diff --git a/GitUI/CommandsDialogs/FormCommandlineHelp.resx b/GitUI/CommandsDialogs/FormCommandlineHelp.resx
index fb5eac965a1..dcf8f65b1a2 100644
--- a/GitUI/CommandsDialogs/FormCommandlineHelp.resx
+++ b/GitUI/CommandsDialogs/FormCommandlineHelp.resx
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@
     <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
   </resheader>
   <data name="_NO_TRANSLATE_commands.Text" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>browse [path] [-filter=] [-commit=&lt;selectedSha&gt;[,&lt;firstSha&gt;]]
+    <value>.
+browse [path] [-filter=] [-commit=&lt;selectedSha&gt;[,&lt;firstSha&gt;]]
 about
 add [filename]
 addfiles [filename]
diff --git a/GitUI/GitUICommands.cs b/GitUI/GitUICommands.cs
index e645f79cac2..faabd65d55d 100644
--- a/GitUI/GitUICommands.cs
+++ b/GitUI/GitUICommands.cs
@@ -1487,6 +1487,12 @@ private bool RunCommandBasedOnArgument(IReadOnlyList<string> args, IReadOnlyDict
                         return StartCloneDialog(null, args[1].Replace("github-mac://openRepo/", ""), true);
                     }
 
+                    // User supplied `.` as param. So, we need to open the current working directory.
+                    if (args[1] == ".")
+                    {
+                        return StartBrowseDialog();
+                    }
+
                     break;
             }
 #pragma warning restore SA1025 // Code should not contain multiple whitespace in a row
diff --git a/IntegrationTests/UI.IntegrationTests/GitUICommands/RunCommandTests.cs b/IntegrationTests/UI.IntegrationTests/GitUICommands/RunCommandTests.cs
index c2809f600a9..c55de9503f8 100644
--- a/IntegrationTests/UI.IntegrationTests/GitUICommands/RunCommandTests.cs
+++ b/IntegrationTests/UI.IntegrationTests/GitUICommands/RunCommandTests.cs
@@ -363,5 +363,14 @@ private static void ClickButton(Form form, string buttonName)
 
         private static void SetText(Form form, string controlName, string value)
             => form.FindDescendantOfType<Control>(control => control.Name == controlName).Text = value;
+
+        [Test]
+        public void RunCommandBasedOnArgument_dot()
+        {
+            var selected = ObjectId.Random();
+            var first = ObjectId.Random();
+            var otherIgnored = ObjectId.Random();
+            RunCommandBasedOnArgument<FormBrowse>(new string[] { "ge.exe", "." });
+        }
     }
 }