diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/move/moveDeclarations/MoveKotlinDeclarationsHandler.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/move/moveDeclarations/MoveKotlinDeclarationsHandler.kt
index 38eaa1e09c1..8df70c67eb0 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/move/moveDeclarations/MoveKotlinDeclarationsHandler.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/move/moveDeclarations/MoveKotlinDeclarationsHandler.kt
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class MoveKotlinDeclarationsHandler : MoveHandlerDelegate() {
                 else -> null
             }
             val initialTargetDirectory = MoveFilesOrDirectoriesUtil.resolveToDirectory(project, initialTargetElement)
-            val dialog = KotlinAwareMoveFilesOrDirectoriesDialog(project) {
+            val dialog = KotlinAwareMoveFilesOrDirectoriesDialog(project, initialTargetDirectory) {
                 invokeMoveFilesOrDirectoriesRefactoring(it, project, elements, initialTargetDirectory, callback)
             }
             dialog.setData(elements, initialTargetDirectory, "refactoring.moveFile")
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/move/moveDeclarations/ui/KotlinAwareMoveFilesOrDirectoriesDialog.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/move/moveDeclarations/ui/KotlinAwareMoveFilesOrDirectoriesDialog.kt
index 58fe5c1e5d1..f5191fd463c 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/move/moveDeclarations/ui/KotlinAwareMoveFilesOrDirectoriesDialog.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/move/moveDeclarations/ui/KotlinAwareMoveFilesOrDirectoriesDialog.kt
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import javax.swing.JComponent
 
 class KotlinAwareMoveFilesOrDirectoriesDialog(
         private val project: Project,
+        private val initialDirectory: PsiDirectory?,
         private val callback: (KotlinAwareMoveFilesOrDirectoriesDialog?) -> Unit
 ) : DialogWrapper(project, true) {
     companion object {
@@ -163,7 +164,12 @@ class KotlinAwareMoveFilesOrDirectoriesDialog(
 
         project.executeCommand(RefactoringBundle.message("move.title"), null) {
             runWriteAction {
-                val directoryName = targetDirectoryField.childComponent.text.replace(File.separatorChar, '/')
+                val directoryName = targetDirectoryField.childComponent.text.replace(File.separatorChar, '/').let {
+                    when {
+                        it.startsWith(".") -> (initialDirectory?.virtualFile?.path ?: "") + "/" + it
+                        else -> it
+                    }
+                }
                 try {
                     targetDirectory = DirectoryUtil.mkdirs(PsiManager.getInstance(project), directoryName)
                 }
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/move/moveFilesUtil.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/move/moveFilesUtil.kt
index 8b53495049f..1e8759398f6 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/move/moveFilesUtil.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/move/moveFilesUtil.kt
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ fun moveFilesOrDirectories(
         return
     }
 
-    with(KotlinAwareMoveFilesOrDirectoriesDialog(project, ::doRun)) {
+    with(KotlinAwareMoveFilesOrDirectoriesDialog(project, initialTargetDirectory, ::doRun)) {
         setData(elements, initialTargetDirectory, "refactoring.moveFile")
         show()
     }