diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b0cb1144c..803e6d60b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ The release run heads these entries with the version and opens a fresh
   no run, as a new odt or docx renders. Typing there went nowhere and said
   nothing.
 
+### API, files and saving
+
+- `DecodedFile::file()` returns the file an odf, ooxml, iWork or legacy Office
+  package was read from. It returned an empty handle, so `file().name()` threw
+  `NullPointerError`, and so did `fileName` in npm for every such document.
+
 ## v7.5.1 - 2026-10-10
 
 ### Spreadsheets
diff --git a/src/odr/internal/iwork/iwork_file.cpp b/src/odr/internal/iwork/iwork_file.cpp
index 159608d84..21e27b337 100644
--- a/src/odr/internal/iwork/iwork_file.cpp
+++ b/src/odr/internal/iwork/iwork_file.cpp
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ FileType parse_file_type(const abstract::ReadableFilesystem &filesystem) {
 
 } // namespace
 
-IworkFile::IworkFile(std::shared_ptr<abstract::ReadableFilesystem> filesystem)
-    : m_filesystem{std::move(filesystem)} {
+IworkFile::IworkFile(std::shared_ptr<abstract::ReadableFilesystem> filesystem,
+                     std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> source)
+    : m_filesystem{std::move(filesystem)}, m_source{std::move(source)} {
   if (!m_filesystem->is_file(AbsPath("/Index/Document.iwa"))) {
     throw NoIworkFile();
   }
@@ -70,7 +71,9 @@ IworkFile::IworkFile(std::shared_ptr<abstract::ReadableFilesystem> filesystem)
   m_file_meta.document_type = document_type_by_file_type(m_file_meta.type);
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> IworkFile::file() const noexcept { return {}; }
+std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> IworkFile::file() const noexcept {
+  return m_source;
+}
 
 FileType IworkFile::file_type() const noexcept { return m_file_meta.type; }
 
diff --git a/src/odr/internal/iwork/iwork_file.hpp b/src/odr/internal/iwork/iwork_file.hpp
index 3e7515770..cf3f6d403 100644
--- a/src/odr/internal/iwork/iwork_file.hpp
+++ b/src/odr/internal/iwork/iwork_file.hpp
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ namespace odr::internal::iwork {
 /// An iWork package, detected from its archives and component list.
 class IworkFile final : public abstract::DocumentFile {
 public:
-  explicit IworkFile(std::shared_ptr<abstract::ReadableFilesystem> filesystem);
+  /// @p source is the file the package was read from, if any.
+  explicit IworkFile(std::shared_ptr<abstract::ReadableFilesystem> filesystem,
+                     std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> source = nullptr);
 
   [[nodiscard]] std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> file() const noexcept override;
 
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ class IworkFile final : public abstract::DocumentFile {
 
 private:
   std::shared_ptr<abstract::ReadableFilesystem> m_filesystem;
+  std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> m_source;
   FileMeta m_file_meta;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/odr/internal/odf/odf_file.cpp b/src/odr/internal/odf/odf_file.cpp
index ecf97c31d..3bd3c8b5d 100644
--- a/src/odr/internal/odf/odf_file.cpp
+++ b/src/odr/internal/odf/odf_file.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ namespace odr::internal::odf {
 
 OpenDocumentFile::OpenDocumentFile(
     std::shared_ptr<abstract::ReadableFilesystem> filesystem,
-    std::shared_ptr<zip::util::Archive> archive)
-    : m_filesystem{std::move(filesystem)}, m_archive{std::move(archive)} {
+    std::shared_ptr<zip::util::Archive> archive,
+    std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> source)
+    : m_filesystem{std::move(filesystem)}, m_archive{std::move(archive)},
+      m_source{std::move(source)} {
   if (m_filesystem->exists(AbsPath("/META-INF/manifest.xml"))) {
     const pugi::xml_document manifest =
         xml::parse(*m_filesystem, AbsPath("/META-INF/manifest.xml"));
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ OpenDocumentFile::OpenDocumentFile(
 }
 
 std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> OpenDocumentFile::file() const noexcept {
-  return {};
+  return m_source;
 }
 
