diff --git a/src/subsystem/subsystem_handle.rs b/src/subsystem/subsystem_handle.rs
index 1547029..5539417 100644
--- a/src/subsystem/subsystem_handle.rs
+++ b/src/subsystem/subsystem_handle.rs
@@ -328,6 +328,16 @@ impl<ErrType: ErrTypeTraits> SubsystemHandle<ErrType> {
     pub fn create_cancellation_token(&self) -> CancellationToken {
         self.inner.cancellation_token.child_token()
     }
+
+    /// Get the name associated with this subsystem.
+    ///
+    /// Note that the names of nested subsystems are built unix-path alike,
+    /// starting and delimited by slashes (e.g. `/a/b/c`).
+    ///
+    /// See [`SubsystemBuilder::new()`] how to set this name.
+    pub fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.inner.name
+    }
 }
 
 impl<ErrType: ErrTypeTraits> Drop for SubsystemHandle<ErrType> {
diff --git a/tests/integration_test.rs b/tests/integration_test.rs
index 463d463..3b8b7b2 100644
--- a/tests/integration_test.rs
+++ b/tests/integration_test.rs
@@ -920,3 +920,25 @@ async fn shutdown_through_signal() {
         },
     );
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+#[traced_test]
+async fn access_name_from_within_subsystem() {
+    let subsys_nested = move |subsys: SubsystemHandle| async move {
+        assert_eq!("/subsys_top/subsys_nested", subsys.name());
+        BoxedResult::Ok(())
+    };
+
+    let subsys_top = move |subsys: SubsystemHandle| async move {
+        assert_eq!("/subsys_top", subsys.name());
+        subsys.start(SubsystemBuilder::new("subsys_nested", subsys_nested));
+        BoxedResult::Ok(())
+    };
+
+    Toplevel::new(move |s| async move {
+        s.start(SubsystemBuilder::new("subsys_top", subsys_top));
+    })
+    .handle_shutdown_requests(Duration::from_millis(100))
+    .await
+    .unwrap();
+}