diff --git a/gui/projectfiledialog.cpp b/gui/projectfiledialog.cpp
index a8917fc41..fa46b9956 100644
--- a/gui/projectfiledialog.cpp
+++ b/gui/projectfiledialog.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 ProjectFileDialog::ProjectFileDialog(const QString &path, QWidget *parent)
     : QDialog(parent)
+    , mFilePath(path)
 {
     mUI.setupUi(this);
 
@@ -187,9 +188,11 @@ void ProjectFileDialog::SetIgnorePaths(const QStringList &paths)
 
 void ProjectFileDialog::AddIncludeDir()
 {
+    QFileInfo inf(mFilePath);
+    const QString rootpath = inf.absolutePath();
     QString selectedDir = QFileDialog::getExistingDirectory(this,
                           tr("Select include directory"),
-                          QString());
+                          rootpath);
 
     if (!selectedDir.isEmpty())
     {
@@ -199,9 +202,11 @@ void ProjectFileDialog::AddIncludeDir()
 
 void ProjectFileDialog::AddPath()
 {
+    QFileInfo inf(mFilePath);
+    const QString rootpath = inf.absolutePath();
     QString selectedDir = QFileDialog::getExistingDirectory(this,
-                          tr("Select directory to check"),
-                          QString());
+                          tr("Select a directory to check"),
+                          rootpath);
 
     if (!selectedDir.isEmpty())
     {
@@ -237,9 +242,12 @@ void ProjectFileDialog::RemovePath()
 
 void ProjectFileDialog::AddIgnorePath()
 {
+    QFileInfo inf(mFilePath);
+    const QString rootpath = inf.absolutePath();
+
     QString selectedDir = QFileDialog::getExistingDirectory(this,
                           tr("Select directory to ignore"),
-                          QString());
+                          rootpath);
 
     if (!selectedDir.isEmpty())
     {
diff --git a/gui/projectfiledialog.h b/gui/projectfiledialog.h
index 0d904ab38..c8da65d9e 100644
--- a/gui/projectfiledialog.h
+++ b/gui/projectfiledialog.h
@@ -171,6 +171,11 @@ protected:
 
 private:
     Ui::ProjectFile mUI;
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Projectfile path.
+     */
+    QString mFilePath;
 };
 
 /// @}