diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlproject.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlproject.cpp
index 43685dd2fb25af71cb880d8f6f3a7cbe8ad5bac9..bde5816e3abd86d92a7cab8f8bc9e42b7d95b038 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlproject.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprojectmanager/qmlproject.cpp
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ QmlRunConfiguration::RunMode QmlRunConfiguration::runMode() const
 QString QmlRunConfiguration::workingDirectory() const
 {
     QFileInfo projectFile(m_project->file()->fileName());
-    return projectFile.filePath();
+    return projectFile.absolutePath();
 }
 
 QStringList QmlRunConfiguration::commandLineArguments() const