diff --git a/src/topics/thumbs.js b/src/topics/thumbs.js
index f6f6a88400..60db184339 100644
--- a/src/topics/thumbs.js
+++ b/src/topics/thumbs.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Thumbs.get = async function (tids) {
 			const name = path.basename(thumb);
 			return hasTimestampPrefix.test(name) ? name.slice(14) : name;
 		})(),
+		path: thumb,
 		url: thumb.startsWith('http') ? thumb : path.posix.join(upload_url, thumb),
 	})));
 
diff --git a/src/views/modals/topic-thumbs.tpl b/src/views/modals/topic-thumbs.tpl
index e7ecd24e13..1329cf7c95 100644
--- a/src/views/modals/topic-thumbs.tpl
+++ b/src/views/modals/topic-thumbs.tpl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<div class="alert alert-info">[[modules:thumbs.modal.no-thumbs]]</div>
 	{{{ end }}}
 	{{{ each thumbs }}}
-	<div class="media" data-id="{./id}" data-path="{./url}">
+	<div class="media" data-id="{./id}" data-path="{./path}">
 		<div class="media-left">
 			<img class="media-object" src="{./url}" alt="" />
 		</div>
diff --git a/test/topics/thumbs.js b/test/topics/thumbs.js
index 8486947b76..272d5cac32 100644
--- a/test/topics/thumbs.js
+++ b/test/topics/thumbs.js
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ describe('Topic thumbs', () => {
 			assert.deepStrictEqual(thumbs, [{
 				id: topicObj.topicData.tid,
 				name: 'test.png',
+				path: `${relativeThumbPaths[0]}`,
 				url: `${nconf.get('relative_path')}${nconf.get('upload_url')}${relativeThumbPaths[0]}`,
 			}]);
 		});
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ describe('Topic thumbs', () => {
 				[{
 					id: topicObj.topicData.tid,
 					name: 'test.png',
+					path: `${relativeThumbPaths[0]}`,
 					url: `${nconf.get('relative_path')}${nconf.get('upload_url')}${relativeThumbPaths[0]}`,
 				}],
 				[],
@@ -200,16 +202,19 @@ describe('Topic thumbs', () => {
 				{
 					id: tid,
 					name: 'test.png',
+					path: relativeThumbPaths[0],
 					url: `${nconf.get('relative_path')}${nconf.get('upload_url')}${relativeThumbPaths[0]}`,
 				},
 				{
 					id: tid,
 					name: 'example.org',
+					path: 'https://example.org',
 					url: 'https://example.org',
 				},
 				{
 					id: tid,
 					name: 'test2.png',
+					path: relativeThumbPaths[1],
 					url: `${nconf.get('relative_path')}${nconf.get('upload_url')}${relativeThumbPaths[1]}`,
 				},
 			]);