diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 48dab470..bb951a26 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/):
 ### Added
 
 - Support compressed tarballs (`.tar.gz`, `.tar.bz2`, etc.) in the preset archive previewer ([#3518])
+- New `Path.os()` API creates an OS-native `Path` ([#3541])
 
 ### Fixed
 
@@ -1597,3 +1598,4 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/):
 [#3518]: https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/pull/3518
 [#3532]: https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/pull/3532
 [#3540]: https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/pull/3540
+[#3541]: https://github.com/sxyazi/yazi/pull/3541
diff --git a/yazi-binding/src/path.rs b/yazi-binding/src/path.rs
index 137a1d84..609c18b0 100644
--- a/yazi-binding/src/path.rs
+++ b/yazi-binding/src/path.rs
@@ -46,6 +46,18 @@ impl Path {
 		}
 	}
 
+	pub fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
+		lua.globals().raw_set(
+			"Path",
+			lua.create_table_from([(
+				"os",
+				lua.create_function(|_, s: mlua::String| {
+					Ok(Self::new(s.as_bytes().as_strand().as_os_path().into_lua_err()?))
+				})?,
+			)])?,
+		)
+	}
+
 	fn ends_with(&self, child: Value) -> mlua::Result<bool> {
 		match child {
 			Value::String(s) => {
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/isolate/isolate.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/isolate/isolate.rs
index afcd67ce..319e75fc 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/isolate/isolate.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/isolate/isolate.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub fn slim_lua(name: &str) -> mlua::Result<Lua> {
 	yazi_binding::Cha::install(&lua)?;
 	yazi_binding::File::install(&lua)?;
 	yazi_binding::Url::install(&lua)?;
+	yazi_binding::Path::install(&lua)?;
 
 	yazi_binding::Error::install(&lua)?;
 	crate::loader::install(&lua)?;
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/lua.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/lua.rs
index f0dea9f8..b1bed1a2 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/lua.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/lua.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ fn stage_1(lua: &'static Lua) -> Result<()> {
 	crate::process::install(lua)?;
 	yazi_binding::File::install(lua)?;
 	yazi_binding::Url::install(lua)?;
+	yazi_binding::Path::install(lua)?;
 
 	// Addons
 	lua.load(preset!("ya")).set_name("ya.lua").exec()?;
diff --git a/yazi-shared/src/path/buf.rs b/yazi-shared/src/path/buf.rs
index 1ef141e5..b580ddb0 100644
--- a/yazi-shared/src/path/buf.rs
+++ b/yazi-shared/src/path/buf.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ pub enum PathBufDyn {
 	Unix(typed_path::UnixPathBuf),
 }
 
+impl From<&std::path::Path> for PathBufDyn {
+	fn from(value: &std::path::Path) -> Self { Self::Os(value.into()) }
+}
+
 impl From<std::path::PathBuf> for PathBufDyn {
 	fn from(value: std::path::PathBuf) -> Self { Self::Os(value) }
 }
diff --git a/yazi-shared/src/path/path.rs b/yazi-shared/src/path/path.rs
index 030b957d..d01c63a5 100644
--- a/yazi-shared/src/path/path.rs
+++ b/yazi-shared/src/path/path.rs
@@ -259,8 +259,8 @@ impl<'p> PathDyn<'p> {
 		let s = suffix.as_strand();
 		let mut me_comps = self.components();
 		let mut suf_comps = match self.kind() {
-			PathKind::Os => Components::Os(std::path::Path::new(s.as_os()?).components()),
-			PathKind::Unix => Components::Unix(typed_path::UnixPath::new(s.encoded_bytes()).components()),
+			PathKind::Os => Components::Os(s.as_os_path()?.components()),
+			PathKind::Unix => Components::Unix(s.as_unix_path().components()),
 		};
 
 		while let Some(next) = suf_comps.next_back() {
@@ -279,8 +279,8 @@ impl<'p> PathDyn<'p> {
 	{
 		let s = strand.as_strand();
 		Ok(match kind.into() {
-			PathKind::Os => Self::Os(std::path::Path::new(s.as_os()?)),
-			PathKind::Unix => Self::Unix(typed_path::UnixPath::new(s.encoded_bytes())),
+			PathKind::Os => Self::Os(s.as_os_path()?),
+			PathKind::Unix => Self::Unix(s.as_unix_path()),
 		})
 	}
 
diff --git a/yazi-shared/src/strand/strand.rs b/yazi-shared/src/strand/strand.rs
index e8501669..1a8f93ee 100644
--- a/yazi-shared/src/strand/strand.rs
+++ b/yazi-shared/src/strand/strand.rs
@@ -88,6 +88,16 @@ impl<'a> Strand<'a> {
 		}
 	}
 
+	#[inline]
+	pub fn as_os_path(self) -> Result<&'a std::path::Path, StrandError> {
+		self.as_os().map(std::path::Path::new)
+	}
+
+	#[inline]
+	pub fn as_unix_path(self) -> &'a typed_path::UnixPath {
+		typed_path::UnixPath::new(self.encoded_bytes())
+	}
+
 	#[inline]
 	pub fn as_utf8(self) -> Result<&'a str, StrandError> {
 		match self {