The invention relates to an electro-hydraulic directional valve with position monitoring, belongs to the technical field of directional valves, and mainly solves the technical problems of more valve blockage faults, short service life and difficult mastering of the valve element position in a traditional electro-hydraulic directional valve. The electro-hydraulic directional valve with position monitoring consists of a pilot electromagnetic valve, a main valve body, a main valve element, springs, end covers, a sealing ring, a position detecting switch and a locking nut; the main valve element is arranged in a valve element hole of the main valve body; the pilot electromagnetic valve is mounted on the upper surface of the main valve body for controlling connection between an oil port and a pilot control oil port of the main valve body; the end covers are arranged at two ends of the main valve body; the springs are arranged at two ends of the main valve element, and are positioned in spring cavities of the end covers; end cover pilot oil ways are arranged on the end covers, and are connected with a pilot oil way of the main valve body; and the position detecting switch is mounted in position detecting switch mounting holes at the lower parts of the end covers through threads.