diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OData.Edm/Csdl/Parsing/Ast/CsdlNavigationPropertyPathExpression.cs b/src/Microsoft.OData.Edm/Csdl/Parsing/Ast/CsdlNavigationPropertyPathExpression.cs
index 267b5d0b62..c44b480040 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OData.Edm/Csdl/Parsing/Ast/CsdlNavigationPropertyPathExpression.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OData.Edm/Csdl/Parsing/Ast/CsdlNavigationPropertyPathExpression.cs
@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@
 // </copyright>
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+using Microsoft.OData.Edm.Vocabularies;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
 namespace Microsoft.OData.Edm.Csdl.Parsing.Ast
 {
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents a CSDL navigation property Path expression.
     /// </summary>
-    internal class CsdlNavigationPropertyPathExpression : CsdlPathExpression
+    internal class CsdlNavigationPropertyPathExpression : CsdlPathExpression, IEdmNavigationPropertyPath
     {
         public CsdlNavigationPropertyPathExpression(string path, CsdlLocation location)
             : base(path, location)
@@ -20,5 +24,7 @@ public override EdmExpressionKind ExpressionKind
         {
             get { return EdmExpressionKind.NavigationPropertyPath; }
         }
+
+        IEnumerable<string> IEdmPathExpression.PathSegments => throw new System.NotImplementedException();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OData.Edm/EdmUtil.cs b/src/Microsoft.OData.Edm/EdmUtil.cs
index 176b200dc1..8318333048 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OData.Edm/EdmUtil.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OData.Edm/EdmUtil.cs
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ internal static string FullyQualifiedName(IEdmVocabularyAnnotatable element)
                     {
                         IEdmOperationReturn operationReturn;
                         IEdmEnumMember enumMember;
+                        IEdmNavigationPropertyPath edmNavigationPropertyPath;
                         IEdmOperationParameter parameter = element as IEdmOperationParameter;
                         if (parameter != null)
                         {
@@ -485,6 +486,10 @@ internal static string FullyQualifiedName(IEdmVocabularyAnnotatable element)
                                 return operationName + "/" + CsdlConstants.OperationReturnExternalTarget;
                             }
                         }
+                        else if((edmNavigationPropertyPath = element as IEdmNavigationPropertyPath) != null)
+                        {
+                            return edmNavigationPropertyPath.Path;
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OData.Edm/Schema/Interfaces/IEdmPathExpression.cs b/src/Microsoft.OData.Edm/Schema/Interfaces/IEdmPathExpression.cs
index 702029a6fa..3363e20410 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OData.Edm/Schema/Interfaces/IEdmPathExpression.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OData.Edm/Schema/Interfaces/IEdmPathExpression.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 // </copyright>
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+using Microsoft.OData.Edm.Vocabularies;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 namespace Microsoft.OData.Edm
@@ -23,4 +24,11 @@ public interface IEdmPathExpression : IEdmExpression
         /// </summary>
         string Path { get; }
     }
+
+
+
+    [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Design", "CA1040:Avoid empty interfaces", Justification = "marker interface")]
+    public interface IEdmNavigationPropertyPath : IEdmPathExpression, IEdmVocabularyAnnotatable
+    {
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OData.Edm/Vocabularies/Expressions/EdmNavigationPropertyPathExpression.cs b/src/Microsoft.OData.Edm/Vocabularies/Expressions/EdmNavigationPropertyPathExpression.cs
index 798d9eec01..d543879d52 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OData.Edm/Vocabularies/Expressions/EdmNavigationPropertyPathExpression.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OData.Edm/Vocabularies/Expressions/EdmNavigationPropertyPathExpression.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.OData.Edm.Vocabularies
     /// <summary>
     /// Represents an EDM navigation property path expression.
     /// </summary>
-    public class EdmNavigationPropertyPathExpression : EdmPathExpression
+    public class EdmNavigationPropertyPathExpression : EdmPathExpression, IEdmNavigationPropertyPath
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="EdmNavigationPropertyPathExpression"/> class.
diff --git a/test/FunctionalTests/Microsoft.OData.Edm.Tests/Csdl/CsdlWriterTests.cs b/test/FunctionalTests/Microsoft.OData.Edm.Tests/Csdl/CsdlWriterTests.cs
index c5849053c1..4444446937 100644
--- a/test/FunctionalTests/Microsoft.OData.Edm.Tests/Csdl/CsdlWriterTests.cs
+++ b/test/FunctionalTests/Microsoft.OData.Edm.Tests/Csdl/CsdlWriterTests.cs
@@ -2685,6 +2685,47 @@ public void ValidateEdmxVersions(string odataVersion)
             WriteAndVerifyJson(edmModel, "{\"$Version\":\"" + odataVersion + "\"}", false);
         }
 
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void CanWriteNavigationPropertyPathAnnotation()
+        {
+            EdmModel model = new EdmModel();
+            const string schemaNamespace = "example.org";
+            var entity01 = new EdmEntityType(schemaNamespace, "entity01");
+            entity01.AddKeys(entity01.AddStructuralProperty("key", EdmPrimitiveTypeKind.String));
+            model.AddElement(entity01);
+
+            var entity02 = new EdmEntityType(schemaNamespace, "entity02");
+            entity02.AddKeys(entity02.AddStructuralProperty("key", EdmPrimitiveTypeKind.String));
+            entity02.AddUnidirectionalNavigation(new EdmNavigationPropertyInfo { Name = "other", Target = entity01, TargetMultiplicity = EdmMultiplicity.Many });
+            model.AddElement(entity02);
+
+            var annotation = new EdmVocabularyAnnotation(new EdmNavigationPropertyPathExpression("foo/bar"), CoreVocabularyModel.DescriptionTerm, new EdmStringConstant("test"));
+            model.AddVocabularyAnnotation(annotation);
+
+            // Act & Assert for XML
+            WriteAndVerifyXml(model, @"<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""utf-16""?>" +
+            @"<edmx:Edmx Version=""4.0"" xmlns:edmx=""http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/ns/edmx"">" +
+                @"<edmx:DataServices>" +
+                    @"<Schema Namespace=""example.org"" xmlns=""http://docs.oasis-open.org/odata/ns/edm"">" +
+                        @"<EntityType Name=""entity01"">" +
+                            @"<Key>" +
+                                @"<PropertyRef Name=""key"" />" +
+                            @"</Key>" +
+                            @"<Property Name=""key"" Type=""Edm.String"" />" +
+                        @"</EntityType>" +
+                        @"<EntityType Name=""entity02"">" +
+                            @"<Key>" +
+                                @"<PropertyRef Name=""key"" />" +
+                            @"</Key>" +
+                            @"<Property Name=""key"" Type=""Edm.String"" />" +
+                            @"<NavigationProperty Name=""other"" Type=""Collection(example.org.entity01)"" />" +
+                        @"</EntityType>" +
+                    @"</Schema>" +
+                @"</edmx:DataServices>" +
+            @"</edmx:Edmx>");
+        }
+
         internal static void WriteAndVerifyXml(IEdmModel model, string expected, CsdlTarget target = CsdlTarget.OData)
         {
             using (StringWriter sw = new StringWriter())
diff --git a/test/FunctionalTests/Microsoft.OData.Edm.Tests/EdmUtilTests.cs b/test/FunctionalTests/Microsoft.OData.Edm.Tests/EdmUtilTests.cs
index dc9c7777fc..caafde50b7 100644
--- a/test/FunctionalTests/Microsoft.OData.Edm.Tests/EdmUtilTests.cs
+++ b/test/FunctionalTests/Microsoft.OData.Edm.Tests/EdmUtilTests.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,17 @@ public void EntitySetShouldProduceCorrectFullyQualifiedName()
             Assert.Equal("d.s.container/entitySet", EdmUtil.FullyQualifiedName(entitySet));
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void EdmNavigationPropertyHasAnnotationTargetName()
+        {
+            // arrange
+            var path = new Edm.Vocabularies.EdmNavigationPropertyPathExpression("foo/bar/baz");
+            // act
+            var actual = EdmUtil.FullyQualifiedName(path);
+            // assert
+            Assert.Equal("foo/bar/baz", actual);
+        }
+
         [Theory]
         [InlineData("", false)]
         [InlineData(" ", false)]