diff --git a/plugins/common/plugin/InstrumentDescription.cpp b/plugins/common/plugin/InstrumentDescription.cpp
index e104cc10..7378fd03 100644
--- a/plugins/common/plugin/InstrumentDescription.cpp
+++ b/plugins/common/plugin/InstrumentDescription.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ std::string getDescriptionBlob(sfizz_synth_t* handle)
     synth.sendMessage(*client, 0, "/num_masters", "", nullptr);
     synth.sendMessage(*client, 0, "/num_curves", "", nullptr);
     synth.sendMessage(*client, 0, "/num_samples", "", nullptr);
+    synth.sendMessage(*client, 0, "/root_path", "", nullptr);
+    synth.sendMessage(*client, 0, "/image", "", nullptr);
     synth.sendMessage(*client, 0, "/key/slots", "", nullptr);
     synth.sendMessage(*client, 0, "/sw/last/slots", "", nullptr);
     synth.sendMessage(*client, 0, "/cc/slots", "", nullptr);
@@ -140,6 +142,10 @@ InstrumentDescription parseDescriptionBlob(absl::string_view blob)
             desc.numCurves = uint32_t(args[0].i);
         else if (Messages::matchOSC("/num_samples", path, indices) && !strcmp(sig, "i"))
             desc.numSamples = uint32_t(args[0].i);
+        else if (Messages::matchOSC("/root_path", path, indices) && !strcmp(sig, "s"))
+            desc.rootPath = args[0].s;
+        else if (Messages::matchOSC("/image", path, indices) && !strcmp(sig, "s"))
+            desc.image = args[0].s;
         else if (Messages::matchOSC("/key/slots", path, indices) && !strcmp(sig, "b"))
             copyArgToBitSpan(args[0], desc.keyUsed.span());
         else if (Messages::matchOSC("/sw/last/slots", path, indices) && !strcmp(sig, "b"))
@@ -172,6 +178,9 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const InstrumentDescription& desc)
     os << "  curves: " << desc.numCurves << "\n";
     os << "  samples: " << desc.numSamples << "\n";
 
+    os << "  root_path: " << desc.rootPath << "\n";
+    os << "  image: " << desc.image << "\n";
+
     os << "  keys:\n";
     for (unsigned i = 0; i < 128; ++i) {
         if (desc.keyUsed.test(i)) {
diff --git a/plugins/common/plugin/InstrumentDescription.h b/plugins/common/plugin/InstrumentDescription.h
index 88478a2d..b943dcba 100644
--- a/plugins/common/plugin/InstrumentDescription.h
+++ b/plugins/common/plugin/InstrumentDescription.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ struct InstrumentDescription {
     uint32_t numMasters {};
     uint32_t numCurves {};
     uint32_t numSamples {};
+    std::string rootPath;
+    std::string image;
     BitArray<128> keyUsed {};
     BitArray<128> keyswitchUsed {};
     BitArray<sfz::config::numCCs> ccUsed {};
diff --git a/src/sfizz/Synth.cpp b/src/sfizz/Synth.cpp
index ea7914ac..e1bc441f 100644
--- a/src/sfizz/Synth.cpp
+++ b/src/sfizz/Synth.cpp
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ void Synth::Impl::clear()
     effectBuses_[0]->setSampleRate(sampleRate_);
     effectBuses_[0]->clearInputs(samplesPerBlock_);
     resources_.clear();
+    rootPath_.clear();
     numGroups_ = 0;
     numMasters_ = 0;
     currentSwitch_ = absl::nullopt;
@@ -547,7 +548,11 @@ bool Synth::loadSfzString(const fs::path& path, absl::string_view text)
 
 void Synth::Impl::finalizeSfzLoad()
 {
-    resources_.filePool.setRootDirectory(parser_.originalDirectory());
+    const fs::path& rootDirectory = parser_.originalDirectory();
+    resources_.filePool.setRootDirectory(rootDirectory);
+
+    // a string representation used for OSC purposes
+    rootPath_ = rootDirectory.u8string();
 
     size_t currentRegionIndex = 0;
     size_t currentRegionCount = layers_.size();
diff --git a/src/sfizz/SynthMessaging.cpp b/src/sfizz/SynthMessaging.cpp
index 70fc6ed5..5cead784 100644
--- a/src/sfizz/SynthMessaging.cpp
+++ b/src/sfizz/SynthMessaging.cpp
@@ -76,10 +76,16 @@ void sfz::Synth::dispatchMessage(Client& client, int delay, const char* path, co
 
         //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+        MATCH("/root_path", "") {
+            client.receive<'s'>(delay, path, impl.rootPath_.c_str());
+        } break;
+
         MATCH("/image", "") {
             client.receive<'s'>(delay, path, impl.image_.c_str());
         } break;
 
+        //----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
         MATCH("/sw/last/slots", "") {
             const BitArray<128>& switches = impl.swLastSlots_;
             sfizz_blob_t blob { switches.data(), static_cast<uint32_t>(switches.byte_size()) };
diff --git a/src/sfizz/SynthPrivate.h b/src/sfizz/SynthPrivate.h
index 74fa5e34..3b8835a6 100644
--- a/src/sfizz/SynthPrivate.h
+++ b/src/sfizz/SynthPrivate.h
@@ -278,6 +278,9 @@ struct Synth::Impl final: public Parser::Listener {
     // Singletons passed as references to the voices
     Resources resources_;
 
+    // Root path
+    std::string rootPath_;
+
     // Control opcodes
     std::string defaultPath_ { "" };
     std::string image_ { "" };