diff --git a/plugins/appwizard/projectselectionpage.cpp b/plugins/appwizard/projectselectionpage.cpp
--- a/plugins/appwizard/projectselectionpage.cpp
+++ b/plugins/appwizard/projectselectionpage.cpp
@@ -306,10 +306,20 @@
 
 void ProjectSelectionPage::loadFileClicked()
 {
-    QString filter = QStringLiteral("application/x-desktop application/x-bzip-compressed-tar application/zip");
-    const QString fileName = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this, i18n("Load Template From File"), QString(), filter);
-    if (!fileName.isEmpty())
-    {
+    const QStringList supportedMimeTypes {
+        QStringLiteral("application/x-desktop"),
+        QStringLiteral("application/x-bzip-compressed-tar"),
+        QStringLiteral("application/zip")
+    };
+    QFileDialog fileDialog(this, i18n("Load Template From File"));
+    fileDialog.setMimeTypeFilters(supportedMimeTypes);
+    fileDialog.setFileMode(QFileDialog::ExistingFiles);
+
+    if (!fileDialog.exec()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    for (const auto& fileName : fileDialog.selectedFiles()) {
         QString destination = m_templatesModel->loadTemplateFile(fileName);
         QModelIndexList indexes = m_templatesModel->templateIndexes(destination);
         if (indexes.size() > 2)
diff --git a/shell/settings/templatepage.cpp b/shell/settings/templatepage.cpp
--- a/shell/settings/templatepage.cpp
+++ b/shell/settings/templatepage.cpp
@@ -23,14 +23,15 @@
 #include <interfaces/itemplateprovider.h>
 #include <language/codegen/templatesmodel.h>
 
-#include <QFileDialog>
 #include <KNS3/DownloadDialog>
 #include <KNS3/UploadDialog>
 #include <KArchive>
 #include <KZip>
 #include <KTar>
 #include <QUrl>
 
+#include <QFileDialog>
+
 TemplatePage::TemplatePage (KDevelop::ITemplateProvider* provider, QWidget* parent) : QWidget (parent),
 m_provider(provider)
 {
@@ -67,10 +68,15 @@
 
 void TemplatePage::loadFromFile()
 {
-    const QString filter = m_provider->supportedMimeTypes().join(QStringLiteral(";;"));
-    const QString filename = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this, QString(), QString(), filter);
-    if (!filename.isEmpty()) {
-        m_provider->loadTemplate(filename);
+    QFileDialog fileDialog(this);
+    fileDialog.setMimeTypeFilters(m_provider->supportedMimeTypes());
+    fileDialog.setFileMode(QFileDialog::ExistingFiles);
+    if (!fileDialog.exec()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    for (const auto& file : fileDialog.selectedFiles()) {
+        m_provider->loadTemplate(file);
     }
 
     m_provider->reload();