diff --git a/crates/ocs_plugin_api/src/host.rs b/crates/ocs_plugin_api/src/host.rs
index f146c23ab..8a78042a0 100644
--- a/crates/ocs_plugin_api/src/host.rs
+++ b/crates/ocs_plugin_api/src/host.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 //! [`ensure_plugin_state`] helpers for the ergonomic typed access.
 
 use std::any::Any;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
 
@@ -531,6 +532,15 @@ pub trait HostApi {
     fn add_entities(&mut self, entities: Vec<EntityType>) -> Vec<Handle> {
         entities.into_iter().map(|e| self.add_entity(e)).collect()
     }
+
+    /// Return the filesystem path of the document in tab `tab_id`, if any.
+    /// Added after API v4; appended at the very end so older plugins compiled
+    /// without it keep stable vtable indices. The default returns `None`;
+    /// in-process hosts should override it to expose the real path.
+    fn document_path(&self, tab_id: u64) -> Option<PathBuf> {
+        let _ = tab_id;
+        None
+    }
 }
 
 /// Simplified, read-only entity kind exposed by [`DocumentReader`].
diff --git a/crates/ocs_plugin_api/src/ipc/client.rs b/crates/ocs_plugin_api/src/ipc/client.rs
index 4fb050e1a..3a617fc02 100644
--- a/crates/ocs_plugin_api/src/ipc/client.rs
+++ b/crates/ocs_plugin_api/src/ipc/client.rs
@@ -401,6 +401,21 @@ impl HostApi for PluginHostApi {
             None => Box::new(EmptyDocumentReader),
         }
     }
+
+    fn document_path(&self, tab_id: u64) -> Option<std::path::PathBuf> {
+        match self.client.request(PluginRequest::DocumentPath { tab_id }) {
+            Ok(PluginResponse::DocumentPath(Some(path))) => Some(std::path::PathBuf::from(path)),
+            Ok(PluginResponse::DocumentPath(None)) => None,
+            Ok(other) => {
+                eprintln!("[plugin] unexpected DocumentPath response: {other:?}");
+                None
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                eprintln!("[plugin] DocumentPath request failed: {e}");
+                None
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 /// Sentinel reader used when the shared-memory view could not be initialized.
diff --git a/crates/ocs_plugin_api/src/ipc/protocol.rs b/crates/ocs_plugin_api/src/ipc/protocol.rs
index 5b494026a..d599fdd13 100644
--- a/crates/ocs_plugin_api/src/ipc/protocol.rs
+++ b/crates/ocs_plugin_api/src/ipc/protocol.rs
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ pub enum PluginRequest {
     CloseDocumentViewV4 { tab_id: u64 },
     /// V4: ask the host for the stable tab identifier of the active tab.
     GetTabId,
+    /// V4: ask the host for the filesystem path of the document in `tab_id`.
+    DocumentPath { tab_id: u64 },
 }
 
 /// Responses the host sends back for `PluginRequest`.
@@ -160,6 +162,8 @@ pub enum PluginResponse {
     },
     /// V4: stable tab identifier of the active tab.
     TabId(u64),
+    /// V4: filesystem path of the document in the requested tab, if any.
+    DocumentPath(Option<String>),
 }
 
 /// Messages sent from the host to the plugin runner.
diff --git a/crates/ocs_plugin_api/src/ipc/server.rs b/crates/ocs_plugin_api/src/ipc/server.rs
index 51ad9ac8a..2285b0968 100644
--- a/crates/ocs_plugin_api/src/ipc/server.rs
+++ b/crates/ocs_plugin_api/src/ipc/server.rs
@@ -74,5 +74,8 @@ pub fn handle_plugin_request(
             PluginResponse::Ok
         }
         GetTabId => PluginResponse::TabId(host.tab_id()),
+        DocumentPath { tab_id } => {
+            PluginResponse::DocumentPath(host.document_path(tab_id).map(|p| p.to_string_lossy().to_string()))
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/ocs_plugin_api/src/ipc/v4/client.rs b/crates/ocs_plugin_api/src/ipc/v4/client.rs
index a491a6ebc..03cbf20ae 100644
--- a/crates/ocs_plugin_api/src/ipc/v4/client.rs
+++ b/crates/ocs_plugin_api/src/ipc/v4/client.rs
@@ -715,6 +715,21 @@ impl HostApi for V4PluginHostApi {
             view.take();
         }
     }
+
+    fn document_path(&self, tab_id: u64) -> Option<std::path::PathBuf> {
+        match self.request(PluginRequest::DocumentPath { tab_id }) {
+            Ok(PluginResponse::DocumentPath(Some(path))) => Some(std::path::PathBuf::from(path)),
+            Ok(PluginResponse::DocumentPath(None)) => None,
+            Ok(other) => {
+                eprintln!("[plugin] unexpected DocumentPath response: {other:?}");
+                None
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                eprintln!("[plugin] DocumentPath request failed: {e}");
+                None
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/app/plugin_host.rs b/src/app/plugin_host.rs
index 272e89039..d60992822 100644
--- a/src/app/plugin_host.rs
+++ b/src/app/plugin_host.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ impl<'a> HostSession<'a> {
         self.app.tabs[self.tab].id
     }
 
+    pub fn document_path(&self, tab_id: u64) -> Option<std::path::PathBuf> {
+        self.app
+            .tabs
+            .iter()
+            .find(|t| t.id == tab_id)
+            .and_then(|t| t.current_path.clone())
+    }
+
     #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
     pub fn document_view_v4(&mut self, tab_id: u64) -> Option<ocs_plugin_api::shm::DocumentViewInfo> {
         if tab_id != self.tab_id() {
@@ -341,6 +349,9 @@ impl HostApi for HostSession<'_> {
     fn tab_id(&self) -> u64 {
         self.tab_id()
     }
+    fn document_path(&self, tab_id: u64) -> Option<std::path::PathBuf> {
+        self.document_path(tab_id)
+    }
     #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
     fn document_view_v4(&mut self, tab_id: u64) -> Option<ocs_plugin_api::shm::DocumentViewInfo> {
         self.document_view_v4(tab_id)