diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/effectMakerQmlSources/ValueImage.qml b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/effectMakerQmlSources/ValueImage.qml
index 571fac50002..832350ef177 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/effectMakerQmlSources/ValueImage.qml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/effectMakerQmlSources/ValueImage.qml
@@ -19,5 +19,19 @@ Row {
         actionIndicatorVisible: false
 
         onAbsoluteFilePathChanged: uniformValue = absoluteFilePath
+
+        function defaultAsString() {
+            let urlStr = uniformDefaultValue.toString()
+            urlStr = urlStr.replace(/^(file:\/{3})/, "")
+
+            // Prepend slash if there is no drive letter
+            if (urlStr.length > 1 && urlStr[1] !== ':')
+                urlStr = '/' + urlStr;
+
+            return urlStr
+        }
+
+        defaultItems: [uniformDefaultValue.split('/').pop()]
+        defaultPaths: [defaultAsString(uniformDefaultValue)]
     }
 }
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/propertyEditorQmlSources/imports/HelperWidgets/UrlChooser.qml b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/propertyEditorQmlSources/imports/HelperWidgets/UrlChooser.qml
index 485640bcf84..9b0252c02c0 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/propertyEditorQmlSources/imports/HelperWidgets/UrlChooser.qml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/qmldesigner/propertyEditorQmlSources/imports/HelperWidgets/UrlChooser.qml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ Row {
     // by QtQuick3D to add built-in primitives to the model.
     property var defaultItems
 
+    // These paths will be used for default items if they are defined. Otherwise, default item
+    // itself is used as the path.
+    property var defaultPaths
+
     // Current item
     property string absoluteFilePath: ""
 
@@ -422,8 +426,10 @@ Row {
         if (root.defaultItems !== undefined) {
             for (var i = 0; i < root.defaultItems.length; ++i) {
                 comboBox.listModel.append({
-                    absoluteFilePath: "",
-                    relativeFilePath: root.defaultItems[i],
+                    absoluteFilePath: root.defaultPaths ? root.defaultPaths[i]
+                                                        : "",
+                    relativeFilePath: root.defaultPaths ? root.defaultPaths[i]
+                                                        : root.defaultItems[i],
                     name: root.defaultItems[i],
                     group: 0
                 })
@@ -454,6 +460,7 @@ Row {
     }
 
     onDefaultItemsChanged: root.createModel()
+    onDefaultPathsChanged: root.createModel()
 
     Component.onCompleted: {
         root.createModel()
diff --git a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/uniform.h b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/uniform.h
index f5731af00a8..943942639c9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/effectmakernew/uniform.h
+++ b/src/plugins/effectmakernew/uniform.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class Uniform : public QObject
     Q_PROPERTY(QVariant uniformBackendValue READ backendValue NOTIFY uniformBackendValueChanged)
     Q_PROPERTY(QVariant uniformMinValue MEMBER m_minValue CONSTANT)
     Q_PROPERTY(QVariant uniformMaxValue MEMBER m_maxValue CONSTANT)
+    Q_PROPERTY(QVariant uniformDefaultValue MEMBER m_defaultValue CONSTANT)
 
 public:
     enum class Type
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/fileresourcesmodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/fileresourcesmodel.cpp
index aae0867c915..3c419a3e82d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/fileresourcesmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/propertyeditor/fileresourcesmodel.cpp
@@ -158,6 +158,13 @@ QString FileResourcesModel::resolve(const QString &relative) const
     if (!QUrl::fromUserInput(relative, m_docPath.path()).isLocalFile())
         return relative;
 
+    const QUrl relUrl(relative);
+    if (relUrl.isLocalFile()) {
+        QString localFile = relUrl.toLocalFile();
+        if (QDir::isAbsolutePath(localFile))
+            return localFile;
+    }
+
     return QFileInfo(m_docPath, relative).absoluteFilePath();
 }