diff --git a/src/QGCFileDialog.cc b/src/QGCFileDialog.cc
index ed79d27bf0783b7714018b00bb0a63d3810e182c..8f3edf316e4f9a40bc0cd8333b69bdee5dcd8d38 100644
--- a/src/QGCFileDialog.cc
+++ b/src/QGCFileDialog.cc
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ QString QGCFileDialog::getSaveFileName(QWidget* parent,
 #endif
     {
         QFileDialog dlg(parent, caption, dir, filter);
+        dlg.setAcceptMode(QFileDialog::AcceptSave);
         if (selectedFilter)
             dlg.selectNameFilter(*selectedFilter);
         if (options)