diff --git a/Foundation/include/Poco/Path.h b/Foundation/include/Poco/Path.h
index 0f0a889d0b..cf6b76abd5 100644
--- a/Foundation/include/Poco/Path.h
+++ b/Foundation/include/Poco/Path.h
@@ -290,6 +290,10 @@ class Foundation_API Path
 		/// this is the semicolon ';'. On OpenVMS systems, this is the
 		/// comma ','.
 
+	static std::string self();
+		/// Return path to the executable file, empty string if failed.
+		/// The path is absolute one.
+
 	static std::string current();
 		/// Returns the current working directory.
 
diff --git a/Foundation/include/Poco/Path_UNIX.h b/Foundation/include/Poco/Path_UNIX.h
index 50a6478b92..8e27bd9622 100644
--- a/Foundation/include/Poco/Path_UNIX.h
+++ b/Foundation/include/Poco/Path_UNIX.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ namespace Poco {
 class PathImpl
 {
 public:
+	static std::string selfImpl();
 	static std::string currentImpl();
 	static std::string homeImpl();
 	static std::string configHomeImpl();
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ class PathImpl
 	static std::string nullImpl();
 	static std::string expandImpl(const std::string& path);
 	static void listRootsImpl(std::vector<std::string>& roots);
+
 };
 
 
diff --git a/Foundation/include/Poco/Path_WIN32U.h b/Foundation/include/Poco/Path_WIN32U.h
index fb9d451cc2..c72d78ef50 100644
--- a/Foundation/include/Poco/Path_WIN32U.h
+++ b/Foundation/include/Poco/Path_WIN32U.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ namespace Poco {
 class Foundation_API PathImpl
 {
 public:
+	static std::string selfImpl();
 	static std::string currentImpl();
 	static std::string homeImpl();
 	static std::string configHomeImpl();
diff --git a/Foundation/include/Poco/Path_WINCE.h b/Foundation/include/Poco/Path_WINCE.h
index 37e3fff582..32677150d4 100644
--- a/Foundation/include/Poco/Path_WINCE.h
+++ b/Foundation/include/Poco/Path_WINCE.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ namespace Poco {
 class Foundation_API PathImpl
 {
 public:
+	static std::string selfImpl();
 	static std::string currentImpl();
 	static std::string homeImpl();
 	static std::string configHomeImpl();
diff --git a/Foundation/src/Path.cpp b/Foundation/src/Path.cpp
index 38d354eb4d..23e83aeb8f 100644
--- a/Foundation/src/Path.cpp
+++ b/Foundation/src/Path.cpp
@@ -578,6 +578,12 @@ Path& Path::clear()
 }
 
 
+std::string Path::self()
+{
+	return PathImpl::selfImpl();
+}
+
+
 std::string Path::current()
 {
 	return PathImpl::currentImpl();
diff --git a/Foundation/src/Path_UNIX.cpp b/Foundation/src/Path_UNIX.cpp
index 697e0f6410..1856728e55 100644
--- a/Foundation/src/Path_UNIX.cpp
+++ b/Foundation/src/Path_UNIX.cpp
@@ -19,19 +19,74 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <climits>
+
 #if !defined(POCO_VXWORKS)
 #include <pwd.h>
 #endif
-#include <climits>
+
+#if POCO_OS == POCO_OS_MAC_OS_X
+#include <mach-o/dyld.h>
+#elif POCO_OS == POCO_OS_FREE_BSD
+#include <sys/sysctl.h>
+#elif POCO_OS == POCO_OS_LINUX
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#endif
 
 
 #ifndef PATH_MAX
-#define PATH_MAX 1024 // fallback
+#define PATH_MAX 4096 // fallback
 #endif
 
