diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI.cpp
index 9d4e394213..841c5fcd21 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI.cpp
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ void desktop_open_datadir_folder()
 #endif
 }
 
-void desktop_open_any_folder( const std::string path )
+void desktop_open_any_folder( const std::string& path )
 {
     // Execute command to open a file explorer, platform dependent.
     // FIXME: The const_casts aren't needed in wxWidgets 3.1, remove them when we upgrade.
@@ -558,7 +558,14 @@ void desktop_open_any_folder( const std::string path )
 #elif __APPLE__
     openFolderForFile(from_u8(path));
 #else
-    const char *argv[] = {"xdg-open", path.data(), nullptr};
+
+    // Orca#6449: Open containing dir instead of opening the file directly.
+    std::string new_path = path;
+    boost::filesystem::path p(new_path);
+    if (!fs::is_directory(p)) {
+        new_path = p.parent_path().string();
+    }
+    const char* argv[] = {"xdg-open", new_path.data(), nullptr};
 
     // Check if we're running in an AppImage container, if so, we need to remove AppImage's env vars,
     // because they may mess up the environment expected by the file manager.
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI.hpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI.hpp
index 765406583f..db8cf06a61 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI.hpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/GUI.hpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ extern void login();
 // Ask the destop to open the datadir using the default file explorer.
 extern void desktop_open_datadir_folder();
 // Ask the destop to open one folder
-extern void desktop_open_any_folder(const std::string path);
+extern void desktop_open_any_folder(const std::string& path);
 } // namespace GUI
 } // namespace Slic3r