diff --git a/src/libs/utils/pathchooser.cpp b/src/libs/utils/pathchooser.cpp
index 01e9c7d7109..e4a7ad5507e 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/pathchooser.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/pathchooser.cpp
@@ -357,6 +357,11 @@ FilePath PathChooser::filePath() const
     return d->expandedPath(rawFilePath().toString());
 }
 
+FilePath PathChooser::absoluteFilePath() const
+{
+    return d->m_baseDirectory.resolvePath(filePath());
+}
+
 // FIXME: try to remove again
 QString PathChooser::expandedDirectory(const QString &input, const Environment &env,
                                        const QString &baseDir)
diff --git a/src/libs/utils/pathchooser.h b/src/libs/utils/pathchooser.h
index 288d370bdaa..ddc68b227e5 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/pathchooser.h
+++ b/src/libs/utils/pathchooser.h
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ public:
     bool isValid() const;
     QString errorMessage() const;
 
-    FilePath filePath() const;
+    FilePath filePath() const; // Close to what's in the line edit.
+    FilePath absoluteFilePath() const; // Relative paths resolved wrt the specified base dir.
 
     QString rawPath() const; // The raw unexpanded input.
     FilePath rawFilePath() const; // The raw unexpanded input as FilePath.