plugins/.nmv      | 4 ++--
 plugins/README.md | 1 +
 src/nnn.c         | 3 ++-

diff --git a/plugins/.nmv b/plugins/.nmv
index fe747668fc91291511b32272429a28a3382a8211..37e887de8cd291025a97a56d8818e29f40310587 100755
--- a/plugins/.nmv
+++ b/plugins/.nmv
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ # Author: KlzXS
 
 EDITOR="${EDITOR:-vi}"
 TMPDIR="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"
-INCLUDE_HIDDEN="${INCLUDE_HIDDEN:-0}"
+NNN_INCLUDE_HIDDEN="${NNN_INCLUDE_HIDDEN:-0}"
 VERBOSE="${VERBOSE:-0}"
 RECURSIVE="${RECURSIVE:-0}"
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ 	if [ "$RECURSIVE" -eq 0 ]; then
 		findcmd="$findcmd -prune"
 	fi
 
-	if [ "$INCLUDE_HIDDEN" -eq 0 ]; then
+	if [ "$NNN_INCLUDE_HIDDEN" -eq 0 ]; then
 		findcmd="$findcmd ! -name \".*\""
 	fi
 
diff --git a/plugins/README.md b/plugins/README.md
index 88449c376aff0eb674446fa896ee10519fa69513..98abe93a5ba968ad4b8fdbd73d5d376364263b3c 100644
--- a/plugins/README.md
+++ b/plugins/README.md
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@     1. `$1`: The hovered file's name.
     2. `$2`: The working directory (might differ from `$PWD` in case of symlinked paths; non-canonical).
     3. `$3`: The picker mode output file (`-` for stdout) if `nnn` is executed as a file picker.
 - Sets the environment variable `NNN_PIPE` used to control `nnn` active directory.
+- Sets the environment variable `NNN_INCLUDE_HIDDEN` to `1` if hidden files are active, `0` otherwise.
 - Exports the [special variables](https://github.com/jarun/nnn/wiki/Concepts#special-variables).
 
 Plugins can also read the `.selection` file in the config directory.
diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 6dc3bdf745904a31029ae17dd8cb6cb18d6f6998..27a8d15b867a9b7af91dabbacbbb2cd56ca3dc92 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -5130,6 +5130,7 @@ 				setenv(fvar, g_buf, 1);
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	setenv("NNN_INCLUDE_HIDDEN", xitoa(cfg.showhidden), 1);
 }
 
 static bool run_cmd_as_plugin(const char *file, char *runfile, uchar_t flags)
@@ -7269,7 +7270,7 @@ 				refresh = TRUE;
 				break;
 			case SEL_RENAMEMUL:
 				endselection(TRUE);
-				setenv("INCLUDE_HIDDEN", xitoa(cfg.showhidden), 1);
+				setenv("NNN_INCLUDE_HIDDEN", xitoa(cfg.showhidden), 1);
 				setenv("NNN_LIST", listpath ? listroot : "", 1);
 
 				if (!(getutil(utils[UTIL_BASH])