diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/namespace_select.js b/app/assets/javascripts/namespace_select.js
index 514556ade0b..2ae5617206e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/namespace_select.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/namespace_select.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
           if (selected.id == null) {
             return selected.text;
           } else {
-            return selected.kind + ": " + selected.path;
+            return selected.kind + ": " + selected.full_path;
           }
         },
         data: function(term, dataCallback) {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
           if (namespace.id == null) {
             return namespace.text;
           } else {
-            return namespace.kind + ": " + namespace.path;
+            return namespace.kind + ": " + namespace.full_path;
           }
         },
         renderRow: this.renderRow,
diff --git a/app/views/admin/projects/index.html.haml b/app/views/admin/projects/index.html.haml
index cf8d438670b..cdef63daca9 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/projects/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/projects/index.html.haml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
             - toggle_text = 'Namespace'
             - if params[:namespace_id].present?
               - namespace = Namespace.find(params[:namespace_id])
-              - toggle_text = "#{namespace.kind}: #{namespace.path}"
+              - toggle_text = "#{namespace.kind}: #{namespace.full_path}"
             = dropdown_toggle(toggle_text, { toggle: 'dropdown' }, { toggle_class: 'js-namespace-select large' })
             .dropdown-menu.dropdown-select.dropdown-menu-align-right
               = dropdown_title('Namespaces')
diff --git a/doc/api/namespaces.md b/doc/api/namespaces.md
index 88cd407d792..1d97b5de688 100644
--- a/doc/api/namespaces.md
+++ b/doc/api/namespaces.md
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ Example response:
     "id": 2,
     "path": "group1",
     "kind": "group"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": 3,
+    "path": "bar",
+    "kind": "group",
+    "full_path": "foo/bar",
   }
 ]
 ```
@@ -64,7 +70,8 @@ Example response:
   {
     "id": 4,
     "path": "twitter",
-    "kind": "group"
+    "kind": "group",
+    "full_path": "twitter",
   }
 ]
 ```
diff --git a/lib/api/entities.rb b/lib/api/entities.rb
index 2a071e649fa..2fd88380d6b 100644
--- a/lib/api/entities.rb
+++ b/lib/api/entities.rb
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ module API
     end
 
     class Namespace < Grape::Entity
-      expose :id, :name, :path, :kind
+      expose :id, :name, :path, :kind, :full_path
     end
 
     class MemberAccess < Grape::Entity
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/namespaces_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/namespaces_spec.rb
index c1edf384d5c..a945d56f529 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/namespaces_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/namespaces_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ describe API::Namespaces, api: true  do
   let(:admin) { create(:admin) }
   let(:user) { create(:user) }
   let!(:group1) { create(:group) }
-  let!(:group2) { create(:group) }
+  let!(:group2) { create(:group, :nested) }
 
   describe "GET /namespaces" do
     context "when unauthenticated" do
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ describe API::Namespaces, api: true  do
       end
 
       it "admin: returns an array of matched namespaces" do
-        get api("/namespaces?search=#{group1.name}", admin)
+        get api("/namespaces?search=#{group2.name}", admin)
         expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
         expect(json_response).to be_an Array
 
         expect(json_response.length).to eq(1)
+        expect(json_response.last['path']).to eq(group2.path)
+        expect(json_response.last['full_path']).to eq(group2.full_path)
       end
     end