diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index a5047dc5..cecdb1f8 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -561,6 +561,20 @@ Description
     with a ``metadata`` post processor, etc.
 
 
+extractor.*.path-metadata
+-------------------------
+Type
+    ``string``
+Default
+    ``null``
+Description
+    Insert a reference to the current `PathFormat <https://github.com/mikf/gallery-dl/blob/v1.22.4/gallery_dl/path.py#L20>`__
+    data structure into metadata dictionaries as the given name.
+
+    For example, setting this option to ``"gdl_path"`` would make it possible
+    to access the current file's filename as ``"[gdl_path.filename}"``.
+
+
 extractor.*.category-transfer
 -----------------------------
 Type
diff --git a/gallery_dl/job.py b/gallery_dl/job.py
index 9636bef1..7b22b1df 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/job.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/job.py
@@ -35,10 +35,13 @@ class Job():
         self.status = 0
         self.url_key = extr.config("url-metadata")
 
+        path_key = extr.config("path-metadata")
+        path_proxy = output.PathfmtProxy(self)
+
         self._logger_extra = {
             "job"      : self,
             "extractor": extr,
-            "path"     : output.PathfmtProxy(self),
+            "path"     : path_proxy,
             "keywords" : output.KwdictProxy(self),
         }
         extr.log = self._wrap_logger(extr.log)
@@ -58,6 +61,8 @@ class Job():
         kwdict = extr.config("keywords")
         if kwdict:
             self.kwdict.update(kwdict)
+        if path_key:
+            self.kwdict[path_key] = path_proxy
 
         # predicates
         self.pred_url = self._prepare_predicates("image", True)
diff --git a/gallery_dl/output.py b/gallery_dl/output.py
index e7c66cf2..3017f857 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/output.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/output.py
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ class PathfmtProxy():
         pathfmt = object.__getattribute__(self, "job").pathfmt
         return pathfmt.__dict__.get(name) if pathfmt else None
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        pathfmt = object.__getattribute__(self, "job").pathfmt
+        if pathfmt:
+            return pathfmt.path or pathfmt.directory
+        return ""
+
 
 class KwdictProxy():
     __slots__ = ("job",)