diff --git a/src/blackgui/pluginconfigwindow.h b/src/blackgui/pluginconfigwindow.h
index 36302c574..4d4c0af3d 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/pluginconfigwindow.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/pluginconfigwindow.h
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 
 namespace BlackGui
 {
+    /**
+     * Base class for plugin config window.
+     */
     class BLACKGUI_EXPORT CