diff --git a/ext/nokogiri/xml_syntax_error.c b/ext/nokogiri/xml_syntax_error.c
index 0ccf43985dd..d0a3bf8d17e 100644
--- a/ext/nokogiri/xml_syntax_error.c
+++ b/ext/nokogiri/xml_syntax_error.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ noko__error_raise(void *ctx, xmlErrorConstPtr error)
 VALUE
 noko_xml_syntax_error__wrap(xmlErrorConstPtr error)
 {
+  xmlChar *c_path ;
   VALUE msg, e, klass;
 
   klass = cNokogiriXmlSyntaxError;
@@ -61,16 +62,21 @@ noko_xml_syntax_error__wrap(xmlErrorConstPtr error)
       );
 
   if (error) {
+    c_path = xmlGetNodePath(error->node);
+
     rb_iv_set(e, "@domain", INT2NUM(error->domain));
     rb_iv_set(e, "@code", INT2NUM(error->code));
     rb_iv_set(e, "@level", INT2NUM((short)error->level));
     rb_iv_set(e, "@file", RBSTR_OR_QNIL(error->file));
     rb_iv_set(e, "@line", INT2NUM(error->line));
+    rb_iv_set(e, "@path", RBSTR_OR_QNIL(c_path));
     rb_iv_set(e, "@str1", RBSTR_OR_QNIL(error->str1));
     rb_iv_set(e, "@str2", RBSTR_OR_QNIL(error->str2));
     rb_iv_set(e, "@str3", RBSTR_OR_QNIL(error->str3));
     rb_iv_set(e, "@int1", INT2NUM(error->int1));
     rb_iv_set(e, "@column", INT2NUM(error->int2));
+
+    xmlFree(c_path);
   }
 
   return e;
diff --git a/lib/nokogiri/xml/syntax_error.rb b/lib/nokogiri/xml/syntax_error.rb
index 9db500e9dc6..7ed64b99d70 100644
--- a/lib/nokogiri/xml/syntax_error.rb
+++ b/lib/nokogiri/xml/syntax_error.rb
@@ -19,14 +19,23 @@ def aggregate(errors)
         end
       end
 
+      # What part of libxml2 raised this error (enum xmlErrorDomain)
       attr_reader :domain
+      # libxml2 error code (enum xmlParserErrors)
       attr_reader :code
+      # libxml2 error level (enum xmlErrorLevel)
       attr_reader :level
       attr_reader :file
       attr_reader :line
+      # libxml2 path of the node in the tree that caused the error
+      attr_reader :path
+      # libxml2 extra string information
       attr_reader :str1
+      # libxml2 extra string information
       attr_reader :str2
+      # libxml2 extra string information
       attr_reader :str3
+      # libxml2 extra extra number information
       attr_reader :int1
       attr_reader :column
 
diff --git a/test/xml/test_schema.rb b/test/xml/test_schema.rb
index 4bc401390b0..d4120b34d6e 100644
--- a/test/xml/test_schema.rb
+++ b/test/xml/test_schema.rb
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ class TestNokogiriXMLSchema < Nokogiri::TestCase
 
         assert(errors = xsd.validate(doc))
         assert_equal(2, errors.length)
+        assert_equal(
+          ["/purchaseOrder/billTo/state", "/purchaseOrder/shipTo/state"],
+          errors.map(&:path).sort,
+        )
       end
 
       it "validate_invalid_file" do
diff --git a/test/xml/test_syntax_error.rb b/test/xml/test_syntax_error.rb
index 40709d71901..6fde1ea3b53 100644
--- a/test/xml/test_syntax_error.rb
+++ b/test/xml/test_syntax_error.rb
@@ -58,5 +58,6 @@
       assert_nil error.column
       assert_nil error.level
     end
+    assert_nil error.path
   end
 end