plugins/README.md |  1 +
 src/nnn.c         | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------

diff --git a/plugins/README.md b/plugins/README.md
index bcd01cabfaf077702d7751a38e85d418b6708188..b2b43f6a230bc6459f4685f4af993d65a2d51298 100644
--- a/plugins/README.md
+++ b/plugins/README.md
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@     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.
+- 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 0d250712f26519cd2bbcd42a06177201887cab95..146acbbbe492c0062200f7fbc3426fec6f6a7406 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -5051,6 +5051,30 @@ 	spawn(pager, g_tmpfpath, NULL, NULL, F_CLI | F_TTY);
 	unlink(g_tmpfpath);
 }
 
+static void setexports(void)
+{
+	char dvar[] = "d0";
+	char fvar[] = "f0";
+
+	if (ndents) {
+		setenv(envs[ENV_NCUR], pdents[cur].name, 1);
+		xstrsncpy(g_ctx[cfg.curctx].c_name, pdents[cur].name, NAME_MAX + 1);
+	} else if (g_ctx[cfg.curctx].c_name[0])
+		g_ctx[cfg.curctx].c_name[0] = '\0';
+
+	for (uchar_t i = 0; i < CTX_MAX; ++i) {
+		if (g_ctx[i].c_cfg.ctxactive) {
+			dvar[1] = fvar[1] = '1' + i;
+			setenv(dvar, g_ctx[i].c_path, 1);
+
+			if (g_ctx[i].c_name[0]) {
+				mkpath(g_ctx[i].c_path, g_ctx[i].c_name, g_buf);
+				setenv(fvar, g_buf, 1);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 static bool run_cmd_as_plugin(const char *file, char *runfile, uchar_t flags)
 {
 	size_t len;
@@ -5185,6 +5209,8 @@ 	if (!g_state.pluginit) {
 		plctrl_init();
 		g_state.pluginit = 1;
 	}
+
+	setexports();
 
 	/* Check for run-cmd-as-plugin mode */
 	if (*file == '!') {
@@ -5310,30 +5336,6 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void setexports(char *buf)
-{
-	char dvar[] = "d0";
-	char fvar[] = "f0";
-
-	if (ndents) {
-		setenv(envs[ENV_NCUR], pdents[cur].name, 1);
-		xstrsncpy(g_ctx[cfg.curctx].c_name, pdents[cur].name, NAME_MAX + 1);
-	} else if (g_ctx[cfg.curctx].c_name[0])
-		g_ctx[cfg.curctx].c_name[0] = '\0';
-
-	for (uchar_t i = 0; i < CTX_MAX; ++i) {
-		if (g_ctx[i].c_cfg.ctxactive) {
-			dvar[1] = fvar[1] = '1' + i;
-			setenv(dvar, g_ctx[i].c_path, 1);
-
-			if (g_ctx[i].c_name[0]) {
-				mkpath(g_ctx[i].c_path, g_ctx[i].c_name, buf);
-				setenv(fvar, buf, 1);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 static bool handle_cmd(enum action sel, char *newpath)
 {
 	endselection(FALSE);
@@ -5341,7 +5343,7 @@
 	if (sel == SEL_LAUNCH)
 		return launch_app(newpath);
 
-	setexports(newpath);
+	setexports();
 
 	if (sel == SEL_PROMPT)
 		return prompt_run();
@@ -6800,8 +6802,6 @@ 					xstrsncpy(path, rundir, PATH_MAX);
 					rundir[0] = '\0';
 					clearfilter();
 
-					setexports(newpath);
-
 					if (chdir(path) == -1
 					    || !run_plugin(&path, pent->name,
 								    runfile, &lastname, &lastdir)) {
@@ -7535,8 +7535,6 @@ 					++tmp;
 					r = FALSE; /* Do not refresh dir after completion */
 				} else
 					r = TRUE;
-
-				setexports(newpath);
 
 				if (!run_plugin(&path, tmp, (ndents ? pdents[cur].name : NULL),
 							 &lastname, &lastdir)) {