diff --git a/docs/guide/global-context.md b/docs/guide/global-context.md
index 213ec3bf5a..d1f90093bb 100644
--- a/docs/guide/global-context.md
+++ b/docs/guide/global-context.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ If you want to get the context programmatically (also type-safely), you can impo
 import { onSlideEnter, onSlideLeave, useDarkMode, useIsSlideActive, useNav, useSlideContext } from '@slidev/client'
 
 const { $slidev } = useSlideContext()
-const { currentPage, currentLayout, currentSlideRoute } = useNav()
+const { currentPage, currentLayout, currentFrontmatter, currentSlideRoute } = useNav()
 const { isDark } = useDarkMode()
 const isActive = useIsSlideActive()
 onSlideEnter((to, from) => { /* ... */ })
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ $nav.go(10) // go slide #10
 
 $nav.currentPage // current slide number
 $nav.currentLayout // current layout name
+$nav.currentFrontmatter // current slide frontmatter, including custom fields
 ```
 
 For more properties available, refer to the [`SlidevContextNav` interface](https://github.com/slidevjs/slidev/blob/main/packages/client/composables/useNav.ts).
diff --git a/packages/client/composables/useNav.test.ts b/packages/client/composables/useNav.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ebcaef5e3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/client/composables/useNav.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import type { ClicksContext, SlideRoute } from '@slidev/types'
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { computed, ref } from 'vue'
+import { useNavBase } from './useNav'
+
+vi.mock('#slidev/slides', async () => {
+  const { ref } = await import('vue')
+  return { slides: ref([]) }
+})
+
+vi.mock('../env', async () => {
+  const { ref } = await import('vue')
+  return {
+    configs: {},
+    slideAspect: ref(16 / 9),
+  }
+})
+
+vi.mock('../state', async () => {
+  const { ref } = await import('vue')
+  return { hmrSkipTransition: ref(false) }
+})
+
+function route(no: number, frontmatter: Record<string, any>): SlideRoute {
+  return {
+    no,
+    meta: {
+      slide: { frontmatter },
+    },
+  } as unknown as SlideRoute
+}
+
+describe('useNavBase', () => {
+  it('exposes reactive frontmatter for the current slide', () => {
+    const currentRoute = ref(route(1, { title: 'Intro', section: 'start' }))
+    const nav = useNavBase(
+      computed(() => currentRoute.value),
+      computed(() => ({ current: 0, clicksStart: 0, total: 0 }) as ClicksContext),
+      ref(0),
+      ref(false),
+      ref(false),
+    )
+
+    expect(nav.currentFrontmatter.value).toEqual({
+      title: 'Intro',
+      section: 'start',
+    })
+
+    currentRoute.value = route(2, { title: 'Details', section: 'body' })
+
+    expect(nav.currentFrontmatter.value).toEqual({
+      title: 'Details',
+      section: 'body',
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/client/composables/useNav.ts b/packages/client/composables/useNav.ts
index 8df13fe5c5..f539596095 100644
--- a/packages/client/composables/useNav.ts
+++ b/packages/client/composables/useNav.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export interface SlidevContextNav {
   currentSlideRoute: ComputedRef<SlideRoute>
   currentTransition: ComputedRef<TransitionGroupProps | undefined>
   currentLayout: ComputedRef<string>
+  currentFrontmatter: ComputedRef<Record<string, any>>
 
   nextRoute: ComputedRef<SlideRoute>
   prevRoute: ComputedRef<SlideRoute>
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ export function useNavBase(
   const currentPath = computed(() => getSlidePath(currentSlideRoute.value, isPresenter.value))
   const currentSlideNo = computed(() => currentSlideRoute.value.no)
   const currentLayout = computed(() => currentSlideRoute.value.meta?.layout || (currentSlideNo.value === 1 ? 'cover' : 'default'))
+  const currentFrontmatter = computed(() => currentSlideRoute.value.meta.slide.frontmatter)
 
   const clicks = computed(() => clicksContext.value.current)
   const clicksStart = computed(() => clicksContext.value.clicksStart)
@@ -223,6 +225,7 @@ export function useNavBase(
     currentPage: currentSlideNo,
     currentSlideRoute,
     currentLayout,
+    currentFrontmatter,
     currentTransition,
     clicksDirection,
     nextRoute,