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
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@
     } else if (lastMatchIndex == 0) {
         return StartMatch;
     } else {
-        return OtherMatch;
+        // prefer matches closer to the end of the path
+        return OtherMatch + segments.size() - pathIndex;
     }
 }
 
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
@@ -233,6 +233,20 @@
             QStringLiteral("/bar/FOOxBAR.h")
         });
     }
+    {
+        const StringList a = {
+            QStringLiteral("/home/user/src/code/user/something"),
+            QStringLiteral("/home/user/src/code/home/else"),
+        };
+        const StringList b = {
+            QStringLiteral("/home/user/src/code/home/else"),
+            QStringLiteral("/home/user/src/code/user/something"),
+        };
+        QTest::newRow("prefer_multimatch_a_home") << a << QStringLiteral("home") << b;
+        QTest::newRow("prefer_multimatch_b_home") << b << QStringLiteral("home") << b;
+        QTest::newRow("prefer_multimatch_a_user") << a << QStringLiteral("user") << a;
+        QTest::newRow("prefer_multimatch_b_user") << b << QStringLiteral("user") << a;
+    }
 }
 
 void TestQuickOpen::testProjectFileFilter()