diff --git a/crates/editor/src/editor.rs b/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
index a8ec9667ca8402..55969bd78b162b 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/editor.rs
@@ -8659,19 +8659,30 @@ impl Editor {
         cx: &mut Context<Self>,
     ) {
         let selection = self.selections.newest::<Point>(&self.display_snapshot(cx));
+        let multi_buffer_snapshot = self.buffer.read(cx).snapshot(cx);
+
+        if let Some(file_location) = maybe!({
+            // A selection that spans multiple buffers has no single location,
+            // so fall back to the buffer the cursor is in.
+            let (buffer, range) = multi_buffer_snapshot
+                .range_to_buffer_range(selection.range())
+                .or_else(|| {
+                    let (buffer, point) =
+                        multi_buffer_snapshot.point_to_buffer_point(selection.head())?;
+                    Some((buffer, point..point))
+                })?;
 
-        let start_line = selection.start.row + 1;
-        let end_line = selection.end.row + 1;
+            let start_line = range.start.row + 1;
+            let end_line = range.end.row + 1;
 
-        let end_line = if selection.end.column == 0 && end_line > start_line {
-            end_line - 1
-        } else {
-            end_line
-        };
+            let end_line = if range.end.column == 0 && end_line > start_line {
+                end_line - 1
+            } else {
+                end_line
+            };
 
-        if let Some(file_location) = self.active_buffer(cx).and_then(|buffer| {
             let project = self.project()?.read(cx);
-            let file = buffer.read(cx).file()?;
+            let file = buffer.file()?;
             let path = file.path().display(project.path_style(cx));
 
             let location = if start_line == end_line {
diff --git a/crates/editor/src/editor_tests.rs b/crates/editor/src/editor_tests.rs
index 2a4ac54cf59fc4..50eb4aedce5918 100644
--- a/crates/editor/src/editor_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/editor/src/editor_tests.rs
@@ -9853,6 +9853,198 @@ async fn test_clipboard_line_numbers_from_multibuffer(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
     );
 }
 
+#[gpui::test]
+async fn test_copy_file_location_from_multibuffer(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+    init_test(cx, |_| {});
+
+    let fs = FakeFs::new(cx.executor());
+    fs.insert_tree(
+        path!("/root"),
+        json!({
+            "file.txt": "first line\nsecond line\nthird line\nfourth line\nfifth line\n",
+        }),
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    let project = Project::test(fs, [path!("/root").as_ref()], cx).await;
+
+    let buffer = project
+        .update(cx, |project, cx| {
+            project.open_local_buffer(path!("/root/file.txt"), cx)
+        })
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let multibuffer = cx.new(|cx| {
+        let mut multibuffer = MultiBuffer::new(ReadWrite);
+        multibuffer.set_excerpts_for_path(
+            PathKey::sorted(0),
+            buffer.clone(),
+            [Point::new(2, 0)..Point::new(5, 0)],
+            0,
+            cx,
+        );
+        multibuffer
+    });
+
+    let (editor, cx) = cx.add_window_view(|window, cx| {
+        build_editor_with_project(project.clone(), multibuffer, window, cx)
+    });
+
+    editor.update_in(cx, |editor, window, cx| {
+        editor.change_selections(Default::default(), window, cx, |selections| {
+            selections.select_ranges([Point::new(0, 0)..Point::new(0, 0)]);
+        });
+        editor.copy_file_location(&CopyFileLocation, window, cx);
+    });
+    assert_eq!(
+        cx.read_from_clipboard().and_then(|item| item.text()),
+        Some("file.txt:3".to_string()),
+        "cursor on the first excerpt row should report its line in the original file"
+    );
+
+    editor.update_in(cx, |editor, window, cx| {
+        editor.change_selections(Default::default(), window, cx, |selections| {
+            selections.select_ranges([Point::new(1, 0)..Point::new(2, 0)]);
+        });
+        editor.copy_file_location(&CopyFileLocation, window, cx);
+    });
+    assert_eq!(
+        cx.read_from_clipboard().and_then(|item| item.text()),
+        Some("file.txt:4".to_string()),
+        "a selection ending at the start of a row should not include that row"
+    );
+
+    editor.update_in(cx, |editor, window, cx| {
+        editor.change_selections(Default::default(), window, cx, |selections| {
+            selections.select_ranges([Point::new(0, 0)..Point::new(2, 3)]);
+        });
+        editor.copy_file_location(&CopyFileLocation, window, cx);
+    });
+    assert_eq!(
+        cx.read_from_clipboard().and_then(|item| item.text()),
+        Some("file.txt:3-5".to_string()),
+        "a multi-row selection should report the original file's line range"
+    );
+}
+
+#[gpui::test]
+async fn test_copy_file_location_across_buffers(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+    init_test(cx, |_| {});
+
+    let fs = FakeFs::new(cx.executor());
+    fs.insert_tree(
+        path!("/root"),
+        json!({
+            "one.txt": "one\ntwo\nthree\n",
+            "two.txt": "four\nfive\nsix\n",
+        }),
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    let project = Project::test(fs, [path!("/root").as_ref()], cx).await;
+
+    let buffer_1 = project
+        .update(cx, |project, cx| {
+            project.open_local_buffer(path!("/root/one.txt"), cx)
+        })
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    let buffer_2 = project
+        .update(cx, |project, cx| {
+            project.open_local_buffer(path!("/root/two.txt"), cx)
+        })
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let multibuffer = cx.new(|cx| {
+        let mut multibuffer = MultiBuffer::new(ReadWrite);
+        multibuffer.set_excerpts_for_path(
+            PathKey::sorted(0),
+            buffer_1,
+            [Point::new(1, 0)..Point::new(3, 0)],
+            0,
+            cx,
+        );
+        multibuffer.set_excerpts_for_path(
+            PathKey::sorted(1),
+            buffer_2,
+            [Point::new(1, 0)..Point::new(3, 0)],
+            0,
+            cx,
+        );
+        multibuffer
+    });
+
+    let (editor, cx) = cx.add_window_view(|window, cx| {
+        build_editor_with_project(project.clone(), multibuffer, window, cx)
+    });
+
+    // The multi-buffer reads "two\nthree\n\nfive\nsix\n", so row 3 is the first
+    // row of the second buffer's excerpt. Select from the first excerpt into it.
+    editor.update_in(cx, |editor, window, cx| {
+        editor.change_selections(Default::default(), window, cx, |selections| {
+            selections.select_ranges([Point::new(0, 0)..Point::new(3, 2)]);
+        });
+        editor.copy_file_location(&CopyFileLocation, window, cx);
+    });
+    assert_eq!(
+        cx.read_from_clipboard().and_then(|item| item.text()),
+        Some("two.txt:2".to_string()),
+        "a selection spanning buffers should report the location of the cursor"
+    );
+}
+
+#[gpui::test]
+async fn test_copy_file_location_in_singleton_buffer(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
+    init_test(cx, |_| {});
+
+    let fs = FakeFs::new(cx.executor());
+    fs.insert_tree(
+        path!("/root"),
+        json!({
+            "file.txt": "first line\nsecond line\nthird line\n",
+        }),
+    )
+    .await;
+
+    let project = Project::test(fs, [path!("/root").as_ref()], cx).await;
+
+    let buffer = project
+        .update(cx, |project, cx| {
+            project.open_local_buffer(path!("/root/file.txt"), cx)
+        })
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    let multibuffer = cx.new(|cx| MultiBuffer::singleton(buffer, cx));
+
+    let (editor, cx) = cx.add_window_view(|window, cx| {
+        build_editor_with_project(project.clone(), multibuffer, window, cx)
+    });
+
+    editor.update_in(cx, |editor, window, cx| {
+        editor.change_selections(Default::default(), window, cx, |selections| {
+            selections.select_ranges([Point::new(1, 0)..Point::new(1, 0)]);
+        });
+        editor.copy_file_location(&CopyFileLocation, window, cx);
+    });
+    assert_eq!(
+        cx.read_from_clipboard().and_then(|item| item.text()),
+        Some("file.txt:2".to_string())
+    );
+
+    editor.update_in(cx, |editor, window, cx| {
+        editor.change_selections(Default::default(), window, cx, |selections| {
+            selections.select_ranges([Point::new(0, 0)..Point::new(2, 4)]);
+        });
+        editor.copy_file_location(&CopyFileLocation, window, cx);
+    });
+    assert_eq!(
+        cx.read_from_clipboard().and_then(|item| item.text()),
+        Some("file.txt:1-3".to_string())
+    );
+}
+
 #[gpui::test]
 async fn test_paste_multiline(cx: &mut TestAppContext) {
     init_test(cx, |_| {});