diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/jcustenborder/kafka/connect/spooldir/Metadata.java b/src/main/java/com/github/jcustenborder/kafka/connect/spooldir/Metadata.java
index 32dfd1f..47de9b8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/jcustenborder/kafka/connect/spooldir/Metadata.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/jcustenborder/kafka/connect/spooldir/Metadata.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
  */
 class Metadata {
   static final String HEADER_PATH = "file.path";
+  static final String HEADER_PARENT_DIR_NAME = "file.parent.dir.name";
   static final String HEADER_NAME = "file.name";
   static final String HEADER_NAME_WITHOUT_EXTENSION = "file.name.without.extension";
   static final String HEADER_LAST_MODIFIED = "file.last.modified";
@@ -41,12 +42,14 @@ class Metadata {
   final String nameWithoutExtension;
   final Date lastModified;
   final long length;
+  String parentDirName = null;
 
   public static final Map<String, String> HEADER_DESCRIPTIONS;
 
   static {
     Map<String, String> result = new LinkedHashMap<>();
     result.put(HEADER_PATH, "The absolute path to the file ingested.");
+    result.put(HEADER_PARENT_DIR_NAME, "The parent directory name of the file ingested");
     result.put(HEADER_NAME, "The name part of the file ingested.");
     result.put(HEADER_NAME_WITHOUT_EXTENSION, "The file name without the extension part of the file.");
     result.put(HEADER_LAST_MODIFIED, "The last modified date of the file.");
@@ -78,6 +81,10 @@ public Metadata(File file) {
     this.lastModified = new Date(file.lastModified());
     this.length = file.length();
     this.nameWithoutExtension = Files.getNameWithoutExtension(this.name);
+
+    if (file.getParentFile() != null) {
+      this.parentDirName = file.getParentFile().getName();
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -90,6 +97,7 @@ public Headers headers(long offset) {
     headers.addString(HEADER_NAME, this.name);
     headers.addString(HEADER_NAME_WITHOUT_EXTENSION, this.nameWithoutExtension);
     headers.addString(HEADER_PATH, this.path);
+    headers.addString(HEADER_PARENT_DIR_NAME, this.parentDirName);
     headers.addLong(HEADER_LENGTH, this.length);
     headers.addLong(HEADER_OFFSET, offset);
     headers.addTimestamp(HEADER_LAST_MODIFIED, this.lastModified);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/jcustenborder/kafka/connect/spooldir/AbstractSpoolDirSourceTaskTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/jcustenborder/kafka/connect/spooldir/AbstractSpoolDirSourceTaskTest.java
index 4db2caf..48078b2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/jcustenborder/kafka/connect/spooldir/AbstractSpoolDirSourceTaskTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/jcustenborder/kafka/connect/spooldir/AbstractSpoolDirSourceTaskTest.java
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ protected void poll(final String packageName, TestCase testCase) throws Interrup
         Metadata.HEADER_LAST_MODIFIED,
         Metadata.HEADER_PATH,
         Metadata.HEADER_LENGTH,
-        Metadata.HEADER_NAME_WITHOUT_EXTENSION
+        Metadata.HEADER_NAME_WITHOUT_EXTENSION,
+        Metadata.HEADER_PARENT_DIR_NAME
     );
 
     for (int i = 0; i < testCase.expected.size(); i++) {