diff --git a/Documentation/git-repo.adoc b/Documentation/git-repo.adoc
index 42262c198347e5..d17d911ec66378 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-repo.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-repo.adoc
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ In order to obtain a set of values from `git repo info`, you should provide
 the keys that identify them. Here's a list of the available keys and the
 values that they return:
 
+`paths.git_dir`::
+	The path to the Git directory for the repository (equivalent to
+	`git rev-parse --git-dir`).
+
+
 `layout.bare`::
 	`true` if this is a bare repository, otherwise `false`.
 
diff --git a/builtin/repo.c b/builtin/repo.c
index 55f9b9095c1f92..3067107cad3f43 100644
--- a/builtin/repo.c
+++ b/builtin/repo.c
@@ -66,11 +66,18 @@ static int get_references_format(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int get_paths_git_dir(struct repository *repo, struct strbuf *buf)
+{
+	strbuf_addstr(buf, repo_get_git_dir(repo));
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* repo_info_field keys must be in lexicographical order */
 static const struct repo_info_field repo_info_field[] = {
 	{ "layout.bare", get_layout_bare },
 	{ "layout.shallow", get_layout_shallow },
 	{ "object.format", get_object_format },
+	{ "paths.git_dir", get_paths_git_dir },
 	{ "references.format", get_references_format },
 };
 
diff --git a/t/t1900-repo-info.sh b/t/t1900-repo-info.sh
index a9eb07abe8aaea..63be0849c4290f 100755
--- a/t/t1900-repo-info.sh
+++ b/t/t1900-repo-info.sh
@@ -149,4 +149,14 @@ test_expect_success 'git repo info --keys uses lines as its default output forma
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'paths.git_dir matches rev-parse --git-dir' '
+	git init repo &&
+	(
+		cd repo &&
+		git repo info paths.git_dir >actual &&
+		echo "paths.git_dir=$(git rev-parse --git-dir)" >expect &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
 test_done