diff --git a/core/variant_call.cpp b/core/variant_call.cpp
index 00b4cb2c613..1c8f3af8858 100644
--- a/core/variant_call.cpp
+++ b/core/variant_call.cpp
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ struct _VariantCall {
 	VCALL_LOCALMEM0R(String, empty);
 	VCALL_LOCALMEM1R(String, humanize_size);
 	VCALL_LOCALMEM0R(String, is_abs_path);
+	VCALL_LOCALMEM0R(String, simplify_path);
 	VCALL_LOCALMEM0R(String, is_rel_path);
 	VCALL_LOCALMEM0R(String, get_base_dir);
 	VCALL_LOCALMEM0R(String, get_file);
@@ -1686,6 +1687,7 @@ void register_variant_methods() {
 	ADDFUNC0R(STRING, BOOL, String, empty, varray());
 	ADDFUNC1R(STRING, STRING, String, humanize_size, INT, "size", varray());
 	ADDFUNC0R(STRING, BOOL, String, is_abs_path, varray());
+	ADDFUNC0R(STRING, BOOL, String, simplify_path, varray());
 	ADDFUNC0R(STRING, BOOL, String, is_rel_path, varray());
 	ADDFUNC0R(STRING, STRING, String, get_base_dir, varray());
 	ADDFUNC0R(STRING, STRING, String, get_file, varray());
diff --git a/doc/classes/String.xml b/doc/classes/String.xml
index 8a4ac7da2c5..7a9c04c9738 100644
--- a/doc/classes/String.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/String.xml
@@ -666,6 +666,12 @@
 				Returns the similarity index of the text compared to this string. 1 means totally similar and 0 means totally dissimilar.
 			</description>
 		</method>
+		<method name="simplify_path">
+			<return type="bool" />
+			<description>
+				Returns a simplified canonical path.
+			</description>
+		</method>
 		<method name="split">
 			<return type="PoolStringArray" />
 			<argument index="0" name="delimiter" type="String" />