diff --git a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/RunData.vue b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/RunData.vue
index 8ce435b6d6..8df52c69b0 100644
--- a/packages/editor-ui/src/components/RunData.vue
+++ b/packages/editor-ui/src/components/RunData.vue
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@
 												<div class="label">File Name: </div>
 												<div class="value">{{binaryData.fileName}}</div>
 											</div>
+											<div v-if="binaryData.dir">
+												<div class="label">Directory: </div>
+												<div class="value">{{binaryData.dir}}</div>
+											</div>
 											<div v-if="binaryData.fileExtension">
 												<div class="label">File Extension:</div>
 												<div class="value">{{binaryData.fileExtension}}</div>
diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ReadBinaryFiles.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ReadBinaryFiles.node.ts
index 4e8d9f2ac3..7a42764f35 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ReadBinaryFiles.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/ReadBinaryFiles.node.ts
@@ -60,14 +60,12 @@ export class ReadBinaryFiles implements INodeType {
 		const items: INodeExecutionData[] = [];
 		let item: INodeExecutionData;
 		let data: Buffer;
-		let fileName: string;
 		for (const filePath of files) {
 			data = await fsReadFileAsync(filePath) as Buffer;
 
-			fileName = path.parse(filePath).base;
 			item = {
 				binary: {
-					[dataPropertyName]: await this.helpers.prepareBinaryData(data, fileName),
+					[dataPropertyName]: await this.helpers.prepareBinaryData(data, filePath),
 				},
 				json: {},
 			};
diff --git a/packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts b/packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts
index fc1498651f..22b762fe82 100644
--- a/packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/workflow/src/Interfaces.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export interface IBinaryData {
 	data: string;
 	mimeType: string;
 	fileName?: string;
+	dir?: string;
 	fileExtension?: string;
 }