diff --git a/src/plugins/memcheck/memcheckconfigwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/memcheck/memcheckconfigwidget.cpp
index 933c0c767eb..27aed4887d0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/memcheck/memcheckconfigwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/memcheck/memcheckconfigwidget.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 
 #include "memchecksettings.h"
 
+#include <utils/qtcassert.h>
+
 #include <QStandardItemModel>
 #include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QDebug>
@@ -91,8 +93,13 @@ MemcheckConfigWidget::~MemcheckConfigWidget()
 void MemcheckConfigWidget::slotAddSuppression()
 {
     QFileDialog dialog;
+    dialog.setNameFilter(tr("Valgrind Suppression File (*.supp);;All Files (*)"));
     dialog.setAcceptMode(QFileDialog::AcceptOpen);
     dialog.setFileMode(QFileDialog::ExistingFiles);
+    MemcheckGlobalSettings *conf = Analyzer::AnalyzerGlobalSettings::instance()->subConfig<MemcheckGlobalSettings>();
+    QTC_ASSERT(conf, return);
+    dialog.setDirectory(conf->lastSuppressionDialogDirectory());
+    dialog.setHistory(conf->lastSuppressionDialogHistory());
 
     if (dialog.exec() == QDialog::Accepted) {
         foreach(const QString &file, dialog.selectedFiles())
@@ -100,6 +107,9 @@ void MemcheckConfigWidget::slotAddSuppression()
 
         m_settings->addSuppressionFiles(dialog.selectedFiles());
     }
+
+    conf->setLastSuppressionDialogDirectory(dialog.directory().absolutePath());
+    conf->setLastSuppressionDialogHistory(dialog.history());
 }
 
 void MemcheckConfigWidget::slotSuppressionsAdded(const QStringList &files)
diff --git a/src/plugins/memcheck/memchecksettings.cpp b/src/plugins/memcheck/memchecksettings.cpp
index 9eba99e775d..03d8b4ad31d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/memcheck/memchecksettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/memcheck/memchecksettings.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ static const QLatin1String addedSuppressionFilesC("Analyzer.Valgrind.AddedSupres
 static const QLatin1String filterExternalIssuesC("Analyzer.Valgrind.FilterExternalIssues");
 static const QLatin1String visibleErrorKindsC("Analyzer.Valgrind.VisibleErrorKinds");
 
+static const QLatin1String lastSuppressionDirectoryC("Analyzer.Valgrind.LastSuppressionDirectory");
+static const QLatin1String lastSuppressionHistoryC("Analyzer.Valgrind.LastSuppressionHistory");
+
 AbstractMemcheckSettings::AbstractMemcheckSettings(QObject *parent)
 : AbstractAnalyzerSubConfig(parent)
 {
@@ -66,7 +69,6 @@ QVariantMap AbstractMemcheckSettings::defaults() const
     QVariantMap map;
     map.insert(numCallersC, 25);
     map.insert(trackOriginsC, true);
-    map.insert(suppressionFilesC, QStringList());
     map.insert(filterExternalIssuesC, true);
 
     QVariantList defaultErrorKinds;
@@ -182,10 +184,41 @@ void MemcheckGlobalSettings::removeSuppressionFiles(const QStringList &suppressi
         m_suppressionFiles.removeAll(s);
 }
 
+QString MemcheckGlobalSettings::lastSuppressionDialogDirectory() const
+{
+    return m_lastSuppressionDirectory;
+}
+
+void MemcheckGlobalSettings::setLastSuppressionDialogDirectory(const QString &directory)
+{
+    m_lastSuppressionDirectory = directory;
+}
+
+QStringList MemcheckGlobalSettings::lastSuppressionDialogHistory() const
+{
+    return m_lastSuppressionHistory;
+}
+
+void MemcheckGlobalSettings::setLastSuppressionDialogHistory(const QStringList &history)
+{
+    m_lastSuppressionHistory = history;
+}
+
+QVariantMap MemcheckGlobalSettings::defaults() const
+{
+    QVariantMap ret = AbstractMemcheckSettings::defaults();
+    ret.insert(suppressionFilesC, QStringList());
+    ret.insert(lastSuppressionDirectoryC, QString());
+    ret.insert(lastSuppressionHistoryC, QStringList());
+    return ret;
+}
+
 bool MemcheckGlobalSettings::fromMap(const QVariantMap &map)
 {
     AbstractMemcheckSettings::fromMap(map);
     m_suppressionFiles = map.value(suppressionFilesC).toStringList();
+    m_lastSuppressionDirectory = map.value(lastSuppressionDirectoryC).toString();
+    m_lastSuppressionHistory = map.value(lastSuppressionHistoryC).toStringList();
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -193,6 +226,8 @@ QVariantMap MemcheckGlobalSettings::toMap() const
 {
     QVariantMap map = AbstractMemcheckSettings::toMap();
     map.insert(suppressionFilesC, m_suppressionFiles);
+    map.insert(lastSuppressionDirectoryC, m_lastSuppressionDirectory);
+    map.insert(lastSuppressionHistoryC, m_lastSuppressionHistory);
     return map;
 }
 
@@ -212,6 +247,14 @@ MemcheckProjectSettings::~MemcheckProjectSettings()
 {
 }
 
+QVariantMap MemcheckProjectSettings::defaults() const
+{
+    QVariantMap ret = AbstractMemcheckSettings::defaults();
+    ret.insert(addedSuppressionFilesC, QStringList());
+    ret.insert(removedSuppressionFilesC, QStringList());
+    return ret;
+}
+
 bool MemcheckProjectSettings::fromMap(const QVariantMap &map)
 {
     AbstractMemcheckSettings::fromMap(map);
diff --git a/src/plugins/memcheck/memchecksettings.h b/src/plugins/memcheck/memchecksettings.h
index 27cc8e07654..5e0644125fa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/memcheck/memchecksettings.h
+++ b/src/plugins/memcheck/memchecksettings.h
@@ -107,12 +107,22 @@ public:
     void removeSuppressionFiles(const QStringList &);
 
     QVariantMap toMap() const;
+    QVariantMap defaults() const;
+
+    // internal settings which don't require any UI
+    void setLastSuppressionDialogDirectory(const QString &directory);
+    QString lastSuppressionDialogDirectory() const;
+
+    void setLastSuppressionDialogHistory(const QStringList &history);
+    QStringList lastSuppressionDialogHistory() const;
 
 protected:
     bool fromMap(const QVariantMap &map);
 
 private:
     QStringList m_suppressionFiles;
+    QString m_lastSuppressionDirectory;
+    QStringList m_lastSuppressionHistory;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -131,6 +141,7 @@ public:
     void removeSuppressionFiles(const QStringList &suppressions);
 
     QVariantMap toMap() const;
+    QVariantMap defaults() const;
 
 protected:
     bool fromMap(const QVariantMap &map);