diff --git a/src/Gui/DlgCreateNewPreferencePack.ui b/src/Gui/DlgCreateNewPreferencePack.ui
index 98f4589f0e..38bf2d6ed2 100644
--- a/src/Gui/DlgCreateNewPreferencePack.ui
+++ b/src/Gui/DlgCreateNewPreferencePack.ui
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@
      <item>
       <widget class="QLineEdit" name="lineEdit"/>
      </item>
+     <item>
+      <widget class="QPushButton" name="pushButton">
+       <property name="text">
+        <string>Browse</string>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
    <item>
@@ -39,12 +46,12 @@
      <property name="columnCount">
       <number>1</number>
      </property>
-     <attribute name="headerMinimumSectionSize">
-      <number>50</number>
-     </attribute>
      <attribute name="headerDefaultSectionSize">
       <number>250</number>
      </attribute>
+     <attribute name="headerMinimumSectionSize">
+      <number>50</number>
+     </attribute>
      <attribute name="headerShowSortIndicator" stdset="0">
       <bool>true</bool>
      </attribute>
diff --git a/src/Gui/DlgCreateNewPreferencePackImp.cpp b/src/Gui/DlgCreateNewPreferencePackImp.cpp
index af7f586c2e..5f0656ea38 100644
--- a/src/Gui/DlgCreateNewPreferencePackImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/DlgCreateNewPreferencePackImp.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "DlgCreateNewPreferencePackImp.h"
 #include "ui_DlgCreateNewPreferencePack.h"
 
+#include "FileDialog.h"
 
 using namespace Gui::Dialog;
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ DlgCreateNewPreferencePackImp::DlgCreateNewPreferencePackImp(QWidget* parent)
     ui->buttonBox->button(QDialogButtonBox::Ok)->setEnabled(false);
     connect(ui->treeWidget, &QTreeWidget::itemChanged, this, &DlgCreateNewPreferencePackImp::onItemChanged);
     connect(ui->lineEdit, &QLineEdit::textEdited, this, &DlgCreateNewPreferencePackImp::onLineEditTextEdited);
+    connect(ui->pushButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &DlgCreateNewPreferencePackImp::onBrowseButtonClicked);
 }
 
 
@@ -114,6 +116,11 @@ std::string DlgCreateNewPreferencePackImp::preferencePackName() const
     return ui->lineEdit->text().toStdString();
 }
 
+std::string Gui::Dialog::DlgCreateNewPreferencePackImp::preferencePackDirectory() const
+{
+    return _cfgFileDirectory.toStdString();
+}
+
 void DlgCreateNewPreferencePackImp::onItemChanged(QTreeWidgetItem* item, int column)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(column);
@@ -151,6 +158,11 @@ void DlgCreateNewPreferencePackImp::onLineEditTextEdited(const QString& text)
     ui->buttonBox->button(QDialogButtonBox::Ok)->setDisabled(text.isEmpty());
 }
 
+void DlgCreateNewPreferencePackImp::onBrowseButtonClicked()
+{
+    _cfgFileDirectory = FileDialog::getExistingDirectory(this, tr("Export Config"), _cfgFileDirectory);
+}
+
 void Gui::Dialog::DlgCreateNewPreferencePackImp::accept()
 {
     // Ensure that the chosen name is either unique, or that the user actually wants to overwrite the old one
diff --git a/src/Gui/DlgCreateNewPreferencePackImp.h b/src/Gui/DlgCreateNewPreferencePackImp.h
index 9e4211b414..bf3b390c48 100644
--- a/src/Gui/DlgCreateNewPreferencePackImp.h
+++ b/src/Gui/DlgCreateNewPreferencePackImp.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public:
 
     std::vector<PreferencePackManager::TemplateFile> selectedTemplates() const;
     std::string preferencePackName() const;
+    std::string preferencePackDirectory() const;
 
 protected Q_SLOTS:
 
