diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/files/stat.py b/lib/ansible/modules/files/stat.py
index 8c717a395c..2a9189e532 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/files/stat.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/files/stat.py
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ def main():
     # back to ansible
     d = {
         'exists'   : True,
+        'path'     : path,
         'mode'    : "%04o" % S_IMODE(mode),
         'isdir'    : S_ISDIR(mode),
         'ischr'    : S_ISCHR(mode),