};
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::fmt::{self, Formatter};
 use std::hash::{self, Hash};
-use std::path::Path;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::ptr;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
 use url::Url;
@@ -237,6 +237,15 @@ impl SourceId {
         self.inner.kind == SourceKind::Path
     }
 
+    /// Returns the local path if this is a path dependency.
+    pub fn local_path(self) -> Option<PathBuf> {
+        if self.inner.kind != SourceKind::Path {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        Some(self.inner.url.to_file_path().unwrap())
+    }
+
     /// Returns `true` if this source is from a registry (either local or not).
     pub fn is_registry(self) -> bool {
         matches!(
diff --git a/src/doc/man/cargo-metadata.md b/src/doc/man/cargo-metadata.md
index 811aa094a59..33951fddd69 100644
--- a/src/doc/man/cargo-metadata.md
+++ b/src/doc/man/cargo-metadata.md
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ The output has the following format:
                        null if not a target dependency.
                     */
                     "target": "cfg(windows)",
+                    /* The file system path for a local path dependency.
+                       not present if not a path dependency.
+                    */
+                    "path": "/path/to/dep",
                     /* A string of the URL of the registry this dependency is from.
                        If not specified or null, the dependency is from the default
                        registry (crates.io).
diff --git a/src/doc/man/generated_txt/cargo-metadata.txt b/src/doc/man/generated_txt/cargo-metadata.txt
index 8a600cfca65..8dcd2227e81 100644
--- a/src/doc/man/generated_txt/cargo-metadata.txt
+++ b/src/doc/man/generated_txt/cargo-metadata.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ OUTPUT FORMAT
                                   null if not a target dependency.
                                */
                                "target": "cfg(windows)",
+                               /* The file system path for a local path dependency.
+                                  not present if not a path dependency.
+                               */
+                               "path": "/path/to/dep",
                                /* A string of the URL of the registry this dependency is from.
                                   If not specified or null, the dependency is from the default
                                   registry (crates.io).
diff --git a/src/doc/src/commands/cargo-metadata.md b/src/doc/src/commands/cargo-metadata.md
index a95a27b9f34..b59e2638715 100644
--- a/src/doc/src/commands/cargo-metadata.md
+++ b/src/doc/src/commands/cargo-metadata.md
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ The output has the following format:
                        null if not a target dependency.
                     */
                     "target": "cfg(windows)",
+                    /* The file system path for a local path dependency.
+                       not present if not a path dependency.
+                    */
+                    "path": "/path/to/dep",
                     /* A string of the URL of the registry this dependency is from.
                        If not specified or null, the dependency is from the default
                        registry (crates.io).
diff --git a/src/etc/man/cargo-metadata.1 b/src/etc/man/cargo-metadata.1
index 08655d3b5bf..2c20cc7880b 100644
--- a/src/etc/man/cargo-metadata.1
+++ b/src/etc/man/cargo-metadata.1
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ The output has the following format:
                        null if not a target dependency.
                     */
                     "target": "cfg(windows)",
+                    /* The file system path for a local path dependency.
+                       not present if not a path dependency.
+                    */
+                    "path": "/path/to/dep",
                     /* A string of the URL of the registry this dependency is from.
                        If not specified or null, the dependency is from the default
                        registry (crates.io).
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/metadata.rs b/tests/testsuite/metadata.rs
index 9d633f309a4..7896c2549c5 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/metadata.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/metadata.rs
@@ -1986,6 +1986,7 @@ fn deps_with_bin_only() {
                       "rename": null,
                       "optional": false,
                       "uses_default_features": true,
+                      "path": "[..]/foo/bdep",
                       "features": [],
                       "target": null,
                       "registry": null