diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/FileDialog.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/FileDialog.java
index ff397b64ef8..d14aeff8067 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/FileDialog.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/gtk/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/FileDialog.java	
@@ -455,6 +455,9 @@ void presetChooserDialog () {
 			GTK.gtk_file_chooser_set_current_name (handle, buffer);
 		}
 	} else {
+		if (fileName.equals ("")) {
+			fileName = "./";
+		}
 		StringBuilder stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
 		if (filterPath.length () > 0) {
 			if (!uriMode) {