diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e274ccf02..637248327 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ Bugfixes:
  - GBA Memory: Fix I cycles that had been moved to ARM7 core
  - GBA Memory: Fix cycle counting for 32-bit load/stores
  - ARM7: Fix cycle counting for loads
+ - Qt: Pause game while open file dialogs are open (fixes #6 on GitHub)
 Misc:
  - GBA Audio: Change internal audio sample buffer from 32-bit to 16-bit samples
  - GBA Memory: Simplify memory API and use fixed bus width
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp b/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
index cb7c87a0c..019586fe1 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
@@ -198,7 +198,14 @@ void Window::saveConfig() {
 }
 
 void Window::selectROM() {
+	bool doPause = m_controller->isLoaded() && !m_controller->isPaused();
+	if (doPause) {
+		m_controller->setPaused(true);
+	}
 	QString filename = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this, tr("Select ROM"), m_config->getQtOption("lastDirectory").toString(), tr("Game Boy Advance ROMs (*.gba *.zip *.rom *.bin)"));
+	if (doPause) {
+		m_controller->setPaused(false);
+	}
 	if (!filename.isEmpty()) {
 		m_config->setQtOption("lastDirectory", QFileInfo(filename).dir().path());
 		m_controller->loadGame(filename);
@@ -206,7 +213,14 @@ void Window::selectROM() {
 }
 
 void Window::selectBIOS() {
+	bool doPause = m_controller->isLoaded() && !m_controller->isPaused();
+	if (doPause) {
+		m_controller->setPaused(true);
+	}
 	QString filename = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this, tr("Select BIOS"), m_config->getQtOption("lastDirectory").toString());
+	if (doPause) {
+		m_controller->setPaused(false);
+	}
 	if (!filename.isEmpty()) {
 		m_config->setQtOption("lastDirectory", QFileInfo(filename).dir().path());
 		m_config->setOption("bios", filename);
@@ -218,7 +232,14 @@ void Window::selectBIOS() {
 }
 
 void Window::selectPatch() {
+	bool doPause = m_controller->isLoaded() && !m_controller->isPaused();
+	if (doPause) {
+		m_controller->setPaused(true);
+	}
 	QString filename = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this, tr("Select patch"), m_config->getQtOption("lastDirectory").toString(), tr("Patches (*.ips *.ups *.bps)"));
+	if (doPause) {
+		m_controller->setPaused(false);
+	}
 	if (!filename.isEmpty()) {
 		m_config->setQtOption("lastDirectory", QFileInfo(filename).dir().path());
 		m_controller->loadPatch(filename);