diff --git a/nixd/include/nixd/AST/AttrLocator.h b/nixd/include/nixd/AST/AttrLocator.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c9d61366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixd/include/nixd/AST/AttrLocator.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "nixd/AST/ParseAST.h"
+
+#include "lspserver/Protocol.h"
+
+#include <map>
+
+namespace nixd {
+
+class AttrLocator {
+  std::map<lspserver::Range, const nix::Expr *> Attrs;
+
+public:
+  AttrLocator(const ParseAST &AST);
+
+  /// Locate a nix attribute, \return the pointer to the expression
+  /// { a = "1"; }
+  ///   ^   ^~~
+  ///  Pos  pointer
+  [[nodiscard]] const nix::Expr *locate(lspserver::Position Pos) const;
+};
+
+} // namespace nixd
diff --git a/nixd/include/nixd/AST/ParseAST.h b/nixd/include/nixd/AST/ParseAST.h
index 65bf6f412..01edc8fe9 100644
--- a/nixd/include/nixd/AST/ParseAST.h
+++ b/nixd/include/nixd/AST/ParseAST.h
@@ -50,9 +50,18 @@ class ParseAST {
 
   void prepareDefRef();
 
+  /// Maps nix expression pointers back, to the name of attribute
+  ///
+  /// { foo  = "bar"; }
+  ///   ^~~ <- ^~~~
+  std::map<const nix::Expr *, nix::Symbol> AttrNamesMap;
+
+  void constructAttrNamesMap();
+
   void staticAnalysis() {
     ParentMap = getParentMap(root());
     prepareDefRef();
+    constructAttrNamesMap();
   }
 
   void bindVarsStatic(const nix::StaticEnv &Env) {
@@ -117,6 +126,10 @@ class ParseAST {
     }
   }
 
+  /// Get the attrpath of the expreesion \p Expr
+  [[nodiscard]] std::vector<std::string>
+  getAttrPath(const nix::Expr *Expr) const;
+
   std::optional<Definition> searchDef(const nix::ExprVar *Var) const;
 
   [[nodiscard]] std::vector<const nix::ExprVar *> ref(Definition D) const {
diff --git a/nixd/include/nixd/Nix/Value.h b/nixd/include/nixd/Nix/Value.h
index cdbac2a60..c02e38407 100644
--- a/nixd/include/nixd/Nix/Value.h
+++ b/nixd/include/nixd/Nix/Value.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ bool isDerivation(nix::EvalState &State, nix::Value &V);
 std::optional<std::string> attrPathStr(nix::EvalState &State, nix::Value &V,
                                        const std::string &AttrPath) noexcept;
 
-/// Select the path given in \p AttrPath, and return the value
+/// Select the path given in \p AttrPath, and \return the value
 nix::Value selectAttrPath(nix::EvalState &State, nix::Value Set,
                           const std::vector<std::string> &AttrPath);
 
diff --git a/nixd/lib/AST/AttrLocator.cpp b/nixd/lib/AST/AttrLocator.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..249386162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixd/lib/AST/AttrLocator.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#include "nixd/AST/AttrLocator.h"
+#include "nixd/AST/ParseAST.h"
+#include "nixd/Expr/Expr.h"
+
+namespace nixd {
+
+AttrLocator::AttrLocator(const ParseAST &AST) {
+  // Traverse the AST, record all attr locations
+  // We can assume that Nix attrs are not interleaving
+  // i.e. they are concrete tokens.
+  struct VTy : RecursiveASTVisitor<VTy> {
+    AttrLocator &This;
+    const ParseAST &AST;
+    bool visitExprAttrs(const nix::ExprAttrs *EA) {
+      for (const auto &[Symbol, Attr] : EA->attrs) {
+        lspserver::Range Range = AST.nPair(Attr.pos);
+        // Note: "a.b.c" will be assigned more than once
+        // Our visitor model ensures the order that descendant nodes will be
+        // visited at last, for nesting attrs.
+        This.Attrs[Range] = Attr.e;
+      }
+      return true;
+    }
+  } V{.This = *this, .AST = AST};
+  V.traverseExpr(AST.root());
+}
+
+const nix::Expr *AttrLocator::locate(lspserver::Position Pos) const {
+  auto It = Attrs.upper_bound({Pos, {INT_MAX, INT_MAX}});
+  if (It == Attrs.begin())
+    return nullptr;
+  --It;
+  const auto &[Range, Expr] = *It;
+
+  // Check that the range actually contains the desired position.
+  // Otherwise, we should return nullptr, denoting the position is not covered
+  // by any knwon attrs.
+  return Range.contains(Pos) ? Expr : nullptr;
+}
+
+} // namespace nixd
diff --git a/nixd/lib/AST/ParseAST.cpp b/nixd/lib/AST/ParseAST.cpp
index 44c702cdd..5e2501519 100644
--- a/nixd/lib/AST/ParseAST.cpp
+++ b/nixd/lib/AST/ParseAST.cpp
@@ -143,6 +143,31 @@ void ParseAST::prepareDefRef() {
   V.traverseExpr(root());
 }
 
+void ParseAST::constructAttrNamesMap() {
+  struct VTy : RecursiveASTVisitor<VTy> {
+    ParseAST &This;
+    bool visitExprAttrs(const nix::ExprAttrs *EA) {
+      for (const auto &[Symbol, AttrDef] : EA->attrs) {
+        This.AttrNamesMap[AttrDef.e] = Symbol;
+      }
+      return true;
+    }
+  } V{.This = *this};
+  V.traverseExpr(root());
+}
+
+std::vector<std::string> ParseAST::getAttrPath(const nix::Expr *Expr) const {
+  std::vector<std::string> Result;
+  for (; parent(Expr) != Expr; Expr = parent(Expr)) {
+    if (dynamic_cast<const nix::ExprAttrs *>(parent(Expr))) {
+      auto Symbol = AttrNamesMap.at(Expr);
+      Result.emplace_back(symbols()[Symbol]);
+    }
+  }
+  std::reverse(Result.begin(), Result.end());
+  return Result;
+}
+
 std::optional<ParseAST::Definition>
 ParseAST::searchDef(const nix::ExprVar *Var) const {
   if (Var->fromWith)
diff --git a/nixd/lib/AST/meson.build b/nixd/lib/AST/meson.build
index 339cdb613..9789bdef6 100644
--- a/nixd/lib/AST/meson.build
+++ b/nixd/lib/AST/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ libnixdASTDeps = [ nixd_lsp_server
                  ]
 
 libnixdAST = library('nixdAST'
+, 'AttrLocator.cpp'
 , 'EvalAST.cpp'
 , 'ParseAST.cpp'
 , include_directories: nixd_inc
diff --git a/nixd/test/ast.cpp b/nixd/test/ast.cpp
index b9ad6500f..ebc70077b 100644
--- a/nixd/test/ast.cpp
+++ b/nixd/test/ast.cpp
@@ -2,15 +2,18 @@
 
 #include "lspserver/Protocol.h"
 
+#include "nixd/AST/AttrLocator.h"
 #include "nixd/AST/EvalAST.h"
 #include "nixd/AST/ParseAST.h"
-
 #include "nixd/Parser/Parser.h"
+
 #include "nixutil.h"
 
 #include <nix/canon-path.hh>
 #include <nix/eval.hh>
 
+#include <boost/algorithm/string/join.hpp>
+
 namespace nixd {
 
 TEST(AST, lookupEnd) {
@@ -99,4 +102,26 @@ TEST(AST, lookupContainMin) {
   }
 }
 
+static void checkVec(const std::vector<std::string> &Vec,
+                     const std::string &Expected) {
+  auto VecStr = boost::algorithm::join(Vec, ".");
+  ASSERT_EQ(VecStr, Expected);
+}
+
+TEST(AST, AttrLocator) {
+  std::string NixSrc = R"(
+{
+  x.y = 1;
+  foo.bar.baz.foo.
+}
+  )";
+  InitNix INix;
+  auto State = INix.getDummyState();
+  auto AST = ParseAST::create(
+      parse(NixSrc, nix::CanonPath("foo"), nix::CanonPath("/"), *State));
+  AttrLocator Locator(*AST);
+  checkVec(AST->getAttrPath(Locator.locate({2, 4})), "x.y");
+  checkVec(AST->getAttrPath(Locator.locate({3, 16})), "foo.bar.baz.foo");
+}
+
 } // namespace nixd