diff --git a/src/compiler/binder.ts b/src/compiler/binder.ts
index 267f4b32b5f..73e8bef6428 100644
--- a/src/compiler/binder.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/binder.ts
@@ -2408,6 +2408,7 @@ namespace ts {
                 return;
             }
             setParent(node, parent);
+            if (tracing) (node as TracingNode).tracingPath = file.path;
             const saveInStrictMode = inStrictMode;
 
             // Even though in the AST the jsdoc @typedef node belongs to the current node,
diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index d379885a4cb..9347310350d 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -34028,7 +34028,7 @@ namespace ts {
         }
 
         function checkExpression(node: Expression | QualifiedName, checkMode?: CheckMode, forceTuple?: boolean): Type {
-            tracing?.push(tracing.Phase.Check, "checkExpression", { kind: node.kind, pos: node.pos, end: node.end });
+            tracing?.push(tracing.Phase.Check, "checkExpression", { kind: node.kind, pos: node.pos, end: node.end, path: (node as TracingNode).tracingPath });
             const saveCurrentNode = currentNode;
             currentNode = node;
             instantiationCount = 0;
@@ -37104,7 +37104,7 @@ namespace ts {
         }
 
         function checkVariableDeclaration(node: VariableDeclaration) {
-            tracing?.push(tracing.Phase.Check, "checkVariableDeclaration", { kind: node.kind, pos: node.pos, end: node.end });
+            tracing?.push(tracing.Phase.Check, "checkVariableDeclaration", { kind: node.kind, pos: node.pos, end: node.end, path: (node as TracingNode).tracingPath });
             checkGrammarVariableDeclaration(node);
             checkVariableLikeDeclaration(node);
             tracing?.pop();
@@ -40541,7 +40541,7 @@ namespace ts {
         }
 
         function checkDeferredNode(node: Node) {
-            tracing?.push(tracing.Phase.Check, "checkDeferredNode", { kind: node.kind, pos: node.pos, end: node.end });
+            tracing?.push(tracing.Phase.Check, "checkDeferredNode", { kind: node.kind, pos: node.pos, end: node.end, path: (node as TracingNode).tracingPath });
             const saveCurrentNode = currentNode;
             currentNode = node;
             instantiationCount = 0;
diff --git a/src/compiler/tracing.ts b/src/compiler/tracing.ts
index 31c1c8910cf..4757ac72e1b 100644
--- a/src/compiler/tracing.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/tracing.ts
@@ -341,4 +341,8 @@ namespace ts { // eslint-disable-line one-namespace-per-file
     // define after tracingEnabled is initialized
     export const startTracing = tracingEnabled.startTracing;
     export const dumpTracingLegend = tracingEnabled.dumpLegend;
+
+    export interface TracingNode {
+        tracingPath?: Path;
+    }
 }