diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/dirbrowser.py b/qutebrowser/browser/dirbrowser.py
index 709b7e2d1..6145e4819 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/dirbrowser.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/dirbrowser.py
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@
 """The directory browser page."""
 
 import os
-import pkg_resources
 
-import qutebrowser
 from qutebrowser.utils import jinja
+from qutebrowser.utils.utils import resource_filename
 
 
 def dirbrowser(urlstring):
@@ -40,10 +39,8 @@ def dirbrowser(urlstring):
     # pylint: disable=no-member
     # https://bitbucket.org/logilab/pylint/issue/490/
 
-    folder = pkg_resources.resource_filename(qutebrowser.__name__,
-                                             'img/folder.png')
-    file = pkg_resources.resource_filename(qutebrowser.__name__,
-                                           'img/file.png')
+    folder = resource_filename('img/folder.png')
+    file = resource_filename('img/file.png')
 
     def is_file(file):
         return os.path.isfile(os.path.join(urlstring, file))
@@ -59,7 +56,8 @@ def dirbrowser(urlstring):
     files = sorted([{'name': file, 'absname': os.path.join(urlstring, file)}
                    for file in all_files if is_file(file)],
                    key=lambda v: v['name'].lower())
-    directories = sorted([{'name': file, 'absname': os.path.join(urlstring, file)}
+    directories = sorted([{'name': file, 'absname': os.path.join(urlstring,
+                         file)}
                          for file in all_files if is_dir(file)],
                          key=lambda v: v['name'].lower())
     html = template.render(title=title, url=urlstring, icon='', parent=parent,
diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/utils.py b/qutebrowser/utils/utils.py
index 373e38cbd..32542f8ef 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/utils.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/utils.py
@@ -89,6 +89,20 @@ def read_file(filename, binary=False):
         return data
 
 
+def resource_filename(filename):
+    """Get the absolute filename of a file contained with qutebrowser.
+
+    Args:
+        filename: The filename.
+
+    Return:
+        The absolute filename.
+    """
+    if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
+        return os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.executable), filename)
+    return pkg_resources.resource_filename(qutebrowser.__name__, filename)
+
+
 def actute_warning():
     """Display a warning about the dead_actute issue if needed."""
     # WORKAROUND (remove this when we bump the requirements to 5.3.0)
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_utils.py b/tests/utils/test_utils.py
index 9c0e2e6c4..db85dcf59 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_utils.py
@@ -117,6 +117,26 @@ class TestReadFile:
         assert content.splitlines()[0] == b"Hello World!"
 
 
+class TestResourceFilename:
+
+    """Test resource_filename."""
+
+    @pytest.fixture(autouse=True, params=[True, False])
+    def freezer(self, request, monkeypatch):
+        if request.param and not getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
+            monkeypatch.setattr(sys, 'frozen', True, raising=False)
+            monkeypatch.setattr('sys.executable', qutebrowser.__file__)
+        elif not request.param and getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
+            # Want to test unfrozen tests, but we are frozen
+            pytest.skip("Can't run with sys.frozen = True!")
+
+    def test_readfile(self):
+        """Read a test file."""
+        filename = utils.resource_filename(os.path.join('utils', 'testfile'))
+        expected = os.path.abspath('./qutebrowser/utils/testfile')
+        assert expected == filename
+
+
 class Patcher:
 
     """Helper for TestActuteWarning.