diff --git a/src/kscript b/src/kscript
index 97bc5158..1fbede4a 100755
--- a/src/kscript
+++ b/src/kscript
@@ -27,5 +27,8 @@ if [[ $(uname) == CYGWIN* ]]; then jarPath=$(cygpath -w ${jarPath}); fi
 ## prefer KOTLIN_HOME instead of PATH to resolve `kotlin` location (see #145)
 if [[ -z "$KOTLIN_HOME" ]]; then KOTLIN_EXEC="kotlin"; else KOTLIN_EXEC="$KOTLIN_HOME/bin/kotlin"; fi
 
+## expose the name of the script being run to the script itself
+export KSCRIPT_FILE="$1"
+
 ## run it using command substitution to have just the user process once kscript is done
 eval "exec $(${KOTLIN_EXEC} -classpath ${jarPath} kscript.app.KscriptKt "$@")"
diff --git a/test/resources/uses_self_file_name.kts b/test/resources/uses_self_file_name.kts
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..bd8668d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/resources/uses_self_file_name.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env kscript
+println("Usage: ${System.getenv("KSCRIPT_FILE")} [-ae] [--foo] file+")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_suite.sh b/test/test_suite.sh
index c72a4d2b..a948d784 100755
--- a/test/test_suite.sh
+++ b/test/test_suite.sh
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ assert "unset KOTLIN_HOME; echo 'println(99)' | kscript -" "99"
 
 ## todo test what happens if kotlin/kotlinc/java/maven is not in PATH
 
+## run script that tries to find out its own filename via environment variable
+f="${KSCRIPT_HOME}/test/resources/uses_self_file_name.kts"
+assert "$f" "Usage: $f [-ae] [--foo] file+"
+
 
 assert_end environment_tests