diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/filesystemfilter.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/filesystemfilter.cpp
index f23b226546e..245581aa3c4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/filesystemfilter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/locator/filesystemfilter.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <coreplugin/editormanager/ieditor.h>
 #include <coreplugin/icore.h>
 #include <coreplugin/idocument.h>
+#include <coreplugin/vcsmanager.h>
 #include <utils/checkablemessagebox.h>
 #include <utils/fileutils.h>
 
@@ -199,6 +200,7 @@ void FileSystemFilter::accept(LocatorFilterEntry selection,
                 QFile file(targetFile);
                 file.open(QFile::WriteOnly);
                 file.close();
+                VcsManager::promptToAdd(QFileInfo(targetFile).absolutePath(), { targetFile });
             }
             const QFileInfo fileInfo(targetFile);
             const QString cleanedFilePath = QDir::cleanPath(fileInfo.absoluteFilePath());