diff --git a/picard/plugin.py b/picard/plugin.py
index f37681b14..843fb1410 100644
--- a/picard/plugin.py
+++ b/picard/plugin.py
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ class ExtensionPoint(QtCore.QObject):
 
 class PluginWrapper(object):
 
-    def __init__(self, module):
+    def __init__(self, module, plugindir):
         self.module = module
+        self.dir = plugindir
 
     def __get_name(self):
         try:
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ class PluginManager(QtCore.QObject):
             info = imp.find_module(name, [plugindir])
             try:
                 plugin_module = imp.load_module('picard.plugins.' + name, *info)
-                plugin = PluginWrapper(plugin_module)
+                plugin = PluginWrapper(plugin_module, plugindir)
                 for version in list(plugin.api_versions):
                     found = False
                     for api_version in picard.api_versions:
diff --git a/picard/ui/options/plugins.py b/picard/ui/options/plugins.py
index c7963f8a6..71512f397 100644
--- a/picard/ui/options/plugins.py
+++ b/picard/ui/options/plugins.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class PluginsOptionsPage(OptionsPage):
         author = plugin.author
         if author:
             text.append("<b>" + _("Author") + "</b>: " + author)
-        text.append("<b>" + _("File") + "</b>: " + plugin.file)
+        text.append("<b>" + _("File") + "</b>: " + plugin.file[len(plugin.dir)+1:])
         self.ui.details.setText("<p>%s</p>" % "<br/>\n".join(text))
 
     def open_plugin_dir(self):