diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectwelcomepage.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectwelcomepage.cpp
index 7dc9d497773..3faa2c603c1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectwelcomepage.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectwelcomepage.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ void SessionModel::cloneSession(const QString &session)
 
 void SessionModel::deleteSession(const QString &session)
 {
+    if (!m_manager->confirmSessionDelete(session))
+        return;
     beginResetModel();
     m_manager->deleteSession(session);
     endResetModel();
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.cpp
index 0116f3578b1..445db5f031a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.cpp
@@ -673,6 +673,18 @@ bool SessionManager::renameSession(const QString &original, const QString &newNa
     return deleteSession(original);
 }
 
+
+/*!
+    \brief Shows a dialog asking the user to confirm deleting the session \p session
+*/
+bool SessionManager::confirmSessionDelete(const QString &session)
+{
+    return QMessageBox::question(Core::ICore::mainWindow(),
+                                 tr("Delete Session"),
+                                 tr("Delete session %1?").arg(session),
+                                 QMessageBox::Yes | QMessageBox::No) == QMessageBox::Yes;
+}
+
 /*!
      \brief Deletes session name from session list and file from disk.
 */
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.h b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.h
index 2f0a72bea77..bfbc6cf4935 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.h
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/session.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ public:
 
     bool createSession(const QString &session);
 
+    bool confirmSessionDelete(const QString &session);
     bool deleteSession(const QString &session);
 
     bool cloneSession(const QString &original, const QString &clone);
diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/sessiondialog.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/sessiondialog.cpp
index 8e751e89ce7..75ac0a6af23 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/sessiondialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/sessiondialog.cpp
@@ -244,7 +244,11 @@ void SessionDialog::clone()
 
 void SessionDialog::remove()
 {
-    m_sessionManager->deleteSession(m_ui.sessionList->currentItem()->text());
+    const QString name = m_ui.sessionList->currentItem()->text();
+
+    if (!m_sessionManager->confirmSessionDelete(name))
+        return;
+    m_sessionManager->deleteSession(name);
     m_ui.sessionList->clear();
     addItems(false);
     markItems();