diff --git a/src/helpers/FileHelper.php b/src/helpers/FileHelper.php
index 8489f4a..e31652e 100644
--- a/src/helpers/FileHelper.php
+++ b/src/helpers/FileHelper.php
@@ -141,6 +141,19 @@ public static function createUrl(string $url, string $path): string
         return rtrim($url, '/') . '/' . trim($path, '/');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Combine a path with dist to create a full path
+     * @param string $url
+     * @param string $path
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public static function createPath(string $distPath, string $path): string
+    {
+        $distPath = (string)Craft::parseEnv($distPath);
+        return rtrim($distPath, '/') . '/' . trim($path, '/');
+    }
+
     /**
      * Fetch a script file
      *
diff --git a/src/services/ViteService.php b/src/services/ViteService.php
index e947abf..204f76b 100755
--- a/src/services/ViteService.php
+++ b/src/services/ViteService.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 /**
  * Vite plugin for Craft CMS 3.x
  *
@@ -46,7 +47,12 @@ class ViteService extends Component
     /**
      * @var string File system path (or URL) to the Vite-built manifest.json
      */
-    public $manifestPath;
+    public string $manifestPath = '';
+
+    /**
+     * @var string File system path to the Vite-built assets
+     */
+    public string $distPath = '';
 
     /**
      * @var string The public URL to the dev server (what appears in `<script src="">` tags
@@ -350,10 +356,11 @@ public function publicAsset(string $path): string
      * Return the URL for the asset from the manifest.json file
      *
      * @param string $path
+     * @param boolean $returnFilePath
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    public function manifestAsset(string $path): string
+    public function manifestAsset(string $path, bool $returnFilePath = false): string
     {
         ManifestHelper::fetchManifest($this->manifestPath);
         $assets = ManifestHelper::extractAssetFiles();
@@ -362,6 +369,9 @@ public function manifestAsset(string $path): string
         $assetKey = end($assetKeyParts);
         foreach ($assets as $key => $value) {
             if ($key === $assetKey) {
+                if ($returnFilePath) {
+                    return FileHelper::createPath($this->distPath, $path);
+                }
                 return FileHelper::createUrl($this->serverPublic, $value);
             }
         }
@@ -370,7 +380,15 @@ public function manifestAsset(string $path): string
         // manifest, so check there, too
         $entry = ManifestHelper::extractEntry($path);
 
-        return $entry === '' ? '' : FileHelper::createUrl($this->serverPublic, $entry);
+        if ($entry === '') {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        if ($returnFilePath) {
+            return FileHelper::createPath($this->distPath, $entry);
+        }
+
+        return FileHelper::createUrl($this->serverPublic, $entry);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/variables/ViteVariableTrait.php b/src/variables/ViteVariableTrait.php
index 78815da..1360819 100755
--- a/src/variables/ViteVariableTrait.php
+++ b/src/variables/ViteVariableTrait.php
@@ -103,15 +103,22 @@ public function asset(string $path, bool $public=false): Markup
 
     /**
      * Inline the contents of a local file (via path) or remote file (via URL) in your templates.
-     * Yii2 aliases and/or environment variables may be used
+     * Yii2 aliases and/or environment variables may be used.
+	 * If $manifest is true, the local file path will be returned from the manifest
      *
      * @param string $pathOrUrl
+     * @param boolean $manifest
      *
      * @return Markup
      */
-    public function inline(string $pathOrUrl): Markup
+	public function inline(string $pathOrUrl, bool $manifest=false): Markup
     {
-        $file = $this->viteService->fetch($pathOrUrl);
+        if ($manifest) {
+            $manifestPath = $this->viteService->manifestAsset($pathOrUrl, true);
+            $file = $this->viteService->fetch($manifestPath);
+        } else {
+            $file = $this->viteService->fetch($pathOrUrl);
+        }
         if ($file === null) {
             $file = '';
         }