diff --git a/lib/license_finder/package_managers/govendor.rb b/lib/license_finder/package_managers/govendor.rb
index 321bd9b66..d194e4b02 100644
--- a/lib/license_finder/package_managers/govendor.rb
+++ b/lib/license_finder/package_managers/govendor.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def packages_from_json(json_string)
       packages_with_no_sha = []
 
       packages.each do |package|
-        package_path = package['path']
+        package_path = package['origin'] || package['path']
         package_revision = package['revision']
 
         if !package_is_versioned?(package)
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/config/govendor_with_origin.json b/spec/fixtures/config/govendor_with_origin.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c9b48e0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/config/govendor_with_origin.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "package": [
+    {
+      "checksumSHA1": "4Tc07iR3HloUYC4HNT4xc0875WY=",
+      "origin": "foo/Bowery/prompt/origin",
+      "path": "foo/Bowery/prompt",
+      "revision": "0f1139e9a1c74b57ccce6bdb3cd2f7cd04dd3449",
+      "revisionTime": "2017-02-19T07:16:37Z"
+    },
+    {
+      "checksumSHA1": "6VGFARaK8zd23IAiDf7a+gglC8k=",
+      "path": "foo/dchest/safefile",
+      "revision": "855e8d98f1852d48dde521e0522408d1fe7e836a",
+      "revisionTime": "2015-10-22T12:31:44+02:00"
+    }
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/lib/license_finder/package_managers/govendor_spec.rb b/spec/lib/license_finder/package_managers/govendor_spec.rb
index 82e999a6c..b5157776c 100644
--- a/spec/lib/license_finder/package_managers/govendor_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/license_finder/package_managers/govendor_spec.rb
@@ -90,6 +90,31 @@ module LicenseFinder
           expect(subject.current_packages[1].version).to eq ''
         end
       end
+
+      context 'when origin is defined for a package' do
+        let(:content) do
+          FakeFS.without do
+            fixture_from('govendor_with_origin.json')
+          end
+        end
+
+        before do
+          FakeFS.activate!
+          FileUtils.mkdir_p '/app/vendor'
+          File.write('/app/vendor/vendor.json', content)
+        end
+
+        after do
+          FakeFS.deactivate!
+        end
+
+        it 'uses origin as path' do
+          expect(subject.current_packages.length).to eq 2
+
+          expect(subject.current_packages[0].name).to eq 'foo/Bowery/prompt/origin'
+          expect(subject.current_packages[1].name).to eq 'foo/dchest/safefile'
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     describe '.prepare_command' do