diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/66067-git-archive_prefix-option.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/66067-git-archive_prefix-option.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..85d55b6fcf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/66067-git-archive_prefix-option.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - git - added an ``archive_prefix`` option to set a prefix to add to each file path in archive
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/git.py b/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/git.py
index 29529e56c5e..ef940da8cc8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/git.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/source_control/git.py
@@ -163,6 +163,12 @@ options:
               all git servers support git archive.
         version_added: "2.4"
 
+    archive_prefix:
+        description:
+            - Specify a prefix to add to each file path in archive. Requires C(archive) to be specified.
+        version_added: "2.10"
+        type: str
+
     separate_git_dir:
         description:
             - The path to place the cloned repository. If specified, Git repository
@@ -972,10 +978,12 @@ def git_version(git_path, module):
     return LooseVersion(rematch.groups()[0])
 
 
-def git_archive(git_path, module, dest, archive, archive_fmt, version):
+def git_archive(git_path, module, dest, archive, archive_fmt, archive_prefix, version):
     """ Create git archive in given source directory """
-    cmd = "%s archive --format=%s --output=%s %s" \
-          % (git_path, archive_fmt, archive, version)
+    cmd = [git_path, 'archive', '--format', archive_fmt, '--output', archive, version]
+    if archive_prefix is not None:
+        cmd.insert(-1, '--prefix')
+        cmd.insert(-1, archive_prefix)
     (rc, out, err) = module.run_command(cmd, cwd=dest)
     if rc != 0:
         module.fail_json(msg="Failed to perform archive operation",
@@ -985,7 +993,7 @@ def git_archive(git_path, module, dest, archive, archive_fmt, version):
     return rc, out, err
 
 
-def create_archive(git_path, module, dest, archive, version, repo, result):
+def create_archive(git_path, module, dest, archive, archive_prefix, version, repo, result):
     """ Helper function for creating archive using git_archive """
     all_archive_fmt = {'.zip': 'zip', '.gz': 'tar.gz', '.tar': 'tar',
                        '.tgz': 'tgz'}
@@ -1007,7 +1015,7 @@ def create_archive(git_path, module, dest, archive, version, repo, result):
         tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
         new_archive_dest = os.path.join(tempdir, repo_name)
         new_archive = new_archive_dest + '.' + archive_fmt
-        git_archive(git_path, module, dest, new_archive, archive_fmt, version)
+        git_archive(git_path, module, dest, new_archive, archive_fmt, archive_prefix, version)
 
         # filecmp is supposed to be efficient than md5sum checksum
         if filecmp.cmp(new_archive, archive):
@@ -1029,7 +1037,7 @@ def create_archive(git_path, module, dest, archive, version, repo, result):
                                          % to_text(e))
     else:
         # Perform archive from local directory
-        git_archive(git_path, module, dest, archive, archive_fmt, version)
+        git_archive(git_path, module, dest, archive, archive_fmt, archive_prefix, version)
         result.update(changed=True)
 
 
@@ -1059,9 +1067,11 @@ def main():
             track_submodules=dict(default='no', type='bool'),
             umask=dict(default=None, type='raw'),
             archive=dict(type='path'),
+            archive_prefix=dict(),
             separate_git_dir=dict(type='path'),
         ),
         mutually_exclusive=[('separate_git_dir', 'bare')],
+        required_by={'archive_prefix': ['archive']},
         supports_check_mode=True
     )
 
@@ -1083,6 +1093,7 @@ def main():
     ssh_opts = module.params['ssh_opts']
     umask = module.params['umask']
     archive = module.params['archive']
+    archive_prefix = module.params['archive_prefix']
     separate_git_dir = module.params['separate_git_dir']
 
     result = dict(changed=False, warnings=list())
@@ -1186,7 +1197,7 @@ def main():
                 result.update(changed=True)
                 module.exit_json(**result)
 
-            create_archive(git_path, module, dest, archive, version, repo, result)
+            create_archive(git_path, module, dest, archive, archive_prefix, version, repo, result)
 
         module.exit_json(**result)
     else:
@@ -1260,7 +1271,7 @@ def main():
             result.update(changed=True)
             module.exit_json(**result)
 
-        create_archive(git_path, module, dest, archive, version, repo, result)
+        create_archive(git_path, module, dest, archive, archive_prefix, version, repo, result)
 
     module.exit_json(**result)
 
