diff --git a/datasette/hookspecs.py b/datasette/hookspecs.py
index 4dc6338e..61523a31 100644
--- a/datasette/hookspecs.py
+++ b/datasette/hookspecs.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def extra_js_urls(template, database, table, datasette):
 
 
 @hookspec
-def extra_body_script(template, database, table, datasette):
+def extra_body_script(template, database, table, view_name, datasette):
     "Extra JavaScript code to be included in <script> at bottom of body"
 
 
diff --git a/datasette/views/base.py b/datasette/views/base.py
index ae6aac71..1415e5f9 100644
--- a/datasette/views/base.py
+++ b/datasette/views/base.py
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ class RenderMixin(HTTPMethodView):
             template=template.name,
             database=context.get("database"),
             table=context.get("table"),
+            view_name=self.name,
             datasette=self.ds
         ):
             body_scripts.append(jinja2.Markup(script))
diff --git a/docs/plugins.rst b/docs/plugins.rst
index 78a3aaf1..b5048945 100644
--- a/docs/plugins.rst
+++ b/docs/plugins.rst
@@ -529,8 +529,8 @@ If the value matches that pattern, the plugin returns an HTML link element:
 
 .. _plugin_hook_extra_body_script:
 
-extra_body_script(template, database, table, datasette)
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+extra_body_script(template, database, table, view_name, datasette)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 ``template`` - string
     The template that is being rendered, e.g. ``database.html``
@@ -541,6 +541,9 @@ extra_body_script(template, database, table, datasette)
 ``table`` - string or None
     The name of the table, or ``None`` if the page does not correct to a table
 
+``view_name`` - string
+    The name of the view being displayed. (`database`, `table`, and `row` are the most important ones.)
+
 ``datasette`` - Datasette instance
     You can use this to access plugin configuration options via ``datasette.plugin_config(your_plugin_name)``