diff --git a/conf/config.neon b/conf/config.neon
index 56b79657630..0c8996fd770 100644
--- a/conf/config.neon
+++ b/conf/config.neon
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ parameters:
 	propertyAlwaysReadTags: []
 	additionalConstructors: []
 	treatPhpDocTypesAsCertain: true
+	usePathConstantsAsConstantString: false
 	rememberPossiblyImpureFunctionValues: true
 	tipsOfTheDay: true
 	reportMagicMethods: false
@@ -324,6 +325,7 @@ parametersSchema:
 	propertyAlwaysReadTags: listOf(string())
 	additionalConstructors: listOf(string())
 	treatPhpDocTypesAsCertain: bool()
+	usePathConstantsAsConstantString: bool()
 	rememberPossiblyImpureFunctionValues: bool()
 	reportMagicMethods: bool()
 	reportMagicProperties: bool()
@@ -800,6 +802,8 @@ services:
 
 	-
 		class: PHPStan\Reflection\InitializerExprTypeResolver
+		arguments:
+			usePathConstantsAsConstantString: %usePathConstantsAsConstantString%
 
 	-
 		class: PHPStan\Reflection\Annotations\AnnotationsMethodsClassReflectionExtension
diff --git a/src/Reflection/InitializerExprTypeResolver.php b/src/Reflection/InitializerExprTypeResolver.php
index b3d49df16e1..c5eb0dd60d9 100644
--- a/src/Reflection/InitializerExprTypeResolver.php
+++ b/src/Reflection/InitializerExprTypeResolver.php
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ public function __construct(
 		private ReflectionProviderProvider $reflectionProviderProvider,
 		private PhpVersion $phpVersion,
 		private OperatorTypeSpecifyingExtensionRegistryProvider $operatorTypeSpecifyingExtensionRegistryProvider,
+		private bool $usePathConstantsAsConstantString = false,
 	)
 	{
 	}
@@ -120,11 +121,17 @@ public function getType(Expr $expr, InitializerExprContext $context): Type
 		}
 		if ($expr instanceof File) {
 			$file = $context->getFile();
-			return $file !== null ? (new ConstantStringType($file))->generalize(GeneralizePrecision::moreSpecific()) : new StringType();
+			if ($file === null) {
+				return new StringType();
+			}
+			return $this->usePathConstantsAsConstantString ? new ConstantStringType($file) : (new ConstantStringType($file))->generalize(GeneralizePrecision::moreSpecific());
 		}
 		if ($expr instanceof Dir) {
 			$file = $context->getFile();
-			return $file !== null ? (new ConstantStringType(dirname($file)))->generalize(GeneralizePrecision::moreSpecific()) : new StringType();
+			if ($file === null) {
+				return new StringType();
+			}
+			return $this->usePathConstantsAsConstantString ? new ConstantStringType(dirname($file)) : (new ConstantStringType(dirname($file)))->generalize(GeneralizePrecision::moreSpecific());
 		}
 		if ($expr instanceof Line) {
 			return new ConstantIntegerType($expr->getLine());
diff --git a/src/Testing/PHPStanTestCase.php b/src/Testing/PHPStanTestCase.php
index 3177fef05e6..2d3b73db091 100644
--- a/src/Testing/PHPStanTestCase.php
+++ b/src/Testing/PHPStanTestCase.php
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ public function createScopeFactory(ReflectionProvider $reflectionProvider, TypeS
 			new DirectInternalScopeFactory(
 				MutatingScope::class,
 				$reflectionProvider,
-				new InitializerExprTypeResolver($constantResolver, $reflectionProviderProvider, new PhpVersion(PHP_VERSION_ID), $container->getByType(OperatorTypeSpecifyingExtensionRegistryProvider::class)),
+				new InitializerExprTypeResolver($constantResolver, $reflectionProviderProvider, new PhpVersion(PHP_VERSION_ID), $container->getByType(OperatorTypeSpecifyingExtensionRegistryProvider::class), $container->getParameter('usePathConstantsAsConstantString')),
 				$container->getByType(DynamicReturnTypeExtensionRegistryProvider::class),
 				$container->getByType(ExprPrinter::class),
 				$typeSpecifier,
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/PathConstantsTest.php b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/PathConstantsTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c22864f6988
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/PathConstantsTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php declare(strict_types = 1);
+
+namespace PHPStan\Analyser;
+
+use PHPStan\Testing\TypeInferenceTestCase;
+
+class PathConstantsTest extends TypeInferenceTestCase
+{
+
+	public function dataFileAsserts(): iterable
+	{
+		yield from $this->gatherAssertTypes(__DIR__ . '/data/pathConstants.php');
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @dataProvider dataFileAsserts
+	 * @param mixed ...$args
+	 */
+	public function testFileAsserts(
+		string $assertType,
+		string $file,
+		...$args,
+	): void
+	{
+		$this->assertFileAsserts($assertType, $file, ...$args);
+	}
+
+	public static function getAdditionalConfigFiles(): array
+	{
+		return [
+			__DIR__ . '/usePathConstantsAsConstantString.neon',
+		];
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/data/pathConstants.php b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/data/pathConstants.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3bf091958f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/data/pathConstants.php
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace PathConstantsTest;
+
+\PHPStan\Testing\assertType('\'Analyser/data\'', substr(__DIR__, -13));
+\PHPStan\Testing\assertType('\'pathConstants.php\'', substr(__FILE__, -17));
diff --git a/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/usePathConstantsAsConstantString.neon b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/usePathConstantsAsConstantString.neon
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..12225ce6e67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PHPStan/Analyser/usePathConstantsAsConstantString.neon
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+parameters:
+	usePathConstantsAsConstantString: true