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/git/handlers/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/git/handlers/main.yml
index a96627adc98..592ea394d0b 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/git/handlers/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/git/handlers/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# TODO remove everything we'd installed (see git_required_packages), not just git
+# problem is that we should not remove what we hadn't installed
 - name: remove git
   package:
     name: git
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/archive.yml b/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/archive.yml
index c0d125cbeb8..8c5e5ebcab1 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/archive.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/archive.yml
@@ -74,3 +74,62 @@
   when:
     - "ansible_os_family == 'RedHat'"
     - ansible_distribution_major_version is version('7', '>=')
+
+- name: ARCHIVE | Inspect archive file
+  command:
+    cmd: "{{ git_list_commands[item] }} {{ checkout_dir }}/test_role.{{ item }}"
+    warn: no
+  register: archive_content
+  with_items: "{{ git_archive_extensions[ansible_os_family ~ ansible_distribution_major_version | default('default') ] | default(git_archive_extensions.default) }}"
+
+# Does not work on RedHat6 (jinja2 too old?)
+- name: ARCHIVE | Ensure archive content is correct
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - item.stdout_lines | sort | first == 'defaults/'
+  with_items: "{{ archive_content.results }}"
+  when:
+    - ansible_os_family ~ ansible_distribution_major_version != 'RedHat6'
+
+- name: ARCHIVE | Clear checkout_dir
+  file:
+    state: absent
+    path: "{{ checkout_dir }}"
+
+- name: ARCHIVE | Generate an archive prefix
+  set_fact:
+    git_archive_prefix: '{{ range(2 ** 31, 2 ** 32) | random }}' # Generate some random archive prefix
+
+- name: ARCHIVE | Archive repo using various archival format and with an archive prefix
+  git:
+    repo: '{{ repo_format1 }}'
+    dest: '{{ checkout_dir }}'
+    archive: '{{ checkout_dir }}/test_role.{{ item }}'
+    archive_prefix: '{{ git_archive_prefix }}/'
+  register: git_archive
+  with_items: "{{ git_archive_extensions[ansible_os_family ~ ansible_distribution_major_version | default('default') ] | default(git_archive_extensions.default) }}"
+
+- name: ARCHIVE | Prepare the target for archive(s) extraction
+  file:
+    state: directory
+    path: '{{ checkout_dir }}/{{ git_archive_prefix }}.{{ item }}'
+  with_items: "{{ git_archive_extensions[ansible_os_family ~ ansible_distribution_major_version | default('default') ] | default(git_archive_extensions.default) }}"
+
+- name: ARCHIVE | Extract the archive(s) into that target
+  unarchive:
+    src: '{{ checkout_dir }}/test_role.{{ item }}'
+    dest: '{{ checkout_dir }}/{{ git_archive_prefix }}.{{ item }}'
+  with_items: "{{ git_archive_extensions[ansible_os_family ~ ansible_distribution_major_version | default('default') ] | default(git_archive_extensions.default) }}"
+
+- name: ARCHIVE | Check if prefix directory exists in what's extracted
+  find:
+    path: '{{ checkout_dir }}/{{ git_archive_prefix }}.{{ item }}'
+    patterns: '{{ git_archive_prefix }}'
+    file_type: directory
+  register: archive_check
+  with_items: "{{ git_archive_extensions[ansible_os_family ~ ansible_distribution_major_version | default('default') ] | default(git_archive_extensions.default) }}"
+
+- name: ARCHIVE | Assert that prefix directory is found
+  assert:
+    that: '{{ item.matched == 1 }}'
+  with_items: "{{ archive_check.results }}"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/setup.yml b/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/setup.yml
index 0e56e8b0175..109798e3844 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/setup.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/git/tasks/setup.yml
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@
 
 - name: SETUP | install git
   package:
-    name: git
+    name: '{{ item }}'
   when: ansible_distribution != "MacOSX"
   notify:
     - remove git
     - remove git from FreeBSD
+  with_items: "{{ git_required_packages[ansible_os_family | default('default') ] | default(git_required_packages.default) }}"
 
 - name: SETUP | verify that git is installed so this test can continue
   shell: which git
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/git/vars/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/git/vars/main.yml
index ea9dae268c4..a5bae5ba7f2 100644
--- a/test/integration/targets/git/vars/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/targets/git/vars/main.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,24 @@ git_archive_extensions:
     - tar
     - zip
 
+git_required_packages:
+  default:
+    - git
+    - gzip
+    - tar
+    - unzip
+    - zip
+  FreeBSD:
+    - git
+    - gzip
+    - unzip
+    - zip
+
+git_list_commands:
+  tar.gz: tar -tf
+  tar: tar -tf
+  tgz: tar -tf
+  zip: unzip -Z1
 
 checkout_dir: '{{ output_dir }}/git'
 repo_dir: '{{ output_dir }}/local_repos'