diff --git a/docs/MERGE_MINING.MD b/docs/MERGE_MINING.MD
index a58f0c15..09c2fddc 100644
--- a/docs/MERGE_MINING.MD
+++ b/docs/MERGE_MINING.MD
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Example response 2: `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":"0","result":{}}`
 
 ### merge_mining_submit_solution
 
-Example request: `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":"0","method":"merge_mining_submit_solution","params":{"aux_blob":"4c6f72656d20697073756d","aux_hash":"f6952d6eef555ddd87aca66e56b91530222d6e318414816f3ba7cf5bf694bf0f","blob":"...","merkle_proof":["hash1","hash2","hash3"]}}`
+Example request: `{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":"0","method":"merge_mining_submit_solution","params":{"aux_blob":"4c6f72656d20697073756d","aux_hash":"f6952d6eef555ddd87aca66e56b91530222d6e318414816f3ba7cf5bf694bf0f","blob":"...","merkle_proof":["hash1","hash2","hash3"],"path":3}}`
 
 Request: a JSON containing these fields:
 Field|Description
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ Field|Description
 `aux_hash`|A 32-byte hex-encoded hash of the `aux_blob` - the same value that was returned by `merge_mining_get_job`.
 `blob`|Monero block template that has enough PoW to satisfy difficulty returned by `merge_mining_get_job`. It also must have a merge mining tag in tx_extra of the coinbase transaction.
 `merkle_proof`|A proof that `aux_hash` was included when calculating Merkle root hash from the merge mining tag
+`path`|A path bitmap (32-bit unsigned integer) that complements `merkle_proof`
 
 Note that `merkle_proof` only contains a vector of 32-byte hashes for `aux_hash` to be combined with. It can be verified by running this pseudo-code and functions from `merkle.cpp` (adapt it to your codebase):
 
@@ -103,6 +104,9 @@ Note that `merkle_proof` only contains a vector of 32-byte hashes for `aux_hash`
 `aux_nonce` and `n_aux_chains` can be extracted from the Merkle tree parameters (see above).
 `merkle_root_hash` can be extracted from the merge mining tag (see above).
 
+`merkle_proof` can also be verified by `verify_merkle_proof(aux_hash, merkle_proof, path, merkle_root_hash)`
+
+
 Response: a JSON containing these fields:
 Field|Description
 -|-
diff --git a/src/merge_mining_client_json_rpc.cpp b/src/merge_mining_client_json_rpc.cpp
index e58126b3..dc43821d 100644
--- a/src/merge_mining_client_json_rpc.cpp
+++ b/src/merge_mining_client_json_rpc.cpp
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ bool MergeMiningClientJSON_RPC::parse_merge_mining_get_job(const char* data, siz
 	return true;
 }
 
-void MergeMiningClientJSON_RPC::submit_solution(const BlockTemplate* /*block_tpl*/, const uint8_t (&/*hashing_blob*/)[128], size_t /*nonce_offset*/, const hash& /*seed_hash*/, const std::vector<uint8_t>& blob, const std::vector<hash>& merkle_proof, uint32_t /*merkle_proof_path*/)
+void MergeMiningClientJSON_RPC::submit_solution(const BlockTemplate* /*block_tpl*/, const uint8_t (&/*hashing_blob*/)[128], size_t /*nonce_offset*/, const hash& /*seed_hash*/, const std::vector<uint8_t>& blob, const std::vector<hash>& merkle_proof, uint32_t merkle_proof_path)
 {
 	ReadLock lock(m_lock);
 
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ void MergeMiningClientJSON_RPC::submit_solution(const BlockTemplate* /*block_tpl
 		s << '"' << merkle_proof[i] << '"';
 	}
 
-	s << "]}}";
+	s << "],\"path\":" << merkle_proof_path << "}}";
 
 	JSONRPCRequest::call(m_host, m_port, std::string(buf.data(), s.m_pos), std::string(), m_pool->params().m_socks5Proxy,
 		[this](const char* data, size_t size, double) {