diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index e2a95c3bd..226ebbf18 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ Interactive improvements
 - ``ulimit`` learned a number of new options for the resource limits available on Linux, FreeBSD and NetBSD, and returns a specific warning if the limit specified is not available on the active operating system (:issue:`8823`).
 - The ``vared`` command can now successfully edit variables named "tmp" or "prompt" (:issue:`8836`).
 - ``time`` now emits an error if used after the first command in a pipeline (:issue:`8841`).
+- ``fish_add_path`` now prints a message for skipped non-existent paths when using the ``-v`` flag.
 
 New or improved bindings
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
diff --git a/po/en.po b/po/en.po
index c2f61173a..57ed0b4e4 100644
--- a/po/en.po
+++ b/po/en.po
@@ -62480,6 +62480,10 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Edit variable value"
 msgstr "Edit variable value"
 
+#: /tmp/fish/implicit/share/functions/fish_add_path.fish:1
+msgid "Skipping non-existent path: %s\n"
+msgstr "Skipping non-existent path: %s\n"
+
 #~ msgid "%ls: No function name given\n"
 #~ msgstr "%ls: No function name given\n"
 
diff --git a/share/functions/fish_add_path.fish b/share/functions/fish_add_path.fish
index 6c0234426..3b2ef96f5 100644
--- a/share/functions/fish_add_path.fish
+++ b/share/functions/fish_add_path.fish
@@ -47,7 +47,14 @@ function fish_add_path --description "Add paths to the PATH"
         set -l p (builtin realpath -s -- $path 2>/dev/null)
 
         # Ignore non-existing paths
-        test -d "$p"; or continue
+        if not test -d "$p"
+            # path does not exist
+            if set -q _flag_verbose;
+                # print a message in verbose mode
+                printf (_ "Skipping non-existent path: %s\n") "$p"
+            end
+            continue
+        end
 
         if set -l ind (contains -i -- $p $$var)
             # In move-mode, we remove it from its current position and add it back.