diff --git a/src/Package.zig b/src/Package.zig
index c9f41f6f37..b585644d9e 100644
--- a/src/Package.zig
+++ b/src/Package.zig
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ pub const MultiHashHexDigest = [multihash_hex_digest_len]u8;
 ///
 /// This data structure can be used to store the legacy hash format too. Legacy
 /// hash format is scheduled to be removed after 0.14.0 is tagged.
+///
+/// There's also a third way this structure is used. When using path rather than
+/// hash, a unique hash is still needed, so one is computed based on the path.
 pub const Hash = struct {
     /// Maximum size of a package hash. Unused bytes at the end are
     /// filled with zeroes.
@@ -100,6 +103,25 @@ pub const Hash = struct {
         _ = std.base64.url_safe_no_pad.Encoder.encode(&name, digest[5..][0..24]);
         return init(digest, &name, "N", size);
     }
+
+    /// Produces a unique hash based on the path provided. The result should
+    /// not be user-visible.
+    pub fn initPath(sub_path: []const u8, is_global: bool) Hash {
+        var result: Hash = .{ .bytes = @splat(0) };
+        var i: usize = 0;
+        if (is_global) {
+            result.bytes[0] = '/';
+            i += 1;
+        }
+        if (i + sub_path.len <= result.bytes.len) {
+            @memcpy(result.bytes[i..][0..sub_path.len], sub_path);
+            return result;
+        }
+        var bin_digest: [Algo.digest_length]u8 = undefined;
+        Algo.hash(sub_path, &bin_digest, .{});
+        _ = std.fmt.bufPrint(result.bytes[i..], "{}", .{std.fmt.fmtSliceHexLower(&bin_digest)}) catch unreachable;
+        return result;
+    }
 };
 
 pub const MultihashFunction = enum(u16) {
diff --git a/src/Package/Fetch.zig b/src/Package/Fetch.zig
index 11878a12b7..326b8917a5 100644
--- a/src/Package/Fetch.zig
+++ b/src/Package/Fetch.zig
@@ -775,16 +775,7 @@ fn queueJobsForDeps(f: *Fetch) RunError!void {
 }
 
 pub fn relativePathDigest(pkg_root: Cache.Path, cache_root: Cache.Directory) Package.Hash {
-    var hasher = Package.Hash.Algo.init(.{});
-    // This hash is a tuple of:
-    // * whether it relative to the global cache directory or to the root package
-    // * the relative file path from there to the build root of the package
-    hasher.update(if (pkg_root.root_dir.eql(cache_root))
-        &package_hash_prefix_cached
-    else
-        &package_hash_prefix_project);
-    hasher.update(pkg_root.sub_path);
-    return .fromSlice(&hasher.finalResult());
+    return .initPath(pkg_root.sub_path, pkg_root.root_dir.eql(cache_root));
 }
 
 pub fn workerRun(f: *Fetch, prog_name: []const u8) void {
@@ -1793,10 +1784,6 @@ pub fn depDigest(pkg_root: Cache.Path, cache_root: Cache.Directory, dep: Manifes
     }
 }
 
-// These are random bytes.
-const package_hash_prefix_cached = [8]u8{ 0x53, 0x7e, 0xfa, 0x94, 0x65, 0xe9, 0xf8, 0x73 };
-const package_hash_prefix_project = [8]u8{ 0xe1, 0x25, 0xee, 0xfa, 0xa6, 0x17, 0x38, 0xcc };
-
 const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const std = @import("std");
 const fs = std.fs;