diff --git a/src/modinfoforeign.cpp b/src/modinfoforeign.cpp
index db90aa416..880051f43 100644
--- a/src/modinfoforeign.cpp
+++ b/src/modinfoforeign.cpp
@@ -13,13 +13,6 @@ QDateTime ModInfoForeign::creationTime() const
   return m_CreationTime;
 }
 
-QString ModInfoForeign::absolutePath() const
-{
-  // I ought to store this, it's used elsewhere
-  IPluginGame const* game = qApp->property("managed_game").value<IPluginGame*>();
-  return game->dataDirectory().absolutePath();
-}
-
 std::vector<ModInfo::EFlag> ModInfoForeign::getFlags() const
 {
   std::vector<ModInfo::EFlag> result = ModInfoWithConflictInfo::getFlags();
@@ -49,7 +42,15 @@ ModInfoForeign::ModInfoForeign(const QString& modName, const QString& referenceF
     : ModInfoWithConflictInfo(core), m_ReferenceFile(referenceFile),
       m_Archives(archives), m_ModType(modType)
 {
-  m_CreationTime = QFileInfo(referenceFile).birthTime();
+  m_CreationTime          = QFileInfo(referenceFile).birthTime();
+  IPluginGame const* game = qApp->property("managed_game").value<IPluginGame*>();
+  QMap<QString, QDir> directories = {{"data", game->dataDirectory()}};
+  directories.insert(game->secondaryDataDirectories());
+  for (QDir directory : directories) {
+    if (referenceFile.startsWith(directory.absolutePath(), Qt::CaseInsensitive)) {
+      m_BaseDirectory = directory.absolutePath();
+    }
+  }
   switch (modType) {
   case ModInfo::EModType::MOD_DLC:
     m_Name         = tr("DLC: ") + modName;
diff --git a/src/modinfoforeign.h b/src/modinfoforeign.h
index dc66e1b04..fa57e3780 100644
--- a/src/modinfoforeign.h
+++ b/src/modinfoforeign.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class ModInfoForeign : public ModInfoWithConflictInfo
   virtual QString comments() const override { return ""; }
   virtual QString notes() const override { return ""; }
   virtual QDateTime creationTime() const override;
-  virtual QString absolutePath() const override;
+  virtual QString absolutePath() const override { return m_BaseDirectory; }
   virtual MOBase::VersionInfo newestVersion() const override { return QString(); }
   virtual MOBase::VersionInfo ignoredVersion() const override { return QString(); }
   virtual QString installationFile() const override { return ""; }
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ class ModInfoForeign : public ModInfoWithConflictInfo
   QString m_Name;
   QString m_InternalName;
   QString m_ReferenceFile;
+  QString m_BaseDirectory;
   QStringList m_Archives;
   QDateTime m_CreationTime;
   int m_Priority;