diff --git a/utils/parse.js b/utils/parse.js
index c93417a61..a38e9b81c 100644
--- a/utils/parse.js
+++ b/utils/parse.js
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ exports.default = function parse(path, content, context) {
 
   // always attach comments
   parserOptions.attachComment = true
+  
+  // provide the `filePath` like eslint itself does, in `parserOptions`
+  // https://github.com/eslint/eslint/blob/3ec436eeed0b0271e2ed0d0cb22e4246eb15f137/lib/linter.js#L637
+  parserOptions.filePath = path
 
   // require the parser relative to the main module (i.e., ESLint)
   const parser = moduleRequire(parserPath)