diff --git a/build/build.go b/build/build.go
index 624ceb84441..2ae0fbd8e78 100644
--- a/build/build.go
+++ b/build/build.go
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ func BuildWithResultHandler(ctx context.Context, nodes []builder.Node, opt map[s
 	for k, opt := range opt {
 		multiDriver := len(drivers[k]) > 1
 		hasMobyDriver := false
-		gitattrs, err := getGitAttributes(ctx, opt.Inputs.ContextPath, opt.Inputs.DockerfilePath)
+		gitattrs, addVCSLocalDir, err := getGitAttributes(ctx, opt.Inputs.ContextPath, opt.Inputs.DockerfilePath)
 		if err != nil {
 			logrus.WithError(err).Warn("current commit information was not captured by the build")
 		}
@@ -554,6 +554,9 @@ func BuildWithResultHandler(ctx context.Context, nodes []builder.Node, opt map[s
 			for k, v := range gitattrs {
 				so.FrontendAttrs[k] = v
 			}
+			if addVCSLocalDir != nil {
+				addVCSLocalDir(so)
+			}
 			defers = append(defers, release)
 			reqn = append(reqn, &reqForNode{
 				resolvedNode: np,
diff --git a/build/git.go b/build/git.go
index 1e0a284de59..112ec363b31 100644
--- a/build/git.go
+++ b/build/git.go
@@ -9,16 +9,17 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/docker/buildx/util/gitutil"
+	"github.com/moby/buildkit/client"
 	specs "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 const DockerfileLabel = "com.docker.image.source.entrypoint"
 
-func getGitAttributes(ctx context.Context, contextPath string, dockerfilePath string) (res map[string]string, _ error) {
-	res = make(map[string]string)
+func getGitAttributes(ctx context.Context, contextPath string, dockerfilePath string) (map[string]string, func(*client.SolveOpt), error) {
+	res := make(map[string]string)
 	if contextPath == "" {
-		return
+		return nil, nil, nil
 	}
 
 	setGitLabels := false
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ func getGitAttributes(ctx context.Context, contextPath string, dockerfilePath st
 	}
 
 	if !setGitLabels && !setGitInfo {
-		return
+		return nil, nil, nil
 	}
 
 	// figure out in which directory the git command needs to run in
@@ -52,20 +53,25 @@ func getGitAttributes(ctx context.Context, contextPath string, dockerfilePath st
 	gitc, err := gitutil.New(gitutil.WithContext(ctx), gitutil.WithWorkingDir(wd))
 	if err != nil {
 		if st, err1 := os.Stat(path.Join(wd, ".git")); err1 == nil && st.IsDir() {
-			return res, errors.Wrap(err, "git was not found in the system")
+			return res, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "git was not found in the system")
 		}
-		return
+		return nil, nil, nil
 	}
 
 	if !gitc.IsInsideWorkTree() {
 		if st, err := os.Stat(path.Join(wd, ".git")); err == nil && st.IsDir() {
-			return res, errors.New("failed to read current commit information with git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree")
+			return res, nil, errors.New("failed to read current commit information with git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree")
 		}
-		return res, nil
+		return nil, nil, nil
+	}
+
+	root, err := gitc.RootDir()
+	if err != nil {
+		return res, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get git root dir")
 	}
 
 	if sha, err := gitc.FullCommit(); err != nil && !gitutil.IsUnknownRevision(err) {
-		return res, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get git commit")
+		return res, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get git commit")
 	} else if sha != "" {
 		checkDirty := false
 		if v, ok := os.LookupEnv("BUILDX_GIT_CHECK_DIRTY"); ok {
@@ -93,23 +99,35 @@ func getGitAttributes(ctx context.Context, contextPath string, dockerfilePath st
 		}
 	}
 
-	if setGitLabels {
-		if root, err := gitc.RootDir(); err != nil {
-			return res, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to get git root dir")
-		} else if root != "" {
-			if dockerfilePath == "" {
-				dockerfilePath = filepath.Join(wd, "Dockerfile")
+	if setGitLabels && root != "" {
+		if dockerfilePath == "" {
+			dockerfilePath = filepath.Join(wd, "Dockerfile")
+		}
+		if !filepath.IsAbs(dockerfilePath) {
+			cwd, _ := os.Getwd()
+			dockerfilePath = filepath.Join(cwd, dockerfilePath)
+		}
+		if r, err := filepath.Rel(root, dockerfilePath); err == nil && !strings.HasPrefix(r, "..") {
+			res["label:"+DockerfileLabel] = r
+		}
+	}
+
+	return res, func(so *client.SolveOpt) {
+		if !setGitInfo || root == "" {
+			return
+		}
+		for k, dir := range so.LocalDirs {
+			dir, err = filepath.EvalSymlinks(dir)
+			if err != nil {
+				continue
 			}
-			if !filepath.IsAbs(dockerfilePath) {
-				cwd, _ := os.Getwd()
-				dockerfilePath = filepath.Join(cwd, dockerfilePath)
+			dir, err = filepath.Abs(dir)
+			if err != nil {
+				continue
 			}
-			dockerfilePath, _ = filepath.Rel(root, dockerfilePath)
-			if !strings.HasPrefix(dockerfilePath, "..") {
-				res["label:"+DockerfileLabel] = dockerfilePath
+			if r, err := filepath.Rel(root, dir); err == nil && !strings.HasPrefix(r, "..") {
+				so.FrontendAttrs["vcs:localdir:"+k] = r
 			}
 		}
-	}
-
-	return
+	}, nil
 }
diff --git a/build/git_test.go b/build/git_test.go
index 5d65b64b7a6..da954ddbb30 100644
--- a/build/git_test.go
+++ b/build/git_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/docker/buildx/util/gitutil"
+	"github.com/moby/buildkit/client"
 	specs "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ func setupTest(tb testing.TB) {
 }
 
 func TestGetGitAttributesNotGitRepo(t *testing.T) {
-	_, err := getGitAttributes(context.Background(), t.TempDir(), "Dockerfile")
+	_, _, err := getGitAttributes(context.Background(), t.TempDir(), "Dockerfile")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
@@ -38,14 +39,14 @@ func TestGetGitAttributesBadGitRepo(t *testing.T) {
 	tmp := t.TempDir()
 	require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(path.Join(tmp, ".git"), 0755))
 
-	_, err := getGitAttributes(context.Background(), tmp, "Dockerfile")
+	_, _, err := getGitAttributes(context.Background(), tmp, "Dockerfile")
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }
 
 func TestGetGitAttributesNoContext(t *testing.T) {
 	setupTest(t)
 
-	gitattrs, err := getGitAttributes(context.Background(), "", "Dockerfile")
+	gitattrs, _, err := getGitAttributes(context.Background(), "", "Dockerfile")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Empty(t, gitattrs)
 }
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ func TestGetGitAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 			if tt.envGitInfo != "" {
 				t.Setenv("BUILDX_GIT_INFO", tt.envGitInfo)
 			}
-			gitattrs, err := getGitAttributes(context.Background(), ".", "Dockerfile")
+			gitattrs, _, err := getGitAttributes(context.Background(), ".", "Dockerfile")
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			for _, e := range tt.expected {
 				assert.Contains(t, gitattrs, e)
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ func TestGetGitAttributesDirty(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, os.WriteFile(filepath.Join("dir", "Dockerfile"), df, 0644))
 
 	t.Setenv("BUILDX_GIT_LABELS", "true")
-	gitattrs, _ := getGitAttributes(context.Background(), ".", "Dockerfile")
+	gitattrs, _, _ := getGitAttributes(context.Background(), ".", "Dockerfile")
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, len(gitattrs))
 
 	assert.Contains(t, gitattrs, "label:"+DockerfileLabel)
@@ -154,3 +155,59 @@ func TestGetGitAttributesDirty(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, gitattrs, "vcs:revision")
 	assert.True(t, strings.HasSuffix(gitattrs["vcs:revision"], "-dirty"))
 }
+
+func TestLocalDirs(t *testing.T) {
+	setupTest(t)
+
+	so := &client.SolveOpt{
+		FrontendAttrs: map[string]string{},
+		LocalDirs: map[string]string{
+			"context":    ".",
+			"dockerfile": ".",
+		},
+	}
+
+	_, addVCSLocalDir, err := getGitAttributes(context.Background(), ".", "Dockerfile")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, addVCSLocalDir)
+
+	addVCSLocalDir(so)
+	require.Contains(t, so.FrontendAttrs, "vcs:localdir:context")
+	assert.Equal(t, ".", so.FrontendAttrs["vcs:localdir:context"])
+	require.Contains(t, so.FrontendAttrs, "vcs:localdir:dockerfile")
+	assert.Equal(t, ".", so.FrontendAttrs["vcs:localdir:dockerfile"])
+}
+
+func TestLocalDirsSub(t *testing.T) {
+	gitutil.Mktmp(t)
+
+	c, err := gitutil.New()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	gitutil.GitInit(c, t)
+
+	df := []byte("FROM alpine:latest\n")
+	assert.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll("app", 0755))
+	assert.NoError(t, os.WriteFile("app/Dockerfile", df, 0644))
+
+	gitutil.GitAdd(c, t, "app/Dockerfile")
+	gitutil.GitCommit(c, t, "initial commit")
+	gitutil.GitSetRemote(c, t, "origin", "git@github.com:docker/buildx.git")
+
+	so := &client.SolveOpt{
+		FrontendAttrs: map[string]string{},
+		LocalDirs: map[string]string{
+			"context":    ".",
+			"dockerfile": "app",
+		},
+	}
+
+	_, addVCSLocalDir, err := getGitAttributes(context.Background(), ".", "app/Dockerfile")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, addVCSLocalDir)
+
+	addVCSLocalDir(so)
+	require.Contains(t, so.FrontendAttrs, "vcs:localdir:context")
+	assert.Equal(t, ".", so.FrontendAttrs["vcs:localdir:context"])
+	require.Contains(t, so.FrontendAttrs, "vcs:localdir:dockerfile")
+	assert.Equal(t, "app", so.FrontendAttrs["vcs:localdir:dockerfile"])
+}