diff --git a/plugins/README.md b/plugins/README.md
index 8995979b..3a40ae41 100644
--- a/plugins/README.md
+++ b/plugins/README.md
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ With this, plugin `fzy-open` can be run with the keybind <kbd>:o</kbd>, `mocplay
 
 Plugins can access:
 - all files in the directory (`nnn` switches to the dir where the plugin is to be run so the dir is `$PWD` for the plugin)
-- the current file under the cursor (the file name is passed as the argument to a plugin)
+- the current file under the cursor (the file name is passed as the first argument to a plugin)
+- the traversed path where plugin is invoked (this is the second argument to the plugin; for all practical purposes this is the same as `$PWD` except paths with symlinks)
 - the current selection (by reading the file `.selection` in config dir, see the plugin `ndiff`)
 
 Each script has a _Description_ section which provides more details on what the script does, if applicable.
diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index d1548190..5d428021 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -3781,10 +3781,10 @@ nochange:
 					xstrlcpy(path, rundir, PATH_MAX);
 					if (runfile[0]) {
 						xstrlcpy(lastname, runfile, NAME_MAX);
-						spawn(newpath, lastname, NULL, path, F_NORMAL);
+						spawn(newpath, lastname, path, path, F_NORMAL);
 						runfile[0] = '\0';
 					} else
-						spawn(newpath, NULL, NULL, path, F_NORMAL);
+						spawn(newpath, NULL, path, path, F_NORMAL);
 					rundir[0] = '\0';
 					cfg.runplugin = 0;
 					setdirwatch();
@@ -4577,9 +4577,9 @@ nochange:
 
 					mkpath(plugindir, tmp, newpath);
 					if (ndents)
-						spawn(newpath, dents[cur].name, NULL, path, F_NORMAL);
+						spawn(newpath, dents[cur].name, path, path, F_NORMAL);
 					else
-						spawn(newpath, NULL, NULL, path, F_NORMAL);
+						spawn(newpath, NULL, path, path, F_NORMAL);
 
 					if (cfg.filtermode)
 						presel = FILTER;