diff -up rsyslog-8.2506.0/plugins/imfile/imfile.c.orig rsyslog-8.2506.0/plugins/imfile/imfile.c
--- rsyslog-8.2506.0/plugins/imfile/imfile.c.orig	2025-06-12 13:30:00.769607775 +0200
+++ rsyslog-8.2506.0/plugins/imfile/imfile.c	2025-06-12 13:30:26.453852622 +0200
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ struct instanceConf_s {
 	int readTimeout;
 	unsigned delay_perMsg;
 	sbool bRMStateOnDel;
+	sbool deleteStateOnFileMove; /* delete state file when file being monitored is moved */
 	uint8_t readMode;
 	uchar *startRegex;
 	uchar *endRegex;
@@ -340,6 +341,7 @@ static struct cnfparamdescr inppdescr[]
 	{ "persiststateinterval", eCmdHdlrInt, 0 },
 	{ "persiststateaftersubmission", eCmdHdlrBinary, 0 },
 	{ "deletestateonfiledelete", eCmdHdlrBinary, 0 },
+	{ "deletestateonfilemove", eCmdHdlrBinary, 0 },
 	{ "delay.message", eCmdHdlrNonNegInt, 0 },
 	{ "addmetadata", eCmdHdlrBinary, 0 },
 	{ "addceetag", eCmdHdlrBinary, 0 },
@@ -1773,6 +1775,7 @@ createInstance(instanceConf_t **const pi
 	inst->discardTruncatedMsg = 0;
 	inst->msgDiscardingError = 1;
 	inst->bRMStateOnDel = 1;
+	inst->deleteStateOnFileMove = 0; /* default to not deleting state on file move */
 	inst->escapeLF = 1;
 	inst->escapeLFString = NULL;
 	inst->reopenOnTruncate = 0;
@@ -1995,6 +1998,8 @@ CODESTARTnewInpInst
 			inst->msgDiscardingError = (sbool) pvals[i].val.d.n;
 		} else if(!strcmp(inppblk.descr[i].name, "deletestateonfiledelete")) {
 			inst->bRMStateOnDel = (sbool) pvals[i].val.d.n; // TODO: duplicate!
+		} else if(!strcmp(inppblk.descr[i].name, "deletestateonfilemove")) {
+			inst->deleteStateOnFileMove = (sbool) pvals[i].val.d.n;
 		} else if(!strcmp(inppblk.descr[i].name, "addmetadata")) {
 			inst->addMetadata = (sbool) pvals[i].val.d.n;
 		} else if(!strcmp(inppblk.descr[i].name, "delay.message")) {