 FileType OpenDocumentFile::file_type() const noexcept {
diff --git a/src/odr/internal/odf/odf_file.hpp b/src/odr/internal/odf/odf_file.hpp
index acefa4d19..67087341a 100644
--- a/src/odr/internal/odf/odf_file.hpp
+++ b/src/odr/internal/odf/odf_file.hpp
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ namespace odr::internal::odf {
 class OpenDocumentFile final : public virtual abstract::DocumentFile {
 public:
   /// @p archive is the package @p filesystem reads from lazily, if any.
+  /// @p source is the file the package was read from, if any.
   explicit OpenDocumentFile(
       std::shared_ptr<abstract::ReadableFilesystem> filesystem,
-      std::shared_ptr<zip::util::Archive> archive = nullptr);
+      std::shared_ptr<zip::util::Archive> archive = nullptr,
+      std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> source = nullptr);
 
   [[nodiscard]] std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> file() const noexcept override;
 
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ class OpenDocumentFile final : public virtual abstract::DocumentFile {
 private:
   std::shared_ptr<abstract::ReadableFilesystem> m_filesystem;
   std::shared_ptr<zip::util::Archive> m_archive;
+  std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> m_source;
   EncryptionState m_encryption_state{EncryptionState::not_encrypted};
   FileMeta m_file_meta;
   Manifest m_manifest;
diff --git a/src/odr/internal/oldms/oldms_file.cpp b/src/odr/internal/oldms/oldms_file.cpp
index f258bb325..c1d1f5f80 100644
--- a/src/odr/internal/oldms/oldms_file.cpp
+++ b/src/odr/internal/oldms/oldms_file.cpp
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ FileMeta parse_meta(const abstract::ReadableFilesystem &files) {
 } // namespace
 
 LegacyMicrosoftFile::LegacyMicrosoftFile(
-    std::shared_ptr<abstract::ReadableFilesystem> files)
-    : m_files{std::move(files)} {
+    std::shared_ptr<abstract::ReadableFilesystem> files,
+    std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> source)
+    : m_files{std::move(files)}, m_source{std::move(source)} {
   m_file_meta = parse_meta(*m_files);
 
   // An unreadable encryption marker leaves the state unknown.
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ LegacyMicrosoftFile::LegacyMicrosoftFile(
 }
 
 std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> LegacyMicrosoftFile::file() const noexcept {
-  return {};
+  return m_source;
 }
 
 FileType LegacyMicrosoftFile::file_type() const noexcept {
diff --git a/src/odr/internal/oldms/oldms_file.hpp b/src/odr/internal/oldms/oldms_file.hpp
index 75d8f4c82..25cfa7060 100644
--- a/src/odr/internal/oldms/oldms_file.hpp
+++ b/src/odr/internal/oldms/oldms_file.hpp
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ namespace odr::internal::oldms {
 
 class LegacyMicrosoftFile final : public abstract::DocumentFile {
 public:
+  /// @p source is the file the compound file was read from, if any.
   explicit LegacyMicrosoftFile(
-      std::shared_ptr<abstract::ReadableFilesystem> files);
+      std::shared_ptr<abstract::ReadableFilesystem> files,
+      std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> source = nullptr);
 
   [[nodiscard]] std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> file() const noexcept override;
 
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ class LegacyMicrosoftFile final : public abstract::DocumentFile {
 
 private:
   std::shared_ptr<abstract::ReadableFilesystem> m_files;
+  std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> m_source;
   FileMeta m_file_meta;
   EncryptionState m_encryption_state{EncryptionState::unknown};
 };
diff --git a/src/odr/internal/ooxml/ooxml_file.cpp b/src/odr/internal/ooxml/ooxml_file.cpp
index 118d2b1d7..cc323509d 100644
--- a/src/odr/internal/ooxml/ooxml_file.cpp
+++ b/src/odr/internal/ooxml/ooxml_file.cpp
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ namespace odr::internal::ooxml {
 
 OfficeOpenXmlFile::OfficeOpenXmlFile(
     std::shared_ptr<abstract::ReadableFilesystem> files,
-    std::shared_ptr<zip::util::Archive> archive)
-    : m_files(std::move(files)), m_archive(std::move(archive)) {
+    std::shared_ptr<zip::util::Archive> archive,
+    std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> source)
+    : m_files(std::move(files)), m_archive(std::move(archive)),
+      m_source(std::move(source)) {
   m_file_meta = parse_file_meta(*m_files);
 
   if (m_file_meta.password_encrypted) {
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ OfficeOpenXmlFile::OfficeOpenXmlFile(
 }
 
 std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> OfficeOpenXmlFile::file() const noexcept {
-  return {};
+  return m_source;
 }
 
