diff --git a/src/webengine/api/qquickwebenginedownloaditem.cpp b/src/webengine/api/qquickwebenginedownloaditem.cpp
index f9b305e887f4537a15147641f819ad9636d6bae3..3ccd27094cfbefde4b23885cc00514f985a05d29 100644
--- a/src/webengine/api/qquickwebenginedownloaditem.cpp
+++ b/src/webengine/api/qquickwebenginedownloaditem.cpp
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ void QQuickWebEngineDownloadItem::setPath(QString path)
             newDirectory = QStringLiteral("");
             newFileName = path;
         } else {
-            newDirectory = QFileInfo(path).filePath();
+            newDirectory = QFileInfo(path).path();
             newFileName = QFileInfo(path).fileName();
         }
 
diff --git a/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginedownloaditem.cpp b/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginedownloaditem.cpp
index 7b0cfe074620694838dc390ef1defc364fa5bfbe..e1bfc506f27ced3cca1fd6945e0946c3e32293d7 100644
--- a/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginedownloaditem.cpp
+++ b/src/webenginewidgets/api/qwebenginedownloaditem.cpp
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ void QWebEngineDownloadItem::setPath(QString path)
             d->downloadDirectory = QStringLiteral("");
             d->downloadFileName = path;
         } else {
-            d->downloadDirectory = QFileInfo(path).filePath();
+            d->downloadDirectory = QFileInfo(path).path();
             d->downloadFileName = QFileInfo(path).fileName();
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/auto/quick/qmltests/data/tst_download.qml b/tests/auto/quick/qmltests/data/tst_download.qml
index c38018ffd98749161f687579358f59e928b5d3e3..e049f36217f9dea9dbf64ea0b4e61ffcbe946d9d 100644
--- a/tests/auto/quick/qmltests/data/tst_download.qml
+++ b/tests/auto/quick/qmltests/data/tst_download.qml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ TestWebEngineView {
     property string downloadDirectory: ""
     property string downloadFileName: ""
     property string downloadedPath: ""
+    property string downloadedSetPath: ""
     property int downloadDirectoryChanged: 0
     property int downloadFileNameChanged: 0
     property int downloadPathChanged: 0
@@ -94,14 +95,19 @@ TestWebEngineView {
             } else {
                 totalBytes = download.totalBytes
 
-                download.downloadDirectory = downloadDirectory.length != 0 ? testDownloadProfile.downloadPath + downloadDirectory : testDownloadProfile.downloadPath
-                download.downloadFileName = downloadFileName.length != 0 ? downloadFileName : "testfile.zip"
+                if (downloadedSetPath.length != 0) {
+                    download.path = testDownloadProfile.downloadPath + downloadedSetPath
+                    downloadedPath = download.path
+                } else {
+                    download.downloadDirectory = downloadDirectory.length != 0 ? testDownloadProfile.downloadPath + downloadDirectory : testDownloadProfile.downloadPath
+                    download.downloadFileName = downloadFileName.length != 0 ? downloadFileName : "testfile.zip"
+                    downloadedPath = download.downloadDirectory + download.downloadFileName
+                }
 
                 download.accept()
             }
             downloadUrl = download.url
             suggestedFileName = download.suggestedFileName
-            downloadedPath = download.downloadDirectory + download.downloadFileName
         }
         onDownloadFinished: {
             receivedBytes = download.receivedBytes;
@@ -126,6 +132,7 @@ TestWebEngineView {
             downloadDirectory = ""
             downloadFileName = ""
             downloadedPath = ""
+            downloadedSetPath = ""
         }
 
         function test_downloadRequest() {
@@ -211,5 +218,27 @@ TestWebEngineView {
             tryCompare(downloadState, "2", WebEngineDownloadItem.DownloadCompleted);
             verify(!downloadInterruptReason);
         }
+
+        function test_downloadWithSetPath() {
+            compare(downLoadRequestedSpy.count, 0);
+            compare(downloadDirectoryChanged, 0);
+            compare(downloadFileNameChanged, 0);
+            downloadedSetPath = "/test/test.zip";
+            webEngineView.url = Qt.resolvedUrl("download.zip");
+            downLoadRequestedSpy.wait();
+            compare(downLoadRequestedSpy.count, 1);
+            compare(downloadUrl, webEngineView.url);
+            compare(suggestedFileName, "download.zip");
+            compare(downloadState[0], WebEngineDownloadItem.DownloadRequested);
+            tryCompare(downloadState, "1", WebEngineDownloadItem.DownloadInProgress);
+            compare(downloadedPath, testDownloadProfile.downloadPath + downloadedSetPath);
+            compare(downloadDirectoryChanged, 1);
+            compare(downloadFileNameChanged, 1);
+            compare(downloadPathChanged, 2);
+            downloadFinishedSpy.wait();
+            compare(totalBytes, receivedBytes);
+            tryCompare(downloadState, "2", WebEngineDownloadItem.DownloadCompleted);
+            verify(!downloadInterruptReason);
+        }
     }
 }