diff --git a/atom/browser/ui/file_dialog.h b/atom/browser/ui/file_dialog.h
index b857648161b5..f65204c10e47 100644
--- a/atom/browser/ui/file_dialog.h
+++ b/atom/browser/ui/file_dialog.h
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ typedef std::pair<std::string, std::vector<std::string> > Filter;
 typedef std::vector<Filter> Filters;
 
 enum FileDialogProperty {
-  FILE_DIALOG_OPEN_FILE        = 1 << 0,
-  FILE_DIALOG_OPEN_DIRECTORY   = 1 << 1,
-  FILE_DIALOG_MULTI_SELECTIONS = 1 << 2,
-  FILE_DIALOG_CREATE_DIRECTORY = 1 << 3,
+  FILE_DIALOG_OPEN_FILE         = 1 << 0,
+  FILE_DIALOG_OPEN_DIRECTORY    = 1 << 1,
+  FILE_DIALOG_MULTI_SELECTIONS  = 1 << 2,
+  FILE_DIALOG_CREATE_DIRECTORY  = 1 << 3,
+  FILE_DIALOG_SHOW_HIDDEN_FILES = 1 << 4,
 };
 
 typedef base::Callback<void(
diff --git a/atom/browser/ui/file_dialog_gtk.cc b/atom/browser/ui/file_dialog_gtk.cc
index eba1813780ad..50c38fe0c38d 100644
--- a/atom/browser/ui/file_dialog_gtk.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/ui/file_dialog_gtk.cc
@@ -87,12 +87,19 @@ class FileChooserDialog {
       AddFilters(filters);
   }
 
-  virtual ~FileChooserDialog() {
+  ~FileChooserDialog() {
     gtk_widget_destroy(dialog_);
     if (parent_)
       parent_->SetEnabled(true);
   }
 
+  void SetupProperties(int properties) {
+    if (properties & FILE_DIALOG_MULTI_SELECTIONS)
+      gtk_file_chooser_set_select_multiple(GTK_FILE_CHOOSER(dialog()), TRUE);
+    if (properties & FILE_DIALOG_SHOW_HIDDEN_FILES)
+      g_object_set(dialog(), "show-hidden", TRUE, NULL);
+  }
+
   void RunAsynchronous() {
     g_signal_connect(dialog_, "delete-event",
                      G_CALLBACK(gtk_widget_hide_on_delete), NULL);
@@ -235,9 +242,7 @@ bool ShowOpenDialog(atom::NativeWindow* parent_window,
     action = GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT_FOLDER;
   FileChooserDialog open_dialog(action, parent_window, title, button_label,
                                 default_path, filters);
-  if (properties & FILE_DIALOG_MULTI_SELECTIONS)
-    gtk_file_chooser_set_select_multiple(GTK_FILE_CHOOSER(open_dialog.dialog()),
-                                         TRUE);
+  open_dialog.SetupProperties(properties);
 
   gtk_widget_show_all(open_dialog.dialog());
   int response = gtk_dialog_run(GTK_DIALOG(open_dialog.dialog()));
@@ -261,10 +266,7 @@ void ShowOpenDialog(atom::NativeWindow* parent_window,
     action = GTK_FILE_CHOOSER_ACTION_SELECT_FOLDER;
   FileChooserDialog* open_dialog = new FileChooserDialog(
       action, parent_window, title, button_label, default_path, filters);
-  if (properties & FILE_DIALOG_MULTI_SELECTIONS)
-    gtk_file_chooser_set_select_multiple(
-        GTK_FILE_CHOOSER(open_dialog->dialog()), TRUE);
-
+  open_dialog->SetupProperties(properties);
   open_dialog->RunOpenAsynchronous(callback);
 }
 
diff --git a/atom/browser/ui/file_dialog_mac.mm b/atom/browser/ui/file_dialog_mac.mm
index d674817a2a41..398357b0b125 100644
--- a/atom/browser/ui/file_dialog_mac.mm
+++ b/atom/browser/ui/file_dialog_mac.mm
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ void SetupDialogForProperties(NSOpenPanel* dialog, int properties) {
     [dialog setCanCreateDirectories:YES];
   if (properties & FILE_DIALOG_MULTI_SELECTIONS)
     [dialog setAllowsMultipleSelection:YES];
+  if (properties & FILE_DIALOG_SHOW_HIDDEN_FILES)
+    [dialog setShowsHiddenFiles:YES];
 }
 
 // Run modal dialog with parent window and return user's choice.
diff --git a/atom/browser/ui/file_dialog_win.cc b/atom/browser/ui/file_dialog_win.cc
index 5314b63a45a8..88c847efc8cf 100644
--- a/atom/browser/ui/file_dialog_win.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/ui/file_dialog_win.cc
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ bool ShowOpenDialog(atom::NativeWindow* parent_window,
     options |= FOS_PICKFOLDERS;
   if (properties & FILE_DIALOG_MULTI_SELECTIONS)
     options |= FOS_ALLOWMULTISELECT;
+  if (properties & FILE_DIALOG_SHOW_HIDDEN_FILES)
+    options |= FOS_FORCESHOWHIDDEN;
 
   FileDialog<CShellFileOpenDialog> open_dialog(
       default_path, title, button_label, filters, options);
diff --git a/docs/api/dialog.md b/docs/api/dialog.md
index afc32afda467..d71109e9dfdc 100644
--- a/docs/api/dialog.md
+++ b/docs/api/dialog.md
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ The `dialog` module has the following methods:
     left empty the default label will be used.
   * `filters` Array
   * `properties` Array - Contains which features the dialog should use, can
-    contain `openFile`, `openDirectory`, `multiSelections` and
-    `createDirectory`
+    contain `openFile`, `openDirectory`, `multiSelections`, `createDirectory`
+    and `showHiddenFiles`.
 * `callback` Function (optional)
 
 On success this method returns an array of file paths chosen by the user,
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/dialog.js b/lib/browser/api/dialog.js
index 07b7edd2b122..d24a1f98a7d8 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/dialog.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/dialog.js
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ const v8Util = process.atomBinding('v8_util')
 
 var includes = [].includes
 
-var fileDialogProperties = {
+const fileDialogProperties = {
   openFile: 1 << 0,
   openDirectory: 1 << 1,
   multiSelections: 1 << 2,
-  createDirectory: 1 << 3
+  createDirectory: 1 << 3,
+  showHiddenFiles: 1 << 4
 }
 
 var messageBoxTypes = ['none', 'info', 'warning', 'error', 'question']