diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md
index 7e8344e63..a38305fde 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 * A new function `builtins.readFileType` is available. It is similar to
   `builtins.readDir` but acts on a single file or directory.
 
+* In flakes, the `.outPath` attribute of a flake now always refers to the
+  directory containing the `flake.nix`. This was not the case for when
+  `flake.nix` was in a subdirectory of e.g. a git repository.
+  The root of the source of a flake in a subdirectory is still available in
+  `.sourceInfo.outPath`.
+
 * The `builtins.readDir` function has been optimized when encountering not-yet-known
   file types from POSIX's `readdir`. In such cases the type of each file is/was
   discovered by making multiple syscalls. This change makes these operations
diff --git a/src/libexpr/flake/call-flake.nix b/src/libexpr/flake/call-flake.nix
index 8061db3df..4beb0b0fe 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/flake/call-flake.nix
+++ b/src/libexpr/flake/call-flake.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ let
 
           subdir = if key == lockFile.root then rootSubdir else node.locked.dir or "";
 
-          flake = import (sourceInfo + (if subdir != "" then "/" else "") + subdir + "/flake.nix");
+          outPath = sourceInfo + ((if subdir == "" then "" else "/") + subdir);
+
+          flake = import (outPath + "/flake.nix");
 
           inputs = builtins.mapAttrs
             (inputName: inputSpec: allNodes.${resolveInput inputSpec})
@@ -43,7 +45,21 @@ let
 
           outputs = flake.outputs (inputs // { self = result; });
 
-          result = outputs // sourceInfo // { inherit inputs; inherit outputs; inherit sourceInfo; _type = "flake"; };
+          result =
+            outputs
+            # We add the sourceInfo attribute for its metadata, as they are
+            # relevant metadata for the flake. However, the outPath of the
+            # sourceInfo does not necessarily match the outPath of the flake,
+            # as the flake may be in a subdirectory of a source.
+            # This is shadowed in the next //
+            // sourceInfo
+            // {
+              # This shadows the sourceInfo.outPath
+              inherit outPath;
+
+              inherit inputs; inherit outputs; inherit sourceInfo; _type = "flake";
+            };
+
         in
           if node.flake or true then
             assert builtins.isFunction flake.outputs;
diff --git a/tests/flakes/inputs.sh b/tests/flakes/inputs.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80620488a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/flakes/inputs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+source ./common.sh
+
+requireGit
+
+
+test_subdir_self_path() {
+    baseDir=$TEST_ROOT/$RANDOM
+    flakeDir=$baseDir/b-low
+    mkdir -p $flakeDir
+    writeSimpleFlake $baseDir
+    writeSimpleFlake $flakeDir
+
+    echo all good > $flakeDir/message
+    cat > $flakeDir/flake.nix <<EOF
+{
+  outputs = inputs: rec {
+    packages.$system = rec {
+      default =
+        assert builtins.readFile ./message == "all good\n";
+        assert builtins.readFile (inputs.self + "/message") == "all good\n";
+        import ./simple.nix;
+    };
+  };
+}
+EOF
+    (
+        nix build $baseDir?dir=b-low --no-link
+    )
+}
+test_subdir_self_path
+
+
+test_git_subdir_self_path() {
+    repoDir=$TEST_ROOT/repo-$RANDOM
+    createGitRepo $repoDir
+    flakeDir=$repoDir/b-low
+    mkdir -p $flakeDir
+    writeSimpleFlake $repoDir
+    writeSimpleFlake $flakeDir
+
+    echo all good > $flakeDir/message
+    cat > $flakeDir/flake.nix <<EOF
+{
+  outputs = inputs: rec {
+    packages.$system = rec {
+      default =
+        assert builtins.readFile ./message == "all good\n";
+        assert builtins.readFile (inputs.self + "/message") == "all good\n";
+        assert inputs.self.outPath == inputs.self.sourceInfo.outPath + "/b-low";
+        import ./simple.nix;
+    };
+  };
+}
+EOF
+    (
+        cd $flakeDir
+        git add .
+        git commit -m init
+        # nix build
+    )
+
+    clientDir=$TEST_ROOT/client-$RANDOM
+    mkdir -p $clientDir
+    cat > $clientDir/flake.nix <<EOF
+{
+  inputs.inp = {
+    type = "git";
+    url = "file://$repoDir";
+    dir = "b-low";
+  };
+
+  outputs = inputs: rec {
+    packages = inputs.inp.packages;
+  };
+}
+EOF
+    nix build $clientDir --no-link
+
+}
+test_git_subdir_self_path
diff --git a/tests/local.mk b/tests/local.mk
index a4537cf09..4a620f18b 100644
--- a/tests/local.mk
+++ b/tests/local.mk
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ nix_tests = \
   flakes/mercurial.sh \
   flakes/circular.sh \
   flakes/init.sh \
+  flakes/inputs.sh \
   flakes/follow-paths.sh \
   flakes/bundle.sh \
   flakes/check.sh \