diff --git a/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js b/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js
index ebb1a0034..eb0f2d1ff 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js
+++ b/src/static/js/pluginfw/plugins.js
@@ -72,8 +72,12 @@ exports.callInit = function () {
   return Promise.all(p);
 }
 
-exports.pathNormalization = function (part, hook_fn_name) {
-  return path.normalize(path.join(path.dirname(exports.plugins[part.plugin].package.path), hook_fn_name));
+exports.pathNormalization = function (part, hook_fn_name, hook_name) {
+  const parts = hook_fn_name.split(':');
+  const functionName = (parts.length > 1) ? parts.pop() : hook_name;
+  const packageDir = path.dirname(exports.plugins[part.plugin].package.path);
+  const fileName = path.normalize(path.join(packageDir, parts.join(':')));
+  return fileName + ((functionName == null) ? '' : (':' + functionName));
 }
 
 exports.update = async function () {
diff --git a/src/static/js/pluginfw/shared.js b/src/static/js/pluginfw/shared.js
index 4df71aee8..a9971e939 100644
--- a/src/static/js/pluginfw/shared.js
+++ b/src/static/js/pluginfw/shared.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function extractHooks(parts, hook_set_name, normalizer) {
        * a dependency of another plugin! Bah, pesky little details of
        * npm... */
       if (normalizer) {
-        hook_fn_name = normalizer(part, hook_fn_name);
+        hook_fn_name = normalizer(part, hook_fn_name, hook_name);
       }
 
       try {