diff --git a/src/plugins/quickopen/quickopentoolwindow.cpp b/src/plugins/quickopen/quickopentoolwindow.cpp
index 462e1d94df3a5feb3aed29651d8ed6e3763b08aa..139559bee34dd9fdd40ab2631b6fc828710a30f3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/quickopen/quickopentoolwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/quickopen/quickopentoolwindow.cpp
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ QuickOpenToolWindow::QuickOpenToolWindow(QuickOpenPlugin *qop) :
     // Explicitly hide the completion list popup.
     m_completionList->hide();
 
+    setFocusProxy(m_fileLineEdit);
     setWindowTitle(tr("Locate..."));
     resize(200, 90);
     QSizePolicy sizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Fixed, QSizePolicy::Preferred);