diff --git a/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in b/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in
index 630e63e..d172b00 100644
--- a/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in
+++ b/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in
@@ -473,7 +473,25 @@ open_lxde()
 
 open_lxqt()
 {
-    open_generic "$1"
+    # pcmanfm only knows how to handle file:// urls and filepaths, it seems.
+    if is_file_url_or_path "$1"; then
+        local file="$(file_url_to_path "$1")"
+
+        # handle relative paths
+        if ! echo "$file" | grep -q ^/; then
+            file="$(pwd)/$file"
+        fi
+
+        pcmanfm-qt "$file"
+    else
+        open_generic "$1"
+    fi
+
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+        exit_success
+    else
+        exit_failure_operation_failed
+    fi
 }
 
 [ x"$1" != x"" ] || exit_failure_syntax