diff --git a/simgear/scene/model/SGReaderWriterXML.cxx b/simgear/scene/model/SGReaderWriterXML.cxx
index af1e6f7b..e317aa63 100644
--- a/simgear/scene/model/SGReaderWriterXML.cxx
+++ b/simgear/scene/model/SGReaderWriterXML.cxx
@@ -592,6 +592,8 @@ sgLoad3DModel_internal(const SGPath& path,
             texturepath = texturepath.dir();
 
         options->setDatabasePath(texturepath.utf8Str());
+        options->setPluginStringData("filePath", modelpath.utf8Str());
+
         osgDB::ReaderWriter::ReadResult modelResult;
         modelResult = osgDB::readRefNodeFile(modelpath.utf8Str(), options.get());