diff --git a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md
index 78ae99f4b..dbe2692f9 100644
--- a/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md
+++ b/doc/manual/src/release-notes/rl-next.md
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # Release X.Y (202?-??-??)
 
+- Fixed a bug where `nix-env --query` ignored `--drv-path` when `--json` was set.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc b/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
index ab1d8f713..86126c7ad 100644
--- a/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
+++ b/src/nix-env/nix-env.cc
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ static VersionDiff compareVersionAgainstSet(
 }
 
 
-static void queryJSON(Globals & globals, std::vector<DrvInfo> & elems, bool printOutPath, bool printMeta)
+static void queryJSON(Globals & globals, std::vector<DrvInfo> & elems, bool printOutPath, bool printDrvPath, bool printMeta)
 {
     using nlohmann::json;
     json topObj = json::object();
@@ -953,6 +953,11 @@ static void queryJSON(Globals & globals, std::vector<DrvInfo> & elems, bool prin
                 }
             }
 
+            if (printDrvPath) {
+                auto drvPath = i.queryDrvPath();
+                if (drvPath) pkgObj["drvPath"] = globals.state->store->printStorePath(*drvPath);
+            }
+
             if (printMeta) {
                 json &metaObj = pkgObj["meta"];
                 metaObj = json::object();
@@ -1079,7 +1084,7 @@ static void opQuery(Globals & globals, Strings opFlags, Strings opArgs)
 
     /* Print the desired columns, or XML output. */
     if (jsonOutput) {
-        queryJSON(globals, elems, printOutPath, printMeta);
+        queryJSON(globals, elems, printOutPath, printDrvPath, printMeta);
         cout << '\n';
         return;
     }
diff --git a/tests/functional/user-envs.sh b/tests/functional/user-envs.sh
index d1260ba04..dcd6b1b97 100644
--- a/tests/functional/user-envs.sh
+++ b/tests/functional/user-envs.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ nix-env -f ./user-envs.nix -qa --json --out-path | jq -e '.[] | select(.name ==
     .outputName == "out",
     (.outputs.out | test("'$NIX_STORE_DIR'.*-0\\.1"))
 ] | all'
+nix-env -f ./user-envs.nix -qa --json --drv-path | jq -e '.[] | select(.name == "bar-0.1") | (.drvPath | test("'$NIX_STORE_DIR'.*-0\\.1\\.drv"))'
 
 # Query descriptions.
 nix-env -f ./user-envs.nix -qa '*' --description | grepQuiet silly