diff --git a/lang/interfaces/func.go b/lang/interfaces/func.go
index fd88205d..948c49bb 100644
--- a/lang/interfaces/func.go
+++ b/lang/interfaces/func.go
@@ -108,3 +108,28 @@ type NamedArgsFunc interface {
 	// the util.NumToAlpha function when this interface isn't implemented...
 	ArgGen(int) (string, error)
 }
+
+// FuncData is some data that is passed into the function during compilation. It
+// helps provide some context about the AST and the deploy for functions that
+// might need it.
+// TODO: Consider combining this with the existing Data struct or more of it...
+// TODO: Do we want to add line/col/file values here, and generalize this?
+type FuncData struct {
+
+	// Base directory (absolute path) that the running code is in. This is a
+	// copy of the value from the Expr and Stmt Data struct for Init.
+	Base string
+}
+
+// DataFunc is a function that accepts some context from the AST and deploy
+// before Init and runtime. If you don't wish to accept this data, then don't
+// implement this method and you won't get any. This is mostly useful for
+// special functions that are useful in core.
+// TODO: This could be replaced if a func ever needs a SetScope method...
+type DataFunc interface {
+	Func // implement everything in Func but add the additional requirements
+
+	// SetData is used by the language to pass our function some code-level
+	// context.
+	SetData(*FuncData)
+}
diff --git a/lang/structs.go b/lang/structs.go
index 6eddba94..4d14c113 100644
--- a/lang/structs.go
+++ b/lang/structs.go
@@ -6676,6 +6676,13 @@ func (obj *ExprFunc) Init(data *interfaces.Data) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("func is being re-built")
 		}
 		obj.function = obj.Function() // build it
+		// pass in some data to the function
+		// TODO: do we want to pass in the full obj.data instead ?
+		if dataFunc, ok := obj.function.(interfaces.DataFunc); ok {
+			dataFunc.SetData(&interfaces.FuncData{
+				Base: obj.data.Base,
+			})
+		}
 	}
 
 	if len(obj.Values) > 0 {
@@ -6755,6 +6762,13 @@ func (obj *ExprFunc) Copy() (interfaces.Expr, error) {
 	var function interfaces.Func
 	if obj.Function != nil {
 		function = obj.Function() // force re-build a new pointer here!
+		// pass in some data to the function
+		// TODO: do we want to pass in the full obj.data instead ?
+		if dataFunc, ok := function.(interfaces.DataFunc); ok {
+			dataFunc.SetData(&interfaces.FuncData{
+				Base: obj.data.Base,
+			})
+		}
 		copied = true
 	}