diff --git a/kdevplatform/language/interfaces/abbreviations.h b/kdevplatform/language/interfaces/abbreviations.h
--- a/kdevplatform/language/interfaces/abbreviations.h
+++ b/kdevplatform/language/interfaces/abbreviations.h
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@
 /**
  * @brief Matches a path against a list of search fragments.
  */
-KDEVPLATFORMLANGUAGE_EXPORT PathFilterMatchQuality matchPathFilter(const Path& toFilter, const QStringList& text,
-                                                                   const QString& joinedText);
+KDEVPLATFORMLANGUAGE_EXPORT PathFilterMatchQuality matchPathFilter(const Path& toFilter, const QStringList& text);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/kdevplatform/language/interfaces/abbreviations.cpp b/kdevplatform/language/interfaces/abbreviations.cpp
--- a/kdevplatform/language/interfaces/abbreviations.cpp
+++ b/kdevplatform/language/interfaces/abbreviations.cpp
@@ -154,8 +154,7 @@
   return matchedFragments == typedFragments.size();
 }
 
-PathFilterMatchQuality matchPathFilter(const Path &toFilter, const QStringList &text,
-                                       const QString &joinedText)
+PathFilterMatchQuality matchPathFilter(const Path &toFilter, const QStringList &text)
 {
     const QVector<QString>& segments = toFilter.segments();
 
@@ -189,7 +188,15 @@
         const QString& segment = segments.at(pathIndex);
         const QString& typedSegment = text.at(searchIndex);
         lastMatchIndex = segment.indexOf(typedSegment, 0, Qt::CaseInsensitive);
-        if (lastMatchIndex == -1 && !matchesAbbreviation(segment.midRef(0), typedSegment)) {
+        bool isMatch = lastMatchIndex != -1;
+        // do fuzzy path matching on the last segment
+        if (!isMatch && searchIndex == text.size() - 1 && pathIndex == segments.size() - 1) {
+          isMatch = matchesPath(segment, typedSegment);
+        } else if (!isMatch) {
+          isMatch = matchesAbbreviation(segment.midRef(0), typedSegment);
+        }
+
+        if (!isMatch) {
             // no match, try with next path segment
             ++pathIndex;
             continue;
@@ -200,9 +207,7 @@
     }
 
     if (searchIndex != text.size()) {
-        if ( ! matchesPath(segments.last(), joinedText) ) {
-            return PathFilterMatchQuality::NoMatch;
-        }
+        return PathFilterMatchQuality::NoMatch;
     }
 
     // prefer matches whose last element starts with the filter
diff --git a/kdevplatform/language/interfaces/quickopenfilter.h b/kdevplatform/language/interfaces/quickopenfilter.h
--- a/kdevplatform/language/interfaces/quickopenfilter.h
+++ b/kdevplatform/language/interfaces/quickopenfilter.h
@@ -180,8 +180,6 @@
             return;
         }
 
-        const QString joinedText = text.join(QString());
-
         QVector<Item> filterBase = m_filtered;
 
         if ( m_oldFilterText.isEmpty()) {
@@ -204,8 +202,7 @@
         // all other matches are sorted by where they match, we prefer matches at the end
         QVector<Item> otherMatches;
         foreach( const Item& data, filterBase ) {
-            const auto matchQuality = matchPathFilter(static_cast<Parent*>(this)->itemPath(data),
-                                                      text, joinedText);
+            const auto matchQuality = matchPathFilter(static_cast<Parent*>(this)->itemPath(data), text);
             switch (matchQuality) {
             case PathFilterMatchQuality::NoMatch:
                 break;
diff --git a/plugins/quickopen/tests/test_quickopen.cpp b/plugins/quickopen/tests/test_quickopen.cpp
--- a/plugins/quickopen/tests/test_quickopen.cpp
+++ b/plugins/quickopen/tests/test_quickopen.cpp
@@ -204,6 +204,35 @@
     {
         QTest::newRow("duplicate") << StringList({ QStringLiteral("/muh/kuh/asdf/foo") }) << QStringLiteral("kuh/kuh") << StringList();
     }
+    {
+        const StringList fuzzyItems = {
+            QStringLiteral("/foo/bar.h"),
+            QStringLiteral("/foo/fooXbar.h"),
+            QStringLiteral("/foo/fXoXoXbXaXr.h"),
+            QStringLiteral("/bar/FOOxBAR.h")
+        };
+
+        QTest::newRow("fuzzy1") << fuzzyItems << QStringLiteral("br") << fuzzyItems;
+        QTest::newRow("fuzzy2") << fuzzyItems << QStringLiteral("foo/br") << StringList({
+            QStringLiteral("/foo/bar.h"),
+            QStringLiteral("/foo/fooXbar.h"),
+            QStringLiteral("/foo/fXoXoXbXaXr.h")
+        });
+        QTest::newRow("fuzzy3") << fuzzyItems << QStringLiteral("b/br") << StringList({
+            QStringLiteral("/bar/FOOxBAR.h")
+        });
+        QTest::newRow("fuzzy4") << fuzzyItems << QStringLiteral("br/br") << StringList();
+        QTest::newRow("fuzzy5") << fuzzyItems << QStringLiteral("foo/bar") << StringList({
+            QStringLiteral("/foo/bar.h"),
+            QStringLiteral("/foo/fooXbar.h"),
+            QStringLiteral("/foo/fXoXoXbXaXr.h")
+        });
+        QTest::newRow("fuzzy6") << fuzzyItems << QStringLiteral("foobar") << StringList({
+            QStringLiteral("/foo/fooXbar.h"),
+            QStringLiteral("/foo/fXoXoXbXaXr.h"),
+            QStringLiteral("/bar/FOOxBAR.h")
+        });
+    }
 }
 
 void TestQuickOpen::testProjectFileFilter()