diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f77c035bf..81edbe65c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Misc:
  - All: Allow use of external minizip library
  - GBA Video: Null renderer should return proper register values
  - Libretro: Disable logging game errors, BIOS calls and stubs in release builds
+ - Qt: Canonicalize file paths when loading games
 
 0.4.0: (2016-02-02)
 Features:
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp b/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp
index 9871d5102..c0dcb3973 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 #include <QCoreApplication>
 #include <QDateTime>
+#include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QThread>
 
 #include <ctime>
@@ -282,14 +283,12 @@ void GameController::setDebugger(ARMDebugger* debugger) {
 
 void GameController::loadGame(const QString& path) {
 	closeGame();
-	QFile file(path);
-	if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
+	QFileInfo info(path);
+	if (!info.isReadable()) {
 		postLog(GBA_LOG_ERROR, tr("Failed to open game file: %1").arg(path));
 		return;
 	}
-	file.close();
-
-	m_fname = path;
+	m_fname = info.canonicalFilePath();
 	openGame();
 }
 
@@ -370,7 +369,12 @@ void GameController::replaceGame(const QString& path) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	m_fname = path;
+	QFileInfo info(path);
+	if (!info.isReadable()) {
+		postLog(GBA_LOG_ERROR, tr("Failed to open game file: %1").arg(path));
+		return;
+	}
+	m_fname = info.canonicalFilePath();
 	threadInterrupt();
 	m_threadContext.fname = strdup(m_fname.toLocal8Bit().constData());
 	GBAThreadReplaceROM(&m_threadContext, m_threadContext.fname);
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp b/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
index c548a7d09..ec097eee2 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
@@ -323,11 +323,12 @@ void Window::multiplayerChanged() {
 void Window::selectBIOS() {
 	QString filename = GBAApp::app()->getOpenFileName(this, tr("Select BIOS"));
 	if (!filename.isEmpty()) {
-		m_config->setOption("bios", filename);
+		QFileInfo info(filename);
+		m_config->setOption("bios", info.canonicalFilePath());
 		m_config->updateOption("bios");
 		m_config->setOption("useBios", true);
 		m_config->updateOption("useBios");
-		m_controller->loadBIOS(filename);
+		m_controller->loadBIOS(info.canonicalFilePath());
 	}
 }