1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/file_search.c b/src/nvim/file_search.c
index 2ac8e27047..56c0cb73a6 100644
--- a/src/nvim/file_search.c
+++ b/src/nvim/file_search.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include "nvim/ascii.h"
 #include "nvim/file_search.h"
 #include "nvim/charset.h"
+#include "nvim/ex_docmd.h"
 #include "nvim/fileio.h"
 #include "nvim/memory.h"
 #include "nvim/message.h"
@@ -1531,7 +1532,12 @@ int vim_chdirfile(char_u *fname)
 
   STRLCPY(dir, fname, MAXPATHL);
   *path_tail_with_sep(dir) = NUL;
-  return os_chdir((char *)dir) == 0 ? OK : FAIL;
+  if (os_chdir((char *)dir) != 0) {
+    return FAIL;
+  }
+  apply_autocmd_dirchanged(dir, kCdScopeWindow);
+
+  return OK;
 }
 
 /// Change directory to "new_dir". Search 'cdpath' for relative directory names.