diff --git a/documentation/src/docs/asciidoc/release-notes/release-notes-6.0.0-RC3.adoc b/documentation/src/docs/asciidoc/release-notes/release-notes-6.0.0-RC3.adoc
index fae30bcd5f32..75ce7de79cb4 100644
--- a/documentation/src/docs/asciidoc/release-notes/release-notes-6.0.0-RC3.adoc
+++ b/documentation/src/docs/asciidoc/release-notes/release-notes-6.0.0-RC3.adoc
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ JUnit repository on GitHub.
 
 * New `Resource.from(String, URI)` static factory method for creating an
   `org.junit.platform.commons.support.Resource`.
+* New `FileSource.withPosition(FilePosition)` method to avoid the overhead of redundant
+  canonicalization of files when using `FileSource.from(File, FilePosition)` with many
+  different `FilePosition` instances for the same `File`.
 
 
 [[release-notes-6.0.0-RC3-junit-jupiter]]
diff --git a/junit-platform-engine/src/main/java/org/junit/platform/engine/support/descriptor/FileSource.java b/junit-platform-engine/src/main/java/org/junit/platform/engine/support/descriptor/FileSource.java
index 6e7a3ac95452..ad869d878b5c 100644
--- a/junit-platform-engine/src/main/java/org/junit/platform/engine/support/descriptor/FileSource.java
+++ b/junit-platform-engine/src/main/java/org/junit/platform/engine/support/descriptor/FileSource.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 package org.junit.platform.engine.support.descriptor;
 
+import static org.apiguardian.api.API.Status.EXPERIMENTAL;
 import static org.apiguardian.api.API.Status.STABLE;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ public static FileSource from(File file) {
 	 *
 	 * @param file the source file; must not be {@code null}
 	 * @param filePosition the position in the source file; may be {@code null}
+	 * @see #withPosition(FilePosition)
 	 */
 	public static FileSource from(File file, @Nullable FilePosition filePosition) {
 		return new FileSource(file, filePosition);
@@ -77,6 +79,11 @@ private FileSource(File file, @Nullable FilePosition filePosition) {
 		this.filePosition = filePosition;
 	}
 
+	private FileSource(FileSource fileSource, @Nullable FilePosition filePosition) {
+		this.file = fileSource.file;
+		this.filePosition = filePosition;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get the {@link URI} for the source {@linkplain #getFile file}.
 	 *
@@ -104,6 +111,30 @@ public Optional<FilePosition> getPosition() {
 		return Optional.ofNullable(this.filePosition);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * {@return a {@code FileSource} based on this instance but with the
+	 * supplied {@link FilePosition}}
+	 *
+	 * <p>If the supplied {@code FilePosition}
+	 * {@linkplain Objects#equals(Object, Object) equals} the existing one, this
+	 * method returns {@code this}. Otherwise, a new instance is created and
+	 * returned.
+	 *
+	 * <p>Calling this method rather than creating a new {@code FileSource} via
+	 * {@link #from(File, FilePosition)} avoids the overhead of redundant
+	 * canonical path resolution.
+	 *
+	 * @param filePosition the position in the source file; may be {@code null}
+	 * @since 6.0
+	 */
+	@API(status = EXPERIMENTAL, since = "6.0")
+	public FileSource withPosition(@Nullable FilePosition filePosition) {
+		if (Objects.equals(this.filePosition, filePosition)) {
+			return this;
+		}
+		return new FileSource(this, filePosition);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean equals(Object o) {
 		if (this == o) {
diff --git a/platform-tests/src/test/java/org/junit/platform/engine/support/descriptor/FileSystemSourceTests.java b/platform-tests/src/test/java/org/junit/platform/engine/support/descriptor/FileSystemSourceTests.java
index 802d2c47cda6..b05bae70d7b5 100644
--- a/platform-tests/src/test/java/org/junit/platform/engine/support/descriptor/FileSystemSourceTests.java
+++ b/platform-tests/src/test/java/org/junit/platform/engine/support/descriptor/FileSystemSourceTests.java
@@ -76,6 +76,27 @@ void fileWithPosition() {
 		assertThat(source.getPosition()).hasValue(position);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void fileReuseWithPosition() {
+		var file = new File("test.txt");
+		var position = FilePosition.from(42, 23);
+		var source = FileSource.from(file);
+		var sourceWithPosition = source.withPosition(position);
+
+		assertThat(source.getUri()).isEqualTo(file.getAbsoluteFile().toURI());
+		assertThat(source.getFile()).isEqualTo(file.getAbsoluteFile());
+		assertThat(source.getPosition()).isEmpty();
+
+		assertThat(source).isNotSameAs(sourceWithPosition);
+		assertThat(source.getFile()).isSameAs(sourceWithPosition.getFile());
+		assertThat(sourceWithPosition.getPosition()).hasValue(position);
+
+		assertThat(sourceWithPosition.withPosition(null).getPosition()).isEmpty();
+
+		assertThat(source.withPosition(null)).isSameAs(source);
+		assertThat(sourceWithPosition.withPosition(position)).isSameAs(sourceWithPosition);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void equalsAndHashCodeForFileSource() {
 		var file1 = new File("foo.txt");