-
 namespace Poco {
 
+std::string PathImpl::selfImpl()
+{
+	std::string path;
+	char buf[PATH_MAX + 1] {0};
+
+#if POCO_OS == POCO_OS_MAC_OS_X
+	std::uint32_t size = sizeof(buf);
+	if (_NSGetExecutablePath(buf, &size) == 0)
+		path = buf;
+	else
+		throw Poco::SystemException("Cannot get path of the current process.");
+#elif POCO_OS == POCO_OS_FREE_BSD
+	int mib[4];
+	mib[0] = CTL_KERN;
+	mib[1] = KERN_PROC;
+	mib[2] = KERN_PROC_PATHNAME;
+	mib[3] = -1;
+	std::size_t size = sizeof(buf);
+	if (sysctl(mib, 4, buf, &size, NULL, 0) == 0)
+		path = buf;
+	else
+		throw Poco::SystemException("Cannot get path of the current process.");
+#elif POCO_OS == POCO_OS_NET_BSD
+	std::size_t size = sizeof(buf);
+	int n = readlink("/proc/curproc/exe", buf, size);
+	if (n > 0 && n < PATH_MAX)
+		path = buf;
+#elif POCO_OS == POCO_OS_SOLARIS
+	char * execName = getexecname();
+	if (execName)
+		path = execName;
+	else
+		throw Poco::SystemException("Cannot get path of the current process.");
+#elif POCO_OS == POCO_OS_LINUX || POCO_OS == POCO_OS_ANDROID
+	const std::size_t size = sizeof(buf);
+	int n = readlink("/proc/self/exe", buf, size);
+	if (n > 0 && n < PATH_MAX)
+		path = buf;
+	else
+		throw Poco::SystemException("Cannot get path of the current process.");
+#else
+	throw Poco::NotImplementedException("File path of the current process not implemented on this platform.");
+#endif
+
+	return path;
+}
+
 
 std::string PathImpl::currentImpl()
 {
diff --git a/Foundation/src/Path_WIN32U.cpp b/Foundation/src/Path_WIN32U.cpp
index db8e6cd25a..1643864651 100644
--- a/Foundation/src/Path_WIN32U.cpp
+++ b/Foundation/src/Path_WIN32U.cpp
@@ -19,9 +19,22 @@
 #include "Poco/Exception.h"
 #include "Poco/UnWindows.h"
 
-
 namespace Poco {
 
+std::string PathImpl::selfImpl()
+{
+	std::string path;
+	Buffer<wchar_t> buf(MAX_PATH_LEN);
+	DWORD n = GetModuleFileNameW(NULL, buf.begin(), MAX_PATH_LEN);
+
+	if (n > 0  && n < MAX_PATH_LEN)
+	{
+		UnicodeConverter::toUTF8(buf.begin(), path);
+		return path;
+	}
+
+	throw SystemException("Cannot get path of the current process.");
+}
 
 std::string PathImpl::currentImpl()
 {
diff --git a/Foundation/src/Path_WINCE.cpp b/Foundation/src/Path_WINCE.cpp
index 05d9c868cf..7f2ba07397 100644
--- a/Foundation/src/Path_WINCE.cpp
+++ b/Foundation/src/Path_WINCE.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 
 namespace Poco {
 
+std::string PathImpl::selfImpl()
+{
+	return("");
+}
 
 std::string PathImpl::currentImpl()
 {
diff --git a/Foundation/testsuite/src/PathTest.cpp b/Foundation/testsuite/src/PathTest.cpp
index c68e5bd693..fc0af68444 100644
--- a/Foundation/testsuite/src/PathTest.cpp
+++ b/Foundation/testsuite/src/PathTest.cpp
@@ -1619,6 +1619,30 @@ void PathTest::testWindowsSystem()
 #endif
 }
 
+void PathTest::testSelf()
+{
+	std::string self = Path::self();
+	std::cout << self << std::endl;
+
+#if POCO_OS == POCO_OS_MAC_OS_X      \
+    || POCO_OS == POCO_OS_FREE_BSD   \
+    || POCO_OS == POCO_OS_NET_BSD	 \
+	|| POCO_OS == POCO_OS_SOLARIS    \
+	|| POCO_OS == POCO_OS_LINUX      \
+	|| POCO_OS == POCO_OS_ANDROID    \
+    || POCO_OS == POCO_OS_WINDOWS_NT
+
+	assertTrue(!self.empty());
+	Path p(self);
+
+	assertTrue(p.isAbsolute());
+	assertTrue(p.isFile());
+	assertTrue(self.find("testrunner") != std::string::npos);
+#else
+	std::cout << "Path::self() not implemented for this platform."
+#endif
+}
+
 
 void PathTest::setUp()
 {
@@ -1662,6 +1686,7 @@ CppUnit::Test* PathTest::suite()
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, PathTest, testResolve);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, PathTest, testPushPop);
 	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, PathTest, testWindowsSystem);
+	CppUnit_addTest(pSuite, PathTest, testSelf);
 
 	return pSuite;
 }
diff --git a/Foundation/testsuite/src/PathTest.h b/Foundation/testsuite/src/PathTest.h
index 85264825d2..f05f224b43 100644
--- a/Foundation/testsuite/src/PathTest.h
+++ b/Foundation/testsuite/src/PathTest.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class PathTest: public CppUnit::TestCase
 	void testResolve();
 	void testPushPop();
 	void testWindowsSystem();
+	void testSelf();
 
 	void setUp();
 	void tearDown();