diff --git a/include/git2/repository.h b/include/git2/repository.h
index 200f350b7..c47fcfc9a 100644
--- a/include/git2/repository.h
+++ b/include/git2/repository.h
@@ -194,6 +194,24 @@ GIT_EXTERN(int) git_repository_init(git_repository **repo_out, const char *path,
  */
 GIT_EXTERN(int) git_repository_is_empty(git_repository *repo);
 
+/**
+ * Get the normalized path to the git repository.
+ *
+ * @param repo a repository object
+ * @return absolute path to the git directory
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_repository_path(git_repository *repo);
+
+/**
+ * Get the normalized path to the working directory of the repository.
+ *
+ * If the repository is bare, there is no working directory and NULL we be returned.
+ *
+ * @param repo a repository object
+ * @return NULL if the repository is bare; absolute path to the working directory otherwise.
+ */
+GIT_EXTERN(const char *) git_repository_workdir(git_repository *repo);
+
 /** @} */
 GIT_END_DECL
 #endif
diff --git a/src/repository.c b/src/repository.c
index 471c02444..c428b00af 100644
--- a/src/repository.c
+++ b/src/repository.c
@@ -488,3 +488,14 @@ int git_repository_is_empty(git_repository *repo)
 	return git_reference_resolve(&branch, head) == GIT_SUCCESS ? 0 : 1;
 }
 
+const char *git_repository_path(git_repository *repo)
+{
+	assert(repo);
+	return repo->path_repository;
+}
+
+const char *git_repository_workdir(git_repository *repo)
+{
+	assert(repo);
+	return repo->path_workdir;
+}
diff --git a/tests/t12-repo.c b/tests/t12-repo.c
index 876f0c5ea..70dba4255 100644
--- a/tests/t12-repo.c
+++ b/tests/t12-repo.c
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ BEGIN_TEST(open0, "Open a bare repository that has just been initialized by git"
 	must_pass(remove_placeholders(TEMP_REPO_FOLDER, "dummy-marker.txt"));
 
 	must_pass(git_repository_open(&repo, TEMP_REPO_FOLDER));
+	must_be_true(git_repository_path(repo) != NULL);
+	must_be_true(git_repository_workdir(repo) == NULL);
 
 	git_repository_free(repo);
 	must_pass(rmdir_recurs(TEMP_REPO_FOLDER));
@@ -211,6 +213,8 @@ BEGIN_TEST(open1, "Open a standard repository that has just been initialized by
 	must_pass(remove_placeholders(DEST_REPOSITORY_FOLDER, "dummy-marker.txt"));
 
 	must_pass(git_repository_open(&repo, DEST_REPOSITORY_FOLDER));
+	must_be_true(git_repository_path(repo) != NULL);
+	must_be_true(git_repository_workdir(repo) != NULL);
 
 	git_repository_free(repo);
 	must_pass(rmdir_recurs(TEMP_REPO_FOLDER));