diff --git a/editor/editor_dir_dialog.cpp b/editor/editor_dir_dialog.cpp
index 5df392b91e4..f91dedf25db 100644
--- a/editor/editor_dir_dialog.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_dir_dialog.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ void EditorDirDialog::_update_dir(TreeItem *p_item, EditorFileSystemDirectory *p
 
 	p_item->set_metadata(0, p_dir->get_path());
 	p_item->set_icon(0, tree->get_theme_icon(SNAME("Folder"), SNAME("EditorIcons")));
+	p_item->set_icon_modulate(0, tree->get_theme_color(SNAME("folder_icon_modulate"), SNAME("FileDialog")));
 
 	if (!p_item->get_parent()) {
 		p_item->set_text(0, "res://");