diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qtranslator.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qtranslator.cpp
index 2e853dde5f..034cddb663 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qtranslator.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qtranslator.cpp
@@ -603,9 +603,14 @@ bool QTranslatorPrivate::do_load(const QString &realname, const QString &directo
         }
     }
 
-    if (ok && d->do_load(reinterpret_cast<const uchar *>(d->unmapPointer), d->unmapLength, directory)) {
-        d->filePath = realname;
-        return true;
+    if (ok) {
+        const QString base_dir =
+                !directory.isEmpty() ? directory : QFileInfo(realname).absolutePath();
+        if (d->do_load(reinterpret_cast<const uchar *>(d->unmapPointer), d->unmapLength,
+                       base_dir)) {
+            d->filePath = realname;
+            return true;
+        }
     }
 
 #if defined(QT_USE_MMAP)
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qtranslator/tst_qtranslator.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qtranslator/tst_qtranslator.cpp
index ef84dfd07e..6ce223cbd2 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qtranslator/tst_qtranslator.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qtranslator/tst_qtranslator.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ protected:
     bool eventFilter(QObject *obj, QEvent *event) override;
 private slots:
     void initTestCase();
+    void init();
 
     void load_data();
     void load();
@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@ void tst_QTranslator::initTestCase()
 {
     dataDir = QEXTRACTTESTDATA(QStringLiteral("/tst_qtranslator"));
     QVERIFY2(!dataDir.isNull(), qPrintable("Could not extract test data"));
+}
+
+void tst_QTranslator::init()
+{
     QVERIFY2(QDir::setCurrent(dataDir->path()),
              qPrintable("Could not chdir to " + dataDir->path()));
 }
@@ -355,6 +360,15 @@ void tst_QTranslator::dependencies()
         QVERIFY(!tor.isEmpty());
         QCOMPARE(tor.translate("QPushButton", "Hello world!"), QLatin1String("Hallo Welt!"));
     }
+
+    {
+        // Test resolution of paths relative to main file
+        const QString absoluteFile = QFileInfo("dependencies_la").absoluteFilePath();
+        QDir::setCurrent(QDir::tempPath());
+        QTranslator tor;
+        QVERIFY(tor.load(absoluteFile));
+        QVERIFY(!tor.isEmpty());
+    }
 }
 
 struct TranslateThread : public QThread