diff --git a/src/libfetchers/filtering-source-accessor.cc b/src/libfetchers/filtering-source-accessor.cc
index dfd9e536d..d4557b6d4 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers/filtering-source-accessor.cc
+++ b/src/libfetchers/filtering-source-accessor.cc
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 namespace nix {
 
+std::optional<std::filesystem::path> FilteringSourceAccessor::getPhysicalPath(const CanonPath & path)
+{
+    checkAccess(path);
+    return next->getPhysicalPath(prefix / path);
+}
+
 std::string FilteringSourceAccessor::readFile(const CanonPath & path)
 {
     checkAccess(path);
diff --git a/src/libfetchers/filtering-source-accessor.hh b/src/libfetchers/filtering-source-accessor.hh
index 9ec7bc21f..1f8d84e53 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers/filtering-source-accessor.hh
+++ b/src/libfetchers/filtering-source-accessor.hh
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ struct FilteringSourceAccessor : SourceAccessor
         displayPrefix.clear();
     }
 
+    std::optional<std::filesystem::path> getPhysicalPath(const CanonPath & path) override;
+
     std::string readFile(const CanonPath & path) override;
 
     bool pathExists(const CanonPath & path) override;
diff --git a/tests/functional/flakes/edit.sh b/tests/functional/flakes/edit.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0fdf8b95a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/flakes/edit.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+source ./common.sh
+
+requireGit
+
+flake1Dir=$TEST_ROOT/flake1
+
+createGitRepo "$flake1Dir"
+createSimpleGitFlake "$flake1Dir"
+
+export EDITOR=cat
+nix edit "$flake1Dir#" | grepQuiet simple.builder.sh
diff --git a/tests/functional/local.mk b/tests/functional/local.mk
index a94c5712c..5be2cddb2 100644
--- a/tests/functional/local.mk
+++ b/tests/functional/local.mk
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ nix_tests = \
   test-infra.sh \
   flakes/flakes.sh \
   flakes/develop.sh \
+  flakes/edit.sh \
   flakes/run.sh \
   flakes/mercurial.sh \
   flakes/circular.sh \
diff --git a/tests/functional/simple.nix b/tests/functional/simple.nix
index 4223c0f23..2035ca294 100644
--- a/tests/functional/simple.nix
+++ b/tests/functional/simple.nix
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ mkDerivation {
   builder = ./simple.builder.sh;
   PATH = "";
   goodPath = path;
+  meta.position = "${__curPos.file}:${toString __curPos.line}";
 }