diff --git a/src/filechooser.cpp b/src/filechooser.cpp
--- a/src/filechooser.cpp
+++ b/src/filechooser.cpp
@@ -185,14 +185,16 @@
     Utils::setParentWindow(fileDialog.data(), parent_window);
     fileDialog->setWindowTitle(title);
     fileDialog->setModal(modalDialog);
-    fileDialog->m_fileWidget->setMode(multipleFiles ? KFile::Mode::Files | KFile::Mode::ExistingOnly : KFile::Mode::File | KFile::Mode::ExistingOnly);
+    const bool dirOnly = mimeTypeFilter.count() == 1 && mimeTypeFilter.first() == QLatin1String("inode/directory");
+    const auto mode = dirOnly ? KFile::Mode::Directory : ((multipleFiles ? KFile::Mode::Files : KFile::Mode::File) | KFile::Mode::ExistingOnly);
+    fileDialog->m_fileWidget->setMode(mode);
     fileDialog->m_fileWidget->okButton()->setText(!acceptLabel.isEmpty() ? acceptLabel : i18n("Open"));
 
     if (!nameFilters.isEmpty()) {
         fileDialog->m_fileWidget->setFilter(nameFilters.join(QLatin1Char('\n')));
     }
 
-    if (!mimeTypeFilters.isEmpty()) {
+    if (!dirOnly && !mimeTypeFilters.isEmpty()) {
         fileDialog->m_fileWidget->setMimeFilter(mimeTypeFilters);
     }