diff --git a/.changes/plugin-api-handle.md b/.changes/plugin-api-handle.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3ec26bc989b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/plugin-api-handle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tauri": patch
+---
+
+Add `app` method for the `PluginApi` struct.
diff --git a/core/tauri/src/plugin.rs b/core/tauri/src/plugin.rs
index 30bfa5289cd..d0d10d600a4 100644
--- a/core/tauri/src/plugin.rs
+++ b/core/tauri/src/plugin.rs
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ impl<R: Runtime, C: DeserializeOwned> PluginApi<R, C> {
   pub fn config(&self) -> &C {
     &self.config
   }
+
+  /// Returns the application handle.
+  pub fn app(&self) -> &AppHandle<R> {
+    &self.handle
+  }
 }
 
 /// Builds a [`TauriPlugin`].