diff --git a/packages/wxt/e2e/tests/hooks.test.ts b/packages/wxt/e2e/tests/hooks.test.ts
index ff093d17..a00b986a 100644
--- a/packages/wxt/e2e/tests/hooks.test.ts
+++ b/packages/wxt/e2e/tests/hooks.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { WxtHooks } from '../../src/types';
 const hooks: WxtHooks = {
   ready: vi.fn(),
   'prepare:types': vi.fn(),
+  'prepare:publicPaths': vi.fn(),
   'build:before': vi.fn(),
   'build:done': vi.fn(),
   'build:manifestGenerated': vi.fn(),
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ describe('Hooks', () => {
     expectHooksToBeCalled({
       ready: true,
       'prepare:types': true,
+      'prepare:publicPaths': true,
       'build:before': false,
       'build:done': false,
       'build:publicAssets': false,
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ describe('Hooks', () => {
     expectHooksToBeCalled({
       ready: true,
       'prepare:types': true,
+      'prepare:publicPaths': true,
       'build:before': true,
       'build:done': true,
       'build:publicAssets': true,
@@ -83,6 +86,7 @@ describe('Hooks', () => {
     expectHooksToBeCalled({
       ready: true,
       'prepare:types': true,
+      'prepare:publicPaths': true,
       'build:before': true,
       'build:done': true,
       'build:publicAssets': true,
@@ -109,6 +113,7 @@ describe('Hooks', () => {
     expectHooksToBeCalled({
       ready: true,
       'prepare:types': true,
+      'prepare:publicPaths': true,
       'build:before': true,
       'build:done': true,
       'build:publicAssets': true,
diff --git a/packages/wxt/src/core/utils/building/generate-wxt-dir.ts b/packages/wxt/src/core/utils/building/generate-wxt-dir.ts
index a91fa169..386dd55d 100644
--- a/packages/wxt/src/core/utils/building/generate-wxt-dir.ts
+++ b/packages/wxt/src/core/utils/building/generate-wxt-dir.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export async function generateTypesDir(
 async function getPathsDeclarationEntry(
   entrypoints: Entrypoint[],
 ): Promise<WxtDirFileEntry> {
-  const unions = entrypoints
+  const paths = entrypoints
     .map((entry) =>
       getEntrypointBundlePath(
         entry,
@@ -83,10 +83,14 @@ async function getPathsDeclarationEntry(
         isHtmlEntrypoint(entry) ? '.html' : '.js',
       ),
     )
-    .concat(await getPublicFiles())
+    .concat(await getPublicFiles());
+
+  await wxt.hooks.callHook('prepare:publicPaths', wxt, paths);
+
+  const unions = paths
     .map(normalizePath)
-    .map((path) => `    | "/${path}"`)
     .sort()
+    .map((path) => `    | "/${path}"`)
     .join('\n');
 
   const template = `// Generated by wxt
diff --git a/packages/wxt/src/types.ts b/packages/wxt/src/types.ts
index 47bf7064..6c9f22ee 100644
--- a/packages/wxt/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/wxt/src/types.ts
@@ -1050,6 +1050,20 @@ export interface WxtHooks {
    * })
    */
   'prepare:types': (wxt: Wxt, entries: WxtDirEntry[]) => HookResult;
+  /**
+   * Called before generating the list of public paths inside
+   * `.wxt/types/paths.d.ts`. Use this hook to add additional paths (relative
+   * to output directory) WXT doesn't add automatically.
+   *
+   * @param wxt The configured WXT object
+   * @param paths This list of paths TypeScript allows `browser.runtime.getURL` to be called with.
+   *
+   * @example
+   * wxt.hooks.hook('prepare:publicPaths', (wxt, paths) => {
+   *   paths.push('/icons/128.png');
+   * })
+   */
+  'prepare:publicPaths': (wxt: Wxt, paths: string[]) => HookResult;
   /**
    * Called before the build is started in both dev mode and build mode.
    *
@@ -1057,7 +1071,9 @@ export interface WxtHooks {
    */
   'build:before': (wxt: Wxt) => HookResult;
   /**
-   * Called once the build process has finished.
+   * Called once the build process has finished. You can add files to the build
+   * summary here by pushing to `output.publicAssets`.
+   *
    * @param wxt The configured WXT object
    * @param output The results of the build
    */