diff --git a/basis/tools/deploy/backend/backend.factor b/basis/tools/deploy/backend/backend.factor
index af3e57336e..e7d78c1ed4 100644
--- a/basis/tools/deploy/backend/backend.factor
+++ b/basis/tools/deploy/backend/backend.factor
@@ -140,3 +140,5 @@ DEFER: ?make-staging-image
     image vm embed-image ;
 
 HOOK: deploy* os ( vocab -- )
+
+HOOK: deploy-path os ( vocab -- path )
diff --git a/basis/tools/deploy/deploy-tests.factor b/basis/tools/deploy/deploy-tests.factor
index b5f99dcd6f..faf58106a0 100644
--- a/basis/tools/deploy/deploy-tests.factor
+++ b/basis/tools/deploy/deploy-tests.factor
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ delete-staging-images
 
 { } [ "hello-world" shake-and-bake 550000 small-enough? ] unit-test
 
+{ "Hello world\n" } [
+    "hello-world" deploy
+    "hello-world" deploy-path 1array
+    ascii [ contents ] with-process-reader
+] unit-test
+
 { } [ "sudoku" shake-and-bake 800000 small-enough? ] unit-test
 
 ! [ ] [ "hello-ui" shake-and-bake 1605000 small-enough? ] unit-test
diff --git a/basis/tools/deploy/macosx/macosx.factor b/basis/tools/deploy/macosx/macosx.factor
index 44a24fb36b..6a43e73196 100644
--- a/basis/tools/deploy/macosx/macosx.factor
+++ b/basis/tools/deploy/macosx/macosx.factor
@@ -92,8 +92,22 @@ IN: tools.deploy.macosx
 : deploy-app-bundle? ( vocab -- ? )
     deploy-config [ deploy-console? get not deploy-ui? get or ] with-variables ;
 
-M: macosx deploy* ( vocab -- )
+M: macosx deploy*
     ! pass off to M: unix deploy* if we're building a console app
-    dup deploy-app-bundle?
-    [ deploy-app-bundle ]
-    [ call-next-method ] if ;
+    dup deploy-app-bundle? [
+        deploy-app-bundle
+    ] [
+        call-next-method
+    ] if ;
+
+M: macosx deploy-path
+    dup deploy-app-bundle? [
+        deploy-directory get [
+            dup deploy-config [
+                bundle-name "Contents/MacOS/" append-path
+                swap append-path normalize-path
+            ] with-variables
+        ] with-directory
+    ] [
+        call-next-method
+    ] if ;
diff --git a/basis/tools/deploy/unix/unix.factor b/basis/tools/deploy/unix/unix.factor
index e8fd2c745b..114a9ce70d 100644
--- a/basis/tools/deploy/unix/unix.factor
+++ b/basis/tools/deploy/unix/unix.factor
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 ! Copyright (C) 2008 James Cash
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
-USING: io io.backend io.directories io.files.info.unix kernel
-namespaces sequences system tools.deploy.backend
-tools.deploy.config tools.deploy.config.editor ;
+USING: io io.backend io.directories io.files.info.unix
+io.pathnames kernel namespaces sequences system
+tools.deploy.backend tools.deploy.config
+tools.deploy.config.editor ;
 QUALIFIED: webbrowser
 IN: tools.deploy.unix
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ IN: tools.deploy.unix
 : bundle-name ( -- str )
     deploy-name get ;
 
-M: unix deploy* ( vocab -- )
+M: unix deploy*
     deploy-directory get [
         dup deploy-config [
             [ bundle-name create-app-dir ] keep
@@ -24,3 +25,10 @@ M: unix deploy* ( vocab -- )
             bundle-name webbrowser:open-file
         ] with-variables
     ] with-directory ;
+
+M: unix deploy-path
+    deploy-directory get [
+        dup deploy-config [
+            bundle-name swap append-path normalize-path
+        ] with-variables
+    ] with-directory ;
diff --git a/basis/tools/deploy/windows/windows.factor b/basis/tools/deploy/windows/windows.factor
index ca3b2203f0..16e6c571fe 100755
--- a/basis/tools/deploy/windows/windows.factor
+++ b/basis/tools/deploy/windows/windows.factor
@@ -40,3 +40,12 @@ M: windows deploy*
             } 2cleave
         ] with-variables
     ] with-directory ;
+
+M: windows deploy-path
+    deploy-directory get [
+        dup deploy-config [
+            deploy-name get
+            swap ".exe" append append-path
+            normalize-path
+        ] with-variables
+    ] with-directory ;