 FileType OfficeOpenXmlFile::file_type() const noexcept {
diff --git a/src/odr/internal/ooxml/ooxml_file.hpp b/src/odr/internal/ooxml/ooxml_file.hpp
index b674061b0..efc5e3428 100644
--- a/src/odr/internal/ooxml/ooxml_file.hpp
+++ b/src/odr/internal/ooxml/ooxml_file.hpp
@@ -24,9 +24,11 @@ namespace odr::internal::ooxml {
 class OfficeOpenXmlFile final : public abstract::DocumentFile {
 public:
   /// @p archive is the package @p files reads from lazily, if any.
+  /// @p source is the file the package was read from, if any.
   explicit OfficeOpenXmlFile(
       std::shared_ptr<abstract::ReadableFilesystem> files,
-      std::shared_ptr<zip::util::Archive> archive = nullptr);
+      std::shared_ptr<zip::util::Archive> archive = nullptr,
+      std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> source = nullptr);
 
   [[nodiscard]] std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> file() const noexcept override;
 
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ class OfficeOpenXmlFile final : public abstract::DocumentFile {
 private:
   std::shared_ptr<abstract::ReadableFilesystem> m_files;
   std::shared_ptr<zip::util::Archive> m_archive;
+  std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> m_source;
   FileMeta m_file_meta;
   EncryptionState m_encryption_state{EncryptionState::not_encrypted};
 };
diff --git a/src/odr/internal/open_strategy.cpp b/src/odr/internal/open_strategy.cpp
index 84468034f..25245e297 100644
--- a/src/odr/internal/open_strategy.cpp
+++ b/src/odr/internal/open_strategy.cpp
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ open_file_as(const std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> &file, const FileType as,
     try {
       auto zip_file = std::make_unique<zip::ZipFile>(file);
       auto filesystem = zip_file->archive()->as_filesystem();
-      auto odf_file =
-          std::make_unique<odf::OpenDocumentFile>(filesystem, zip_file->zip());
+      auto odf_file = std::make_unique<odf::OpenDocumentFile>(
+          filesystem, zip_file->zip(), file);
       if (odf_file->file_type() == as) {
         return odf_file;
       }
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ open_file_as(const std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> &file, const FileType as,
     try {
       auto zip_file = std::make_unique<zip::ZipFile>(file);
       auto filesystem = zip_file->archive()->as_filesystem();
-      auto iwork_file = std::make_unique<iwork::IworkFile>(filesystem);
+      auto iwork_file = std::make_unique<iwork::IworkFile>(filesystem, file);
       if (iwork_file->file_type() == as) {
         return iwork_file;
       }
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ open_file_as(const std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> &file, const FileType as,
       auto zip_file = std::make_unique<zip::ZipFile>(file);
       auto filesystem = zip_file->archive()->as_filesystem();
       auto ooxml_file = std::make_unique<ooxml::OfficeOpenXmlFile>(
-          filesystem, zip_file->zip());
+          filesystem, zip_file->zip(), file);
       if (is_the_requested_ooxml(*ooxml_file, as)) {
         return ooxml_file;
       }
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ open_file_as(const std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> &file, const FileType as,
     try {
       auto cfb_file = std::make_unique<cfb::CfbFile>(file);
       auto filesystem = cfb_file->archive()->as_filesystem();
-      auto ooxml_file = std::make_unique<ooxml::OfficeOpenXmlFile>(filesystem);
+      auto ooxml_file =
+          std::make_unique<ooxml::OfficeOpenXmlFile>(filesystem, nullptr, file);
       if (is_the_requested_ooxml(*ooxml_file, as)) {
         return ooxml_file;
       }
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ open_file_as(const std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> &file, const FileType as,
       auto cfb_file = std::make_unique<cfb::CfbFile>(file);
       auto filesystem = cfb_file->archive()->as_filesystem();
       auto oldms_file =
-          std::make_unique<oldms::LegacyMicrosoftFile>(filesystem);
+          std::make_unique<oldms::LegacyMicrosoftFile>(filesystem, file);
       if (oldms_file->file_type() == as) {
         return oldms_file;
       }
@@ -484,7 +485,7 @@ open_by_cascade(const std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> &file,
     try {
       ODR_VERBOSE(logger, "try open as odf");
       return std::make_unique<odf::OpenDocumentFile>(filesystem,
-                                                     zip_file->zip());
+                                                     zip_file->zip(), file);
     } catch (...) {
       ODR_VERBOSE(logger, "failed to open as odf");
     }
@@ -492,14 +493,14 @@ open_by_cascade(const std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> &file,
     try {
       ODR_VERBOSE(logger, "try open as ooxml");
       return std::make_unique<ooxml::OfficeOpenXmlFile>(filesystem,
-                                                        zip_file->zip());
+                                                        zip_file->zip(), file);
     } catch (...) {
       ODR_VERBOSE(logger, "failed to open as ooxml");
     }
 
     try {
       ODR_VERBOSE(logger, "try open as iwork");
-      return std::make_unique<iwork::IworkFile>(filesystem);
+      return std::make_unique<iwork::IworkFile>(filesystem, file);
     } catch (...) {
       ODR_VERBOSE(logger, "failed to open as iwork");
     }
@@ -515,14 +516,15 @@ open_by_cascade(const std::shared_ptr<abstract::File> &file,
 
     try {
       ODR_VERBOSE(logger, "try open as legacy ms");
-      return std::make_unique<oldms::LegacyMicrosoftFile>(filesystem);
+      return std::make_unique<oldms::LegacyMicrosoftFile>(filesystem, file);
     } catch (...) {
       ODR_VERBOSE(logger, "failed to open as legacy ms");
     }
 
     try {
       ODR_VERBOSE(logger, "try open as ooxml");
-      return std::make_unique<ooxml::OfficeOpenXmlFile>(filesystem);
+      return std::make_unique<ooxml::OfficeOpenXmlFile>(filesystem, nullptr,
+                                                        file);
     } catch (...) {
       ODR_VERBOSE(logger, "failed to open as ooxml");
     }
diff --git a/test/src/file_test.cpp b/test/src/file_test.cpp
index 35e62c4ea..bddd48953 100644
--- a/test/src/file_test.cpp
+++ b/test/src/file_test.cpp
@@ -136,6 +136,51 @@ TEST(File, a_file_read_into_memory_keeps_its_name) {
             "about.odt");
 }
 
+TEST(File, a_decoded_package_keeps_the_file_it_was_read_from) {
+  for (const FileType type : all_file_types()) {
+    if (!capabilities_by_file_type(type).create) {
+      continue;
+    }
+    std::ostringstream bytes;
+    create_document(type).save(bytes);
+    const std::string name = "blank." + file_type_to_string(type);
+    const std::size_t size = bytes.str().size();
+
+    for (const DecodedFile &decoded :
+         {open(File::from_memory(bytes.str(), name)),
+          open(File::from_memory(bytes.str(), name),
+               DecodeOptions::as(type))}) {
+      EXPECT_EQ(decoded.file().name(), name) << name;
+      EXPECT_EQ(decoded.file().size(), size) << name;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/// The engines that `create_document` cannot reach: ooxml in a compound file,
+/// legacy Office and iWork.
+TEST(File, a_decoded_file_on_disk_keeps_its_name) {
+  struct Case {
+    const char *path;
+    const char *name;
+  };
+  const std::array cases{
+      Case{"odr-public/docx/encrypted.docx", "encrypted.docx"},
+      Case{"odr-public/doc/file-sample_100kB.doc", "file-sample_100kB.doc"},
+      Case{"odr-public/pages/empty.pages", "empty.pages"},
+  };
+
+  for (const auto &[path, name] : cases) {
+    const DecodedFile decoded = open(TestData::test_file_path(path));
+    EXPECT_EQ(decoded.file().name(), name) << path;
+    EXPECT_EQ(open(TestData::test_file_path(path),
+                   DecodeOptions::as(decoded.file_type()))
+                  .file()
+                  .name(),
+              name)
+        << path;
+  }
+}
+
 TEST(File, copying_into_memory_uses_one_size_snapshot) {
   class ChangingFile final : public internal::abstract::File {
   public:
diff --git a/wasm/tests/smoke.test.mjs b/wasm/tests/smoke.test.mjs
index cf08545b8..a42e7d501 100644
--- a/wasm/tests/smoke.test.mjs
+++ b/wasm/tests/smoke.test.mjs
@@ -75,6 +75,22 @@ describe('smoke', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  // A package reads through its archive, and still names the file it came from.
+  it('names a package upload, and leaves a new document unnamed', () => {
+    for (const [doc, name] of [
+      [odr.open(minimalOdt(), { name: 'letter.odt' }), 'letter.odt'],
+      [odr.open(minimalOdt()), ''],
+      [odr.create(odr.enums.FileType.odt), ''],
+      [odr.create(odr.enums.FileType.xlsx), ''],
+    ]) {
+      try {
+        assert.equal(doc.fileName, name);
+      } finally {
+        doc.close();
+      }
+    }
+  });
+
   it('throws a typed error for a wrong password', () => {
     const doc = odr.open(fixture('encrypted.docx'));
     try {