diff --git a/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/filesselectionwizardpage.cpp b/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/filesselectionwizardpage.cpp
index f66169ffd5e2d38163848fedd2fec72cbee8b95b..82fed7fdb1d19fa1518cf7c2bdc69c9a68f9dc56 100644
--- a/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/filesselectionwizardpage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/filesselectionwizardpage.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "filesselectionwizardpage.h"
 
 #include "genericprojectwizard.h"
+#include "genericprojectconstants.h"
 #include "selectablefilesmodel.h"
 
 #include <coreplugin/mimedatabase.h>
@@ -56,7 +57,9 @@ FilesSelectionWizardPage::FilesSelectionWizardPage(GenericProjectWizardDialog *g
     hbox->addWidget(m_filterLabel);
     m_filterLineEdit = new QLineEdit;
 
-    m_filterLineEdit->setText("Makefile*; *.o; *.obj; *~; *.files; *.config; *.creator; *.user; *.includes");
+    const QString filter = Core::ICore::settings()->value(Constants::FILEFILTER_SETTING,
+                                                          Constants::FILEFILTER_DEFAULT).toString();
+    m_filterLineEdit->setText(filter);
     m_filterLineEdit->hide();
     hbox->addWidget(m_filterLineEdit);
     m_applyFilterButton = new QPushButton(tr("Apply Filter"), this);
@@ -140,5 +143,7 @@ QStringList FilesSelectionWizardPage::selectedFiles() const
 
 void FilesSelectionWizardPage::applyFilter()
 {
-    m_model->applyFilter(m_filterLineEdit->text());
+    const QString filter = m_filterLineEdit->text();
+    Core::ICore::settings()->setValue(Constants::FILEFILTER_SETTING, filter);
+    m_model->applyFilter(filter);
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericprojectconstants.h b/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericprojectconstants.h
index c4fa1ebde4ea963353eb1cb806a4c9ce2a5d5870..0c5560ecf49391a549ba0016e2ea8bcf3c127727 100644
--- a/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericprojectconstants.h
+++ b/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/genericprojectconstants.h
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ const char *const GENERICPROJECT_ID  = "GenericProjectManager.GenericProject";
 
 const char *const EDITFILESACTION = "GenericProjectManager.EditFiles";
 
+const char *const FILEFILTER_SETTING = "GenericProject/FileFilter";
+const char *const FILEFILTER_DEFAULT = "Makefile*; *.o; *.obj; *~; *.files; *.config; *.creator; *.user; *.includes";
+
 } // namespace Constants
 } // namespace GenericProjectManager
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/selectablefilesmodel.cpp b/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/selectablefilesmodel.cpp
index 26f2d7e23b97aad62302e5a4dc2ffd18501e5e9d..8246ea4a4688def4878c2dc32b112a681589c959 100644
--- a/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/selectablefilesmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/genericprojectmanager/selectablefilesmodel.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@
 **************************************************************************/
 
 #include "selectablefilesmodel.h"
+#include "genericprojectconstants.h"
 
 #include <coreplugin/fileiconprovider.h>
+#include <coreplugin/icore.h>
 
 #include <utils/QtConcurrentTools>
 #include <QHBoxLayout>
@@ -119,6 +121,8 @@ bool SelectableFilesModel::filter(Tree *t)
 {
     if (t->isDir)
         return false;
+    if (m_files.contains(t->fullPath))
+        return false;
     foreach (const Glob &g, m_filter) {
         if (g.mode == Glob::EXACT) {
             if (g.matchString == t->name)
@@ -521,7 +525,9 @@ SelectableFilesDialog::SelectableFilesDialog(const QString &path, const QStringL
     hbox->addWidget(m_filterLabel);
     m_filterLineEdit = new QLineEdit(this);
 
-    m_filterLineEdit->setText("Makefile*; *.o; *.obj; *~; *.files; *.config; *.creator; *.user; *.includes");
+    const QString filter = Core::ICore::settings()->value(Constants::FILEFILTER_SETTING,
+                                                          Constants::FILEFILTER_DEFAULT).toString();
+    m_filterLineEdit->setText(filter);
     m_filterLineEdit->hide();
     hbox->addWidget(m_filterLineEdit);
     m_applyFilterButton = new QPushButton(tr("Apply Filter"), this);
@@ -611,5 +617,7 @@ QStringList SelectableFilesDialog::selectedFiles() const
 
 void SelectableFilesDialog::applyFilter()
 {
-    m_selectableFilesModel->applyFilter(m_filterLineEdit->text());
+    const QString filter = m_filterLineEdit->text();
+    Core::ICore::settings()->setValue(Constants::FILEFILTER_SETTING, filter);
+    m_selectableFilesModel->applyFilter(filter);
 }