diff --git a/plover/config.py b/plover/config.py
index 5cafcb81b..1bd7ad276 100644
--- a/plover/config.py
+++ b/plover/config.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import configparser
 import json
 import re
+import os
 
 from plover.exception import InvalidConfigurationError
 from plover.machine.keymap import Keymap
@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ def __new__(cls, path, enabled=True):
     def short_path(self):
         return shorten_path(self.path)
 
+    @property
+    def basename(self):
+        return os.path.basename(self.path)
+
     def to_dict(self):
         # Note: do not use _asdict because of
         # https://bugs.python.org/issue24931
@@ -340,6 +345,7 @@ def _set(self, section, option, value):
         boolean_option('show_suggestions_display', False, 'Suggestions Display', 'show'),
         opacity_option('translation_frame_opacity', 'Translation Frame', 'opacity'),
         boolean_option('classic_dictionaries_display_order', False, 'GUI'),
+        boolean_option('show_dictionary_basename_only', False, 'GUI'),
         # Plugins.
         enabled_extensions_option(),
         # Machine.
diff --git a/plover/gui_qt/config_window.py b/plover/gui_qt/config_window.py
index 9ae9af38c..bf4cb8b6d 100644
--- a/plover/gui_qt/config_window.py
+++ b/plover/gui_qt/config_window.py
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@ def __init__(self, engine):
                              _('Set the display order for dictionaries:\n'
                                '- top-down: match the search order; highest priority first\n'
                                '- bottom-up: reverse search order; lowest priority first\n')),
+                ConfigOption(_('Show dictionary base name only:'), 'show_dictionary_basename_only', BooleanOption,
+                             _('Show only the base name of the dictionaries in the dictionaries table.')),
             )),
             # i18n: Widget: “ConfigWindow”.
             (_('Logging'), (
diff --git a/plover/gui_qt/dictionaries_widget.py b/plover/gui_qt/dictionaries_widget.py
index 4ffaf3465..a3b7ae218 100644
--- a/plover/gui_qt/dictionaries_widget.py
+++ b/plover/gui_qt/dictionaries_widget.py
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self._reverse_order = False
         # The save/open/new dialogs will open on that directory.
         self._file_dialogs_directory = CONFIG_DIR
+        self._show_basename_only = False
         for action in (
             self.action_Undo,
             self.action_EditDictionaries,
@@ -137,6 +138,11 @@ def on_dictionaries_loaded(self, loaded_dictionaries):
 
     def on_config_changed(self, config_update):
         update_kwargs = {}
+        if 'show_dictionary_basename_only' in config_update:
+            update_kwargs.update(
+                show_basename_only=config_update['show_dictionary_basename_only'],
+                record=False, save=False,
+            )
         if 'dictionaries' in config_update:
             update_kwargs.update(
                 config_dictionaries=config_update['dictionaries'],
@@ -152,13 +158,16 @@ def on_config_changed(self, config_update):
 
     def _update_dictionaries(self, config_dictionaries=None, loaded_dictionaries=None,
                              reverse_order=None, record=True, save=True,
-                             reset_undo=False, keep_selection=True):
+                             reset_undo=False, keep_selection=True, show_basename_only=None):
         if reverse_order is None:
             reverse_order = self._reverse_order
+        if show_basename_only is None:
+            show_basename_only = self._show_basename_only
         if config_dictionaries is None:
             config_dictionaries = self._config_dictionaries
         if config_dictionaries == self._config_dictionaries and \
            reverse_order == self._reverse_order and \
+           show_basename_only == self._show_basename_only and \
            loaded_dictionaries is None:
             return
         if save:
@@ -177,6 +186,7 @@ def _update_dictionaries(self, config_dictionaries=None, loaded_dictionaries=Non
         else:
             self._loaded_dictionaries = loaded_dictionaries
         self._reverse_order = reverse_order
+        self._show_basename_only = show_basename_only
         self._updating = True
         self.table.setRowCount(len(config_dictionaries))
         favorite_set = False
@@ -184,7 +194,7 @@ def _update_dictionaries(self, config_dictionaries=None, loaded_dictionaries=Non
             row = n
             if self._reverse_order:
                 row = len(config_dictionaries) - row - 1
-            item = QTableWidgetItem(dictionary.short_path)
+            item = QTableWidgetItem(dictionary.basename if show_basename_only else dictionary.short_path)
             item.setFlags((item.flags() | Qt.ItemIsUserCheckable) & ~Qt.ItemIsEditable)
             item.setCheckState(Qt.Checked if dictionary.enabled else Qt.Unchecked)
             item.setToolTip(dictionary.path)