diff --git a/synapse/models/files.py b/synapse/models/files.py
index 7961cd3158..f9168b5561 100644
--- a/synapse/models/files.py
+++ b/synapse/models/files.py
@@ -428,10 +428,12 @@ def getModelDefs(self):
                         'doc': 'The child file contained in the parent file.',
                     }),
                     ('name', ('file:base', {}), {
-                        'doc': 'The name of the child file. Because a given set of bytes '
-                               'can have any number of arbitrary names, this field is '
-                               'used for display purposes only.'
-                    })
+                        'deprecated': True,
+                        'doc': 'Deprecated, please use the :path property.',
+                    }),
+                    ('path', ('file:path', {}), {
+                        'doc': 'The path that the parent uses to refer to the child file.',
+                    }),
                 )),
 
                 ('file:path', {}, (
diff --git a/synapse/tests/test_model_files.py b/synapse/tests/test_model_files.py
index 39c04f99e4..6a3ddffdb0 100644
--- a/synapse/tests/test_model_files.py
+++ b/synapse/tests/test_model_files.py
@@ -182,11 +182,12 @@ async def test_model_file_types(self):
                 fake = await snap.addNode('file:bytes', '*')
                 self.true(fake.ndef[1].startswith('guid:'))
 
-                node = await snap.addNode('file:subfile', (node1.ndef[1], node2.ndef[1]), {'name': 'embed.BIN'})
+                node = await snap.addNode('file:subfile', (node1.ndef[1], node2.ndef[1]), {'name': 'embed.BIN', 'path': 'foo/embed.bin'})
                 self.eq(node.ndef[1], (node1.ndef[1], node2.ndef[1]))
                 self.eq(node.get('parent'), node1.ndef[1])
                 self.eq(node.get('child'), node2.ndef[1])
                 self.eq(node.get('name'), 'embed.bin')
+                self.eq(node.get('path'), 'foo/embed.bin')
 
                 fp = 'C:\\www\\woah\\really\\sup.exe'
                 node = await snap.addNode('file:filepath', (node0.ndef[1], fp))