diff --git a/lib/absinthe/language/input_value_definition.ex b/lib/absinthe/language/input_value_definition.ex
index 8762bf5c80..9686449815 100644
--- a/lib/absinthe/language/input_value_definition.ex
+++ b/lib/absinthe/language/input_value_definition.ex
@@ -31,10 +31,7 @@ defmodule Absinthe.Language.InputValueDefinition do
         identifier: Macro.underscore(node.name) |> String.to_atom(),
         default_value: Blueprint.Draft.convert(node.default_value, doc),
         directives: Blueprint.Draft.convert(node.directives, doc),
-        source_location: source_location(node),
-        __reference__: %{
-          location: source_location(node) |> Map.put(:file, "TODO")
-        }
+        source_location: source_location(node)
       }
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/absinthe/schema/notation.ex b/lib/absinthe/schema/notation.ex
index c28d4cc33f..6f0d77a7d3 100644
--- a/lib/absinthe/schema/notation.ex
+++ b/lib/absinthe/schema/notation.ex
@@ -1150,12 +1150,14 @@ defmodule Absinthe.Schema.Notation do
   """
   @spec import_sdl([import_sdl_option(), ...]) :: Macro.t()
   defmacro import_sdl(opts) when is_list(opts) do
-    do_import_sdl(nil, opts)
+    __CALLER__
+    |> do_import_sdl(nil, opts)
   end
 
   @spec import_sdl(String.t() | Macro.t(), [import_sdl_option()]) :: Macro.t()
   defmacro import_sdl(sdl, opts \\ []) do
-    do_import_sdl(sdl, opts)
+    __CALLER__
+    |> do_import_sdl(sdl, opts)
   end
 
   defmacro values(values) do
@@ -1471,8 +1473,8 @@ defmodule Absinthe.Schema.Notation do
     []
   end
 
-  @spec do_import_sdl(nil, [import_sdl_option()]) :: Macro.t()
-  defp do_import_sdl(nil, opts) do
+  @spec do_import_sdl(Macro.Env.t(), nil, [import_sdl_option()]) :: Macro.t()
+  defp do_import_sdl(env, nil, opts) do
     case Keyword.fetch(opts, :path) do
       {:ok, path} ->
         [
@@ -1480,10 +1482,11 @@ defmodule Absinthe.Schema.Notation do
             @__absinthe_import_sdl_path__ unquote(path)
           end,
           do_import_sdl(
+            env,
             quote do
               File.read!(@__absinthe_import_sdl_path__)
             end,
-            Keyword.delete(opts, :path)
+            opts
           ),
           quote do
             @external_resource @__absinthe_import_sdl_path__
@@ -1495,10 +1498,11 @@ defmodule Absinthe.Schema.Notation do
     end
   end
 
-  @spec do_import_sdl(String.t() | Macro.t(), Keyword.t()) :: Macro.t()
-  defp do_import_sdl(sdl, _opts) do
+  @spec do_import_sdl(Macro.Env.t(), String.t() | Macro.t(), Keyword.t()) :: Macro.t()
+  defp do_import_sdl(env, sdl, opts) do
+    ref = build_reference(env)
     quote do
-      with {:ok, definitions} <- unquote(__MODULE__).SDL.parse(unquote(sdl), __MODULE__) do
+      with {:ok, definitions} <- unquote(__MODULE__).SDL.parse(unquote(sdl), __MODULE__, unquote(Macro.escape(ref)), unquote(Macro.escape(opts))) do
         @__absinthe_sdl_definitions__ definitions ++
                                         (Module.get_attribute(
                                            __MODULE__,
diff --git a/lib/absinthe/schema/notation/sdl.ex b/lib/absinthe/schema/notation/sdl.ex
index 75e7428286..ce41c659e1 100644
--- a/lib/absinthe/schema/notation/sdl.ex
+++ b/lib/absinthe/schema/notation/sdl.ex
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ defmodule Absinthe.Schema.Notation.SDL do
   @doc """
   Parse definitions from SDL source
   """
-  @spec parse(sdl :: String.t(), Module.t()) ::
+  @spec parse(sdl :: String.t(), Module.t(), map(), Keyword.t())  ::
           {:ok, [Absinthe.Blueprint.Schema.type_t()]} | {:error, String.t()}
-  def parse(sdl, module) do
+  def parse(sdl, module, ref, opts) do
     with {:ok, doc} <- Absinthe.Phase.Parse.run(sdl) do
       definitions =
         doc.input.definitions
         |> Enum.map(&Absinthe.Blueprint.Draft.convert(&1, doc))
+        |> Enum.map(&put_ref(&1, ref, opts))
         |> Enum.map(fn type -> %{type | module: module} end)
 
       {:ok, definitions}
@@ -27,4 +28,31 @@ defmodule Absinthe.Schema.Notation.SDL do
         other
     end
   end
+
+  defp put_ref(%{fields: fields} = node, ref, opts) do
+    %{node | fields: Enum.map(fields, &put_ref(&1, ref, opts))}
+    |> do_put_ref(ref, opts)
+  end
+  defp put_ref(%{arguments: args} = node, ref, opts) do
+    %{node | arguments: Enum.map(args, &put_ref(&1, ref, opts))}
+    |> do_put_ref(ref, opts)
+  end
+  defp put_ref(%{directives: dirs} = node, ref, opts) do
+    %{node | directives: Enum.map(dirs, &put_ref(&1, ref, opts))}
+    |> do_put_ref(ref, opts)
+  end
+  defp put_ref(node, ref, opts), do: do_put_ref(node, ref, opts)
+
+  defp do_put_ref(%{__reference__: nil} = node, ref, opts) do
+    ref =
+      case opts[:path] do
+        nil ->
+          ref
+        path ->
+          put_in(ref.location, %{file: path, line: node.source_location.line})
+      end
+    %{node | __reference__: ref}
+  end
+  defp do_put_ref(node, _ref, _opts), do: node
+
 end
diff --git a/test/absinthe/language/field_definition_test.exs b/test/absinthe/language/field_definition_test.exs
index 7465940d15..8736e8a78d 100644
--- a/test/absinthe/language/field_definition_test.exs
+++ b/test/absinthe/language/field_definition_test.exs
@@ -46,14 +46,6 @@ defmodule Absinthe.Language.FieldDefinitionTest do
                },
                arguments: [
                  %Blueprint.Schema.InputValueDefinition{
-                   __reference__: %{
-                     location: %{
-                       __struct__: Absinthe.Blueprint.SourceLocation,
-                       column: 10,
-                       file: "TODO",
-                       line: 4
-                     }
-                   },
                    name: "limit",
                    identifier: :limit,
                    type: %Blueprint.TypeReference.Name{name: "Int"},