diff --git a/src/libs/utils/fancylineedit.cpp b/src/libs/utils/fancylineedit.cpp
index f1b7d807ad4..1a36faa46e2 100644
--- a/src/libs/utils/fancylineedit.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/utils/fancylineedit.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,39 @@
 #include <QPainter>
 #include <QStyle>
 #include <QPaintEvent>
+#include <QDesktopWidget>
+
+/*! Opens a menu at the specified widget position.
+ * This functions computes the position where to show the menu, and opens it with
+ * QMenu::exec().
+ * \param menu The menu to open
+ * \param widget The widget next to which to open the menu
+ */
+static void execMenuAtWidget(QMenu *menu, QWidget *widget)
+{
+    QPoint p;
+    QRect screen = qApp->desktop()->availableGeometry(widget);
+    QSize sh = menu->sizeHint();
+    QRect rect = widget->rect();
+    if (widget->isRightToLeft()) {
+        if (widget->mapToGlobal(QPoint(0, rect.bottom())).y() + sh.height() <= screen.height()) {
+            p = widget->mapToGlobal(rect.bottomRight());
+        } else {
+            p = widget->mapToGlobal(rect.topRight() - QPoint(0, sh.height()));
+        }
+        p.rx() -= sh.width();
+    } else {
+        if (widget->mapToGlobal(QPoint(0, rect.bottom())).y() + sh.height() <= screen.height()) {
+            p = widget->mapToGlobal(rect.bottomLeft());
+        } else {
+            p = widget->mapToGlobal(rect.topLeft() - QPoint(0, sh.height()));
+        }
+    }
+    p.rx() = qMax(screen.left(), qMin(p.x(), screen.right() - sh.width()));
+    p.ry() += 1;
+
+    menu->exec(p);
+}
 
 /*!
     \class Utils::FancyLineEdit
@@ -111,8 +144,7 @@ bool FancyLineEditPrivate::eventFilter(QObject *obj, QEvent *event)
     case QEvent::FocusIn:
         if (m_menuTabFocusTrigger[buttonIndex] && m_menu[buttonIndex]) {
             m_lineEdit->setFocus();
-            m_menu[buttonIndex]->exec(m_iconbutton[buttonIndex]->mapToGlobal(
-                    m_iconbutton[buttonIndex]->rect().center()));
+            execMenuAtWidget(m_menu[buttonIndex], m_iconbutton[buttonIndex]);
             return true;
         }
     default:
@@ -172,7 +204,7 @@ void FancyLineEdit::iconClicked()
     if (index == -1)
         return;
     if (d->m_menu[index]) {
-        d->m_menu[index]->exec(QCursor::pos());
+        execMenuAtWidget(d->m_menu[index], button);
     } else {
         emit buttonClicked((Side)index);
         if (index == Left)