diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/Subflow.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/Subflow.js
index 993beace4..2e2beed74 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/Subflow.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/runtime/lib/flows/Subflow.js
@@ -378,6 +378,9 @@ class Subflow extends Flow {
             if (name === "NR_NODE_ID") {
                 return node.id;
             }
+            if (name === "NR_NODE_PATH") {
+                return node._path;
+            }
         }
         if (node.g) {
             const group = this.getGroupNode(node.g);
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/util/lib/util.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/util/lib/util.js
index e5ea0f3e5..15f6b44d9 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/util/lib/util.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/util/lib/util.js
@@ -529,6 +529,9 @@ function getSetting(node, name, flow_) {
         if (name === "NR_NODE_ID") {
             return node.id;
         }
+        if (name === "NR_NODE_PATH") {
+            return node._path;
+        }
     }
     var flow = (flow_ ? flow_ : (node ? node._flow : null));
     if (flow) {
diff --git a/test/nodes/core/common/20-inject_spec.js b/test/nodes/core/common/20-inject_spec.js
index 26c9e3118..8b0143ce9 100644
--- a/test/nodes/core/common/20-inject_spec.js
+++ b/test/nodes/core/common/20-inject_spec.js
@@ -142,6 +142,25 @@ describe('inject node', function() {
         });
     });
 
+    it('inject path of node as environment variable ', function (done) {
+        var flow = [{id: "n1", type: "inject", name: "NAME", topnic: "t1", payload: "NR_NODE_PATH", payloadType: "env", wires: [["n2"]], z: "flow"},
+                    {id: "n2", type: "helper"}];
+        helper.load(injectNode, flow, function () {
+            var n1 = helper.getNode("n1");
+            var n2 = helper.getNode("n2");
+            n2.on("input", function (msg) {
+                try {
+                    msg.should.have.property("payload", "flow/n1");
+                    done();
+                } catch (err) {
+                    done(err);
+                }
+            });
+            n1.receive({});
+        });
+    });
+
+
     it('inject name of flow as environment variable ', function (done) {
         var flow = [{id: "n1", type: "inject", name: "NAME", topnic: "t1", payload: "NR_FLOW_NAME", payloadType: "env", wires: [["n2"]], z: "flow"},
                     {id: "n2", type: "helper"},
diff --git a/test/nodes/subflow/subflow_spec.js b/test/nodes/subflow/subflow_spec.js
index d5b8d78ae..38c552606 100644
--- a/test/nodes/subflow/subflow_spec.js
+++ b/test/nodes/subflow/subflow_spec.js
@@ -567,4 +567,43 @@ describe('subflow', function() {
         });
     });
 
+    it('should access NR_NODE_PATH env var within subflow instance', function(done) {
+        var flow = [
+            {id:"t0", type:"tab", label:"", disabled:false, info:""},
+            {id:"n1", x:10, y:10, z:"t0", type:"subflow:s1",
+             env: [], wires:[["n2"]]},
+            {id:"n2", x:10, y:10, z:"t0", type:"helper", wires:[]},
+            // Subflow
+            {id:"s1", type:"subflow", name:"Subflow", info:"",
+             in:[{
+                 x:10, y:10,
+                 wires:[ {id:"s1-n1"} ]
+             }],
+             out:[{
+                 x:10, y:10,
+                 wires:[ {id:"s1-n1", port:0} ]
+             }]
+            },
+            {id:"s1-n1", x:10, y:10, z:"s1", type:"function",
+             func:"msg.payload = env.get('NR_NODE_PATH'); return msg;",
+             wires:[]}
+        ];
+        helper.load(functionNode, flow, function() {
+            var n1 = helper.getNode("n1");
+            var n2 = helper.getNode("n2");
+            n2.on("input", function(msg) {
+                try {
+                    msg.should.have.property("payload", "t0/n1/s1-n1");
+                    done();
+                }
+                catch (e) {
+                    console.log(e);
+                    done(e);
+                }
+            });
+            n1.receive({payload:"foo"});
+        });
+    });
+
+
 });