diff --git a/scripts/appimage-launcher-tools.mjs b/scripts/appimage-launcher-tools.mjs
index 2d2cae75..30581e1d 100644
--- a/scripts/appimage-launcher-tools.mjs
+++ b/scripts/appimage-launcher-tools.mjs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   writeFile,
 } from 'node:fs/promises'
 import { tmpdir } from 'node:os'
-import { join, resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { dirname, join, resolve } from 'node:path'
 import process from 'node:process'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ export const BROKEN_LINUXDEPLOY_APPRUN_DIR_LINE =
 export const FIXED_LINUXDEPLOY_APPRUN_DIR_LINE =
   'this_dir="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"'
 export const APPIMAGE_PLUGIN_WRAPPER_NAME = 'linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage.AppImage'
-export const REAL_APPIMAGE_PLUGIN_NAME = 'linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage.real.AppImage'
+export const REAL_APPIMAGE_PLUGIN_NAME =
+  'tolaria-real-linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage/linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage.AppImage'
 export const APPIMAGE_FCITX_GTK3_IM_MODULE_PATH =
   'usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules/im-fcitx5.so'
 export const APPIMAGE_FCITX_GCLIENT_LIBRARY_PATH =
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ download_real_plugin() {
 
   local tmp_plugin="$REAL_PLUGIN.tmp.$$"
   rm -f "$tmp_plugin"
+  mkdir -p "$(dirname -- "$REAL_PLUGIN")"
 
   if command -v curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     curl -fsSL -o "$tmp_plugin" "$PLUGIN_URL"
@@ -208,6 +210,7 @@ export async function preparePluginWrapper({
   if (existsSync(wrapperPath) && !existsSync(realPluginPath)) {
     const existing = await readFile(wrapperPath, 'utf8').catch(() => '')
     if (!existing.includes(WRAPPER_MARKER)) {
+      await mkdir(dirname(realPluginPath), { recursive: true })
       await rename(wrapperPath, realPluginPath)
     }
   }
diff --git a/scripts/appimage-launcher-tools.test.mjs b/scripts/appimage-launcher-tools.test.mjs
index 25365fa7..f8a7559d 100644
--- a/scripts/appimage-launcher-tools.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/appimage-launcher-tools.test.mjs
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ import test from 'node:test'
 import {
   BROKEN_LINUXDEPLOY_APPRUN_DIR_LINE,
   FIXED_LINUXDEPLOY_APPRUN_DIR_LINE,
+  REAL_APPIMAGE_PLUGIN_NAME,
   appImagePluginWrapperSource,
   patchAppRunText,
+  preparePluginWrapper,
 } from './appimage-launcher-tools.mjs'
 
 function brokenResolverDir(invokedPath) {
@@ -113,6 +115,23 @@ test('plugin wrapper patches AppRun before delegating to the real output plugin'
   assert.equal(patched.includes(FIXED_LINUXDEPLOY_APPRUN_DIR_LINE), true)
 })
 
+test('plugin wrapper keeps the delegated appimage plugin basename canonical', async () => {
+  const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'tolaria-appimage-tools-'))
+  const { realPluginPath, wrapperPath } = await preparePluginWrapper({
+    toolsDir: root,
+  })
+
+  assert.equal(basename(wrapperPath), 'linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage.AppImage')
+  assert.equal(
+    realPluginPath,
+    join(root, 'tolaria-real-linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage', 'linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage.AppImage'),
+  )
+  assert.equal(REAL_APPIMAGE_PLUGIN_NAME.endsWith('/linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage.AppImage'), true)
+
+  const wrapper = await readFile(wrapperPath, 'utf8')
+  assert.equal(wrapper.includes('linuxdeploy-plugin-appimage.real.AppImage'), false)
+})
+
 test('plugin wrapper bundles fcitx GTK3 input module before sealing AppImage', async () => {
   const root = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), 'tolaria-appimage-fcitx-'))
   const appDir = join(root, 'Tolaria.AppDir')