diff --git a/autotests/kfiledialog_unittest.cpp b/autotests/kfiledialog_unittest.cpp
--- a/autotests/kfiledialog_unittest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/kfiledialog_unittest.cpp
@@ -347,6 +347,37 @@
         QTRY_VERIFY(timerRun);
     }
 
+    void testRememberLastDirectory()
+    {
+        const QUrl dir = QUrl::fromLocalFile(QDir::tempPath()).adjusted(QUrl::StripTrailingSlash);
+        // Open and navigate
+        {
+            QFileDialog dialog;
+            dialog.open();
+
+            KFileWidget *fw = findFileWidget();
+            QVERIFY(fw);
+            // real show() is delayed to next event.
+            QVERIFY(QTest::qWaitForWindowExposed(fw->window()));
+            QCOMPARE(fw->isVisible(), true);
+            fw->setUrl(dir);
+            fw->slotCancel();
+        }
+        // Open another filedialog, check that the default directory is the one from above
+        {
+            QFileDialog dialog;
+            dialog.open();
+
+            KFileWidget *fw = findFileWidget();
+            QVERIFY(fw);
+            // real show() is delayed to next event.
+            QVERIFY(QTest::qWaitForWindowExposed(fw->window()));
+            QCOMPARE(fw->isVisible(), true);
+            QCOMPARE(dialog.directoryUrl().adjusted(QUrl::StripTrailingSlash), dir);
+            fw->slotCancel();
+        }
+    }
+
 private:
     QTemporaryDir m_tempDir;
 
diff --git a/src/platformtheme/kdeplatformfiledialoghelper.cpp b/src/platformtheme/kdeplatformfiledialoghelper.cpp
--- a/src/platformtheme/kdeplatformfiledialoghelper.cpp
+++ b/src/platformtheme/kdeplatformfiledialoghelper.cpp
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@
     connect(m_fileWidget, SIGNAL(accepted()), m_fileWidget, SLOT(accept()));
     connect(m_fileWidget, SIGNAL(accepted()), SLOT(accept()));
     connect(m_fileWidget->cancelButton(), SIGNAL(clicked(bool)), SLOT(reject()));
+    connect(m_fileWidget->dirOperator(), &KDirOperator::urlEntered, this, &KDEPlatformFileDialogBase::directoryEntered);
+    // ## no connect to fileSelected, filesSelected, fileHighlighted, currentChanged?
     layout()->addWidget(m_buttons);
 }