diff --git a/lib/std/Build.zig b/lib/std/Build.zig
index 3b78fc6f7100..de75c32db8c0 100644
--- a/lib/std/Build.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Build.zig
@@ -2314,6 +2314,9 @@ pub const LazyPath = union(enum) {
 
         /// Applied after `up`.
         sub_path: []const u8 = "",
+
+        /// If set, the file is hashed only on this suffix, not the full absolute path
+        content_hash_name: ?[]const u8 = null,
     },
 
     /// An absolute path or a path relative to the current working directory of
@@ -2503,7 +2506,9 @@ pub const LazyPath = union(enum) {
                     }
                 }
 
-                return file_path.join(src_builder.allocator, gen.sub_path) catch @panic("OOM");
+                var item = file_path.join(src_builder.allocator, gen.sub_path) catch @panic("OOM");
+                item.content_hash_name = gen.content_hash_name;
+                return item;
             },
             .dependency => |dep| return .{
                 .root_dir = dep.dependency.builder.build_root,
@@ -2543,6 +2548,7 @@ pub const LazyPath = union(enum) {
                 .file = gen.file,
                 .up = gen.up,
                 .sub_path = dupePathInner(allocator, gen.sub_path),
+                .content_hash_name = if (gen.content_hash_name) |name| Build.dupeInner(allocator, name) else null,
             } },
             .dependency => |dep| .{ .dependency = .{
                 .dependency = dep.dependency,
diff --git a/lib/std/Build/Cache.zig b/lib/std/Build/Cache.zig
index b966c25efcc3..a68aa057a74f 100644
--- a/lib/std/Build/Cache.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Build/Cache.zig
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ pub const Manifest = struct {
         });
         errdefer gpa.free(resolved_path);
         const prefixed_path = try m.cache.findPrefixResolved(resolved_path);
-        return addFileInner(m, prefixed_path, handle, max_file_size);
+        return addFileInner(m, prefixed_path, handle, max_file_size, path.content_hash_name);
     }
 
     /// Deprecated; use `addFilePath`.
@@ -416,10 +416,10 @@ pub const Manifest = struct {
         const prefixed_path = try self.cache.findPrefix(file_path);
         errdefer gpa.free(prefixed_path.sub_path);
 
-        return addFileInner(self, prefixed_path, null, max_file_size);
+        return addFileInner(self, prefixed_path, null, max_file_size, null);
     }
 
-    fn addFileInner(self: *Manifest, prefixed_path: PrefixedPath, handle: ?fs.File, max_file_size: ?usize) usize {
+    fn addFileInner(self: *Manifest, prefixed_path: PrefixedPath, handle: ?fs.File, max_file_size: ?usize, content_hash_name: ?[]const u8) usize {
         const gop = self.files.getOrPutAssumeCapacityAdapted(prefixed_path, FilesAdapter{});
         if (gop.found_existing) {
             self.cache.gpa.free(prefixed_path.sub_path);
@@ -436,8 +436,13 @@ pub const Manifest = struct {
             .handle = handle,
         };
 
-        self.hash.add(prefixed_path.prefix);
-        self.hash.addBytes(prefixed_path.sub_path);
+        if (content_hash_name) |name| {
+            self.hash.add(@as(u8, '?'));
+            self.hash.addBytes(name);
+        } else {
+            self.hash.add(prefixed_path.prefix);
+            self.hash.addBytes(prefixed_path.sub_path);
+        }
 
         return gop.index;
     }
@@ -715,15 +720,13 @@ pub const Manifest = struct {
 
             if (file_path.len == 0) return error.InvalidFormat;
 
+            const prefixed_path: PrefixedPath = .{
+                .prefix = prefix,
+                .sub_path = file_path, // expires with file_contents
+            };
             const cache_hash_file = f: {
-                const prefixed_path: PrefixedPath = .{
-                    .prefix = prefix,
-                    .sub_path = file_path, // expires with file_contents
-                };
                 if (idx < input_file_count) {
                     const file = &self.files.keys()[idx];
-                    if (!file.prefixed_path.eql(prefixed_path))
-                        return error.InvalidFormat;
 
                     file.stat = .{
                         .size = stat_size,
@@ -779,11 +782,13 @@ pub const Manifest = struct {
                 } };
                 return error.CacheCheckFailed;
             };
+
+            const name_match = pp.eql(prefixed_path);
             const size_match = actual_stat.size == cache_hash_file.stat.size;
             const mtime_match = actual_stat.mtime.nanoseconds == cache_hash_file.stat.mtime.nanoseconds;
             const inode_match = actual_stat.inode == cache_hash_file.stat.inode;
 
-            if (!size_match or !mtime_match or !inode_match) {
+            if (!name_match or !size_match or !mtime_match or !inode_match) {
                 cache_hash_file.stat = .{
                     .size = actual_stat.size,
                     .mtime = actual_stat.mtime,
diff --git a/lib/std/Build/Cache/Path.zig b/lib/std/Build/Cache/Path.zig
index 92290cfdf4d3..398559585ee4 100644
--- a/lib/std/Build/Cache/Path.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Build/Cache/Path.zig
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ root_dir: Cache.Directory,
 /// The path, relative to the root dir, that this `Path` represents.
 /// Empty string means the root_dir is the path.
 sub_path: []const u8 = "",
+content_hash_name: ?[]const u8 = null,
 
 pub fn clone(p: Path, arena: Allocator) Allocator.Error!Path {
     return .{
         .root_dir = try p.root_dir.clone(arena),
         .sub_path = try arena.dupe(u8, p.sub_path),
+        .content_hash_name = if (p.content_hash_name) |name| try arena.dupe(u8, name) else null,
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/std/Build/Step/Run.zig b/lib/std/Build/Step/Run.zig
index 2143cf9b02b8..6cb33b79d7c7 100644
--- a/lib/std/Build/Step/Run.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Build/Step/Run.zig
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ pub fn addPrefixedOutputFileArg(
         run.setName(b.fmt("{s} ({s})", .{ run.step.name, basename }));
     }
 
-    return .{ .generated = .{ .file = &output.generated_file } };
+    return .{ .generated = .{ .file = &output.generated_file, .content_hash_name = output.basename } };
 }
 
 /// Appends an input file to the command line arguments.
@@ -890,8 +890,8 @@ fn make(step: *Step, options: Step.MakeOptions) !void {
             man.hash.addBytes(bytes);
         },
         .lazy_path => |lazy_path| {
-            const file_path = lazy_path.getPath2(b, step);
-            _ = try man.addFile(file_path, null);
+            const file_path = lazy_path.getPath3(b, step);
+            _ = try man.addFilePath(file_path, null);
         },
         .none => {},
     }