diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/main_window.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/main_window.cpp
index 03e9b2de39..a99fec89f8 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/main_window.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/main_window.cpp
@@ -753,22 +753,14 @@ bool main_window::InstallPackages(QStringList file_paths, bool from_boot)
 			gui_log.notice("PKG: Trying to install packages from dir: '%s'", file_path);
 
 			const QDir dir(file_path);
-			const auto dir_file_infos = dir.entryInfoList(QDir::Files);
+			const QStringList dir_file_paths = gui::utils::get_dir_entries(dir, {}, true);
 
-			if (dir_file_infos.empty())
+			if (dir_file_paths.empty())
 			{
 				gui_log.notice("PKG: Could not find any files in dir: '%s'", file_path);
 				return true;
 			}
 
-			const auto dir_file_infos_count = dir_file_infos.count();
-
-			QList<QString> dir_file_paths(dir_file_infos_count);
-			for (int i = 0; i < dir_file_infos_count; i++)
-			{
-				dir_file_paths[i] = dir_file_infos[i].absoluteFilePath();
-			}
-
 			return InstallPackages(dir_file_paths, from_boot);
 		}
 
@@ -848,7 +840,7 @@ bool main_window::InstallPackages(QStringList file_paths, bool from_boot)
 	const auto install_filetype = [&installed_rap_and_edat_count, &file_paths](const std::string extension)
 	{
 		const QString pattern = QString(".*\\.%1").arg(QString::fromStdString(extension));
-		for (const auto& file : file_paths.filter(QRegularExpression(pattern, QRegularExpression::PatternOption::CaseInsensitiveOption)))
+		for (const QString& file : file_paths.filter(QRegularExpression(pattern, QRegularExpression::PatternOption::CaseInsensitiveOption)))
 		{
 			const QFileInfo file_info(file);
 			const std::string filename = sstr(file_info.fileName());
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/qt_utils.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/qt_utils.cpp
index 3f2023e393..261676f919 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/qt_utils.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/qt_utils.cpp
@@ -164,13 +164,13 @@ namespace gui
 			return icon;
 		}
 
-		QStringList get_dir_entries(const QDir& dir, const QStringList& name_filters)
+		QStringList get_dir_entries(const QDir& dir, const QStringList& name_filters, bool full_path)
 		{
 			QFileInfoList entries = dir.entryInfoList(name_filters, QDir::Files);
 			QStringList res;
-			for (const QFileInfo &entry : entries)
+			for (const QFileInfo& entry : entries)
 			{
-				res.append(entry.baseName());
+				res.append(full_path ? entry.absoluteFilePath() : entry.baseName());
 			}
 			return res;
 		}
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/qt_utils.h b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/qt_utils.h
index 197898a5be..6607dca350 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/qt_utils.h
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/qt_utils.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ namespace gui
 		QIcon get_colorized_icon(const QIcon& old_icon, const QColor& old_color, const std::map<QIcon::Mode, QColor>& new_colors, bool use_special_masks = false, bool colorize_all = false);
 
 		// Returns a list of all base names of files in dir whose complete file names contain one of the given name_filters
-		QStringList get_dir_entries(const QDir& dir, const QStringList& name_filters);
+		QStringList get_dir_entries(const QDir& dir, const QStringList& name_filters, bool full_path = false);
 
 		// Returns the color specified by its color_role for the QLabels with object_name
 		QColor get_label_color(const QString& object_name, QPalette::ColorRole color_role = QPalette::WindowText);