diff --git a/plugins/tmux/README.md b/plugins/tmux/README.md
index 50f8b2c2f21a..09952a9f5ac5 100644
--- a/plugins/tmux/README.md
+++ b/plugins/tmux/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ The plugin also supports the following:
 | `ZSH_TMUX_AUTOQUIT`                 | Automatically closes terminal once tmux exits (default: `ZSH_TMUX_AUTOSTART`)                               |
 | `ZSH_TMUX_CONFIG`                   | Set the configuration path (default: `$HOME/.tmux.conf`, `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tmux/tmux.conf`)                 |
 | `ZSH_TMUX_DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME`     | Set tmux default session name when autostart is enabled                                                     |
+| `ZSH_TMUX_AUTONAME_SESSION`         | Automatically name new sessions based on the basename of `$PWD` (default: `false`)                          |
 | `ZSH_TMUX_DETACHED`                 | Set the detached mode (default: `false`)                                                                    |
 | `ZSH_TMUX_FIXTERM`                  | Sets `$TERM` to 256-color term or not based on current terminal support                                     |
 | `ZSH_TMUX_FIXTERM_WITHOUT_256COLOR` | `$TERM` to use for non 256-color terminals (default: `tmux` if available, `screen` otherwise)               |
diff --git a/plugins/tmux/tmux.plugin.zsh b/plugins/tmux/tmux.plugin.zsh
index 791592d8f6d4..9d86dfc0800b 100644
--- a/plugins/tmux/tmux.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/tmux/tmux.plugin.zsh
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ fi
 : ${ZSH_TMUX_AUTOCONNECT:=true}
 # Automatically close the terminal when tmux exits
 : ${ZSH_TMUX_AUTOQUIT:=$ZSH_TMUX_AUTOSTART}
+# Automatically name the new session based on the basename of PWD
+: ${ZSH_TMUX_AUTONAME_SESSION:=false}
 # Set term to screen or screen-256color based on current terminal support
 : ${ZSH_TMUX_DETACHED:=false}
 # Set detached mode
@@ -102,9 +104,20 @@ function _zsh_tmux_plugin_run() {
 
   local _detached=""
   [[ "$ZSH_TMUX_DETACHED" == "true" ]] && _detached="-d"
+
+  local session_name
+  if [[ "$ZSH_TMUX_AUTONAME_SESSION" == "true" ]]; then
+    # Name the session after the basename of the current directory
+    session_name=${PWD##*/}
+    # If the current directory is the home directory, name it 'home'
+    [[ "$PWD" == "$HOME" ]] && session_name="home"
+  else
+      session_name="$ZSH_TMUX_DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME"
+  fi
+
   # Try to connect to an existing session.
-  if [[ -n "$ZSH_TMUX_DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME" ]]; then
-    [[ "$ZSH_TMUX_AUTOCONNECT" == "true" ]] && $tmux_cmd attach $_detached -t $ZSH_TMUX_DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME
+  if [[ -n "$session_name" ]]; then
+    [[ "$ZSH_TMUX_AUTOCONNECT" == "true" ]] && $tmux_cmd attach $_detached -t "$session_name"
   else
     [[ "$ZSH_TMUX_AUTOCONNECT" == "true" ]] && $tmux_cmd attach $_detached
   fi
@@ -116,8 +129,9 @@ function _zsh_tmux_plugin_run() {
     elif [[ -e "$ZSH_TMUX_CONFIG" ]]; then
       tmux_cmd+=(-f "$ZSH_TMUX_CONFIG")
     fi
-    if [[ -n "$ZSH_TMUX_DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME" ]]; then
-      $tmux_cmd new-session -s $ZSH_TMUX_DEFAULT_SESSION_NAME
+
+    if [[ -n "$session_name" ]]; then
+      $tmux_cmd new-session -s "$session_name"
     else
       $tmux_cmd new-session
     fi