diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 21e34bb07..a9eb48033 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 2015-10-17  Moritz Bunkus  <moritz@bunkus.org>
 
+        * MKVToolNix GUI: bug fix (Linux): the function "open folder" was
+        inserting a superfluous leading slash in the directory name. This
+        causes some file managers (in this particular case Dolphin on
+        Linux) to interpret a directory name like "//home/mosu/…" as a
+        share called "mosu" on a Samba/Windows server called "home" and to
+        prepend the whole name with the "smb://" protocol. Fixes #1479.
+
         * Released v8.5.0.
 
 2015-10-16  Moritz Bunkus  <moritz@bunkus.org>
diff --git a/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/jobs/job.cpp b/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/jobs/job.cpp
index c78629e32..119fd80e5 100644
--- a/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/jobs/job.cpp
+++ b/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/jobs/job.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "mkvtoolnix-gui/jobs/job.h"
 #include "mkvtoolnix-gui/jobs/mux_job.h"
 #include "mkvtoolnix-gui/util/config_file.h"
+#include "mkvtoolnix-gui/util/file.h"
 #include "mkvtoolnix-gui/util/settings.h"
 
 namespace mtx { namespace gui { namespace Jobs {
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ Job::openOutputFolder()
   auto folder = outputFolder();
 
   if (!folder.isEmpty())
-    QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl{Q("file:///%1").arg(folder)});
+    QDesktopServices::openUrl(Util::pathToFileUrl(folder));
 }
 
 QString
diff --git a/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/util/file.cpp b/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/util/file.cpp
index a6f1a72e1..274a68021 100644
--- a/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/util/file.cpp
+++ b/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/util/file.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 #include <QByteArray>
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QIODevice>
+#include <QUrl>
 
+#include "common/qt.h"
 #include "mkvtoolnix-gui/util/file.h"
 
 namespace mtx { namespace gui { namespace Util {
@@ -38,4 +40,12 @@ checkForBomAndNonAscii(QString const &fileName) {
   return result;
 }
 
+QUrl
+pathToFileUrl(QString const &path) {
+  auto url = QUrl{};
+  url.setScheme(Q("file"));
+  url.setPath(path);
+  return url;
+}
+
 }}}
diff --git a/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/util/file.h b/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/util/file.h
index 88a7877ba..8360edd49 100644
--- a/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/util/file.h
+++ b/src/mkvtoolnix-gui/util/file.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "common/common_pch.h"
 
 class QString;
+class QUrl;
 
 namespace mtx { namespace gui { namespace Util {
 
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ struct BomAsciiCheckResult {
 
 BomAsciiCheckResult checkForBomAndNonAscii(QString const &fileName);
 
+QUrl pathToFileUrl(QString const &path);
+
 }}}
 
 #endif  // MTX_MKVTOOLNIX_GUI_UTIL_FILE_H