diff --git a/src/emu/path.c b/src/emu/path.c
index a53362e..04719aa 100644
--- a/src/emu/path.c
+++ b/src/emu/path.c
@@ -100,3 +100,15 @@ path_remove_trailing(char *path)
 		path[i] = '\0';
 	}
 }
+
+const char *
+path_filename(const char *path)
+{
+	const char *start = strrchr(path, '/');
+	if (start == NULL)
+		start = path;
+	else
+		start++;
+
+	return start;
+}
diff --git a/src/emu/path.h b/src/emu/path.h
index 7eb863d..486542e 100644
--- a/src/emu/path.h
+++ b/src/emu/path.h
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ int path_next(const char *path, char sep, const char (**next));
 int path_keep(char *path, int n);
 int path_strip(const char *path, int n, const char (**next));
 void path_remove_trailing(char *path);
+const char *path_filename(const char *path);
 
 #endif /* PATH_H */