diff --git a/python/psi-api/src/com/jetbrains/python/PyNames.java b/python/psi-api/src/com/jetbrains/python/PyNames.java
index 7f543920beb9..ac40c1dc90bd 100644
--- a/python/psi-api/src/com/jetbrains/python/PyNames.java
+++ b/python/psi-api/src/com/jetbrains/python/PyNames.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public class PyNames {
 
   public static final String DIRNAME = "dirname";
   public static final String ABSPATH = "abspath";
+  public static final String NORMPATH = "normpath";
   public static final String JOIN = "join";
   public static final String REPLACE = "replace";
   public static final String FILE = "__file__";
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/impl/PyPathEvaluator.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/impl/PyPathEvaluator.java
index 9d5b24bf40cd..8229193280c8 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/impl/PyPathEvaluator.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/impl/PyPathEvaluator.java
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ public class PyPathEvaluator extends PyEvaluator {
     else if (call.isCalleeText(PyNames.JOIN) && args.length >= 1) {
       return evaluatePathInJoin(args, args.length);
     }
+    else if (call.isCalleeText(PyNames.NORMPATH) && args.length == 1) {
+      return evaluate(args[0]);
+    }
     else if (call.isCalleeText(PyNames.ABSPATH) && args.length == 1) {
       Object argValue = evaluate(args[0]);
       // relative to directory of 'containingFilePath', not file
diff --git a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyPathEvaluatorTest.java b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyPathEvaluatorTest.java
index c321d50ba2b3..8f7b20d57202 100644
--- a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyPathEvaluatorTest.java
+++ b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyPathEvaluatorTest.java
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ public class PyPathEvaluatorTest extends PyTestCase {
     assertEquals("/foo/bar/db.sqlite3", doEvaluate("os.path.join(__file__, 'db.sqlite3'", "/foo/bar"));
   }
 
+  public void testNormPath() {  // PY-10194
+    assertEquals("/foo/bar/baz.py", doEvaluate("os.path.normpath(__file__)", "/foo/bar/baz.py"));
+  }
+
   public void testReplace() {
     assertEquals("/foo/Bar/Baz.py", doEvaluate("__file__.replace('b', 'B')", "/foo/bar/baz.py"));
   }