diff --git a/docs/docsite/rst/playbook_guide/playbooks_filters.rst b/docs/docsite/rst/playbook_guide/playbooks_filters.rst
index 164d0893c05..39084290bd5 100644
--- a/docs/docsite/rst/playbook_guide/playbooks_filters.rst
+++ b/docs/docsite/rst/playbook_guide/playbooks_filters.rst
@@ -2021,7 +2021,6 @@ To join one or more path components:
 
 .. versionadded:: 2.10
 
-
 Manipulating strings
 ====================
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/core.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/core.py
index 2656faa43cd..1e0c835ae77 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/core.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/core.py
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ class FilterModule(object):
             'win_dirname': partial(unicode_wrap, ntpath.dirname),
             'win_splitdrive': partial(unicode_wrap, ntpath.splitdrive),
             'commonpath': commonpath,
+            'normpath': partial(unicode_wrap, os.path.normpath),
 
             # file glob
             'fileglob': fileglob,
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/normpath.yml b/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/normpath.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..92ad917d796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/filter/normpath.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+DOCUMENTATION:
+  name: normpath
+  author: Shivam Durgbuns
+  version_added: "2.15"
+  short_description: Normalize a pathname
+  description:
+    - Returns the normalized pathname by collapsing redundant separators and up-level references
+  options:
+    _input:
+      description: A path
+      type: path
+      required: true
+  seealso:
+    - plugin: ansible.builtin.basename
+      plugin_type: filter
+EXAMPLES: |
+
+  # To get a normalized path(ex. '/foo/bar') from the path(ex. '/foo//bar') 
+  {{ path | normpath }}
+
+RETURN:
+  _value:
+    description: The normalized path from the path given.
+    type: path
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