diff --git a/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialjobrunner.cpp b/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialjobrunner.cpp
index e92e73c5e79..c52ff2a3af2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialjobrunner.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/mercurial/mercurialjobrunner.cpp
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ void MercurialJobRunner::task(const QSharedPointer<HgTask> &job)
         qDebug() << Q_FUNC_INFO << "Repository root is " << taskData->repositoryRoot();
 
     QProcess hgProcess;
+    hgProcess.setWorkingDirectory(taskData->repositoryRoot());
     hgProcess.start(binary, args);
 
     if (!hgProcess.waitForStarted()) {