@@ -66,6 +67,8 @@ protected Q_SLOTS:
 
     void onLineEditTextEdited(const QString &text);
 
+    void onBrowseButtonClicked();
+
     void accept() override;
 
 private:
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ private:
     std::vector<PreferencePackManager::TemplateFile> _templates;
     QRegularExpressionValidator _nameValidator;
     std::vector<std::string> _existingPackNames;
+    QString _cfgFileDirectory;
 };
 
 } // namespace Dialog
diff --git a/src/Gui/PreferencePackManager.cpp b/src/Gui/PreferencePackManager.cpp
index 54b42784e4..d443926d8b 100644
--- a/src/Gui/PreferencePackManager.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/PreferencePackManager.cpp
@@ -504,12 +504,11 @@ static void copyTemplateParameters(/*const*/ ParameterManager& templateParameter
     }
 }
 
-void PreferencePackManager::save(const std::string& name, const std::vector<TemplateFile>& templates)
+void PreferencePackManager::save(const std::string& name, const std::string& directory, const std::vector<TemplateFile>& templates)
 {
     if (templates.empty())
         return;
 
-    AddPackToMetadata(name);
 
     // Create the config file
     auto outputParameterManager = ParameterManager::Create();
@@ -519,9 +518,17 @@ void PreferencePackManager::save(const std::string& name, const std::vector<Temp
         templateParameterManager->LoadDocument(Base::FileInfo::pathToString(t.path).c_str());
         copyTemplateParameters(*templateParameterManager, *outputParameterManager);
     }
-    auto savedPreferencePacksDirectory = getSavedPreferencePacksPath();
-    auto cfgFilename = savedPreferencePacksDirectory / name / (name + ".cfg");
-    outputParameterManager->SaveDocument(Base::FileInfo::pathToString(cfgFilename).c_str());
+
+    std::string cfgFilename;
+    if (directory.empty()) {
+        AddPackToMetadata(name);
+        auto savedPreferencePacksDirectory = getSavedPreferencePacksPath();
+        cfgFilename = Base::FileInfo::pathToString(savedPreferencePacksDirectory / name / (name + ".cfg"));
+    }
+    else {
+        cfgFilename = Base::FileInfo::pathToString(fs::path(directory) / (name + ".cfg"));
+    }
+    outputParameterManager->SaveDocument(cfgFilename.c_str());
 }
 
 static std::vector<fs::path> scanForTemplateFolders(const std::string& groupName, const fs::path& entry)
diff --git a/src/Gui/PreferencePackManager.h b/src/Gui/PreferencePackManager.h
index 0358fe77ea..bb87917447 100644
--- a/src/Gui/PreferencePackManager.h
+++ b/src/Gui/PreferencePackManager.h
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ namespace Gui {
          *
          * If the named preferencePack does not exist, this creates it on disk. If it does exist, this overwrites the original.
          */
-        void save(const std::string& name, const std::vector<TemplateFile>& templates);
+        void save(const std::string& name, const std::string& directory, const std::vector<TemplateFile>& templates);
 
 
         std::vector<TemplateFile> templateFiles(bool rescan = false);
diff --git a/src/Gui/PreferencePages/DlgSettingsGeneral.cpp b/src/Gui/PreferencePages/DlgSettingsGeneral.cpp
index 876c24bafb..4ae81c7de1 100644
--- a/src/Gui/PreferencePages/DlgSettingsGeneral.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/PreferencePages/DlgSettingsGeneral.cpp
@@ -719,7 +719,8 @@ void DlgSettingsGeneral::newPreferencePackDialogAccepted()
         return false;
     });
     auto preferencePackName = newPreferencePackDialog->preferencePackName();
-    Application::Instance->prefPackManager()->save(preferencePackName, selectedTemplates);
+    auto preferencePackDirectory = newPreferencePackDialog->preferencePackDirectory();
+    Application::Instance->prefPackManager()->save(preferencePackName, preferencePackDirectory, selectedTemplates);
     recreatePreferencePackMenu();
 }