diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 25ad8d11f..5cdede86f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - `DataCube.resample_spatial()` now supports parameterized `resolution` and `projection` arguments.  ([#897](https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-python-client/issues/897))
 - Sanitize asset download filenames (e.g. strip slashes, (semi)colon, hash, ...), instead of blindly using the asset key as filename. ([#820](https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-python-client/issues/820))
 - Support parameters in `DataCube` apply- and band-math operations ([#903](https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-python-client/issues/903))
+- Support STAC `file:local_path` for asset download target paths. ([#902](https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-python-client/issues/902))
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/openeo/rest/job.py b/openeo/rest/job.py
index 939266fa8..71166fec3 100644
--- a/openeo/rest/job.py
+++ b/openeo/rest/job.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 import re
 import time
 import typing
-from pathlib import Path
+import warnings
+from pathlib import Path, PurePosixPath
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Union
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
@@ -465,6 +466,8 @@ def _make_filename(self) -> str:
         based on: asset key (which is not guaranteed to consist of filename-safe characters)
         and filename in href (if any)
         """
+        if local_path := self._make_filename_from_local_path():
+            return local_path
 
         if re.fullmatch(r"^[\w_.-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,10}$", self.key):
             # Legacy mode: asset key already looks like a filename
@@ -483,6 +486,34 @@ def _make_filename(self) -> str:
                 filename += extension
         return filename
 
+    def _make_filename_from_local_path(self) -> Optional[str]:
+        if "file:local_path" not in self.metadata:
+            return None
+        local_path = self.metadata["file:local_path"]
+        reason = None
+        if not isinstance(local_path, str):
+            reason = "not a string"
+        elif "\\" in local_path:
+            reason = "contains backslash path separators"
+        else:
+            path = PurePosixPath(local_path)
+            if path.is_absolute():
+                reason = "is not relative"
+            elif any(p == ".." for p in path.parts):
+                reason = "contains parent directory references"
+            else:
+                parts = [p for p in path.parts if p not in {"", "."}]
+                if parts:
+                    return str(Path(*parts))
+                reason = "does not contain a filename"
+
+        warnings.warn(
+            f"Ignoring invalid STAC file:local_path metadata value {local_path!r}: {reason}.",
+            UserWarning,
+            stacklevel=2,
+        )
+        return None
+
     def download(
         self,
         target: Optional[Union[Path, str]] = None,
diff --git a/tests/rest/test_job.py b/tests/rest/test_job.py
index a2f21e1dd..3f80193d4 100644
--- a/tests/rest/test_job.py
+++ b/tests/rest/test_job.py
@@ -1110,6 +1110,49 @@ def test_download_make_filename(self, tmp_path, job, key, href, media_type, expe
         assert res == tmp_path / expected
         assert res.read_bytes() == b"data"
 
+    def test_download_uses_file_local_path(self, tmp_path, job, requests_mock):
+        href = "http://data.test/dl/asset"
+        requests_mock.head(href, headers={"Content-Length": "data"})
+        requests_mock.get(href, text="data")
+
+        asset = ResultAsset(
+            job=job,
+            key="asset",
+            href=href,
+            metadata={"type": "image/tiff", "file:local_path": "tiles/2026/result.tiff"},
+        )
+        res = asset.download(tmp_path)
+        assert res == tmp_path / "tiles" / "2026" / "result.tiff"
+        assert res.read_bytes() == b"data"
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "local_path",
+        [
+            "tiles\\2026\\result.tiff",
+            "../result.tiff",
+            "tiles/../result.tiff",
+            "",
+            ".",
+            "/tmp/result.tiff",
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_download_warns_and_ignores_invalid_file_local_path(self, tmp_path, job, requests_mock, local_path):
+        href = "http://data.test/dl/fallback.tiff"
+        requests_mock.head(href, headers={"Content-Length": "data"})
+        requests_mock.get(href, text="data")
+
+        asset = ResultAsset(
+            job=job,
+            key="asset",
+            href=href,
+            metadata={"type": "image/tiff", "file:local_path": local_path},
+        )
+        with pytest.warns(UserWarning, match="file:local_path"):
+            res = asset.download(tmp_path)
+
+        assert res == tmp_path / "asset-fallback.tiff"
+        assert res.read_bytes() == b"data"
+
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ["list_jobs_kwargs", "expected_qs"],