diff --git a/src/nautilus-file-operations.c b/src/nautilus-file-operations.c
index ce5bdd901e2a0a355f00a922034f4f0111dd0a94..da67fbf1c0ceef19c5e12c89f96130edafb4768a 100644
--- a/src/nautilus-file-operations.c
+++ b/src/nautilus-file-operations.c
@@ -7590,6 +7590,7 @@ retry:
         job->created_file = g_object_ref (dest);
         nautilus_file_changes_queue_file_added (dest);
         dest_uri = g_file_get_uri (dest);
+        gtk_recent_manager_add_item (gtk_recent_manager_get_default (), dest_uri);
     }
     else
     {