Index: xfrun-dialog.c
===================================================================
--- xfrun-dialog.c	(revision 29549)
+++ xfrun-dialog.c	(working copy)
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@
                   gpointer user_data)
 {
     XfrunDialog *dialog = XFRUN_DIALOG(user_data);
-    gchar *cmdline, **argv = NULL;
+    gchar *cmdline, *dir = NULL, **argv = NULL;
     gboolean in_terminal;
     GdkScreen *gscreen;
     GError *error = NULL;
@@ -524,8 +524,14 @@
         argv[i++] = cmdline;
         argv[i++] = NULL;
     } else {
-        /* error is handled below */
-        g_shell_parse_argv(cmdline, &argc, &argv, &error);
+	if (g_file_test(cmdline, G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR)) {
+		dir = g_strconcat("thunar ", cmdline, NULL);
+		g_shell_parse_argv(dir, &argc, &argv, &error);
+		g_free(dir);
+	} else {
+		/* error is handled below */
+		g_shell_parse_argv(cmdline, &argc, &argv, &error);
+	}
     }
     
     if(argv && xfce_gdk_spawn_on_screen(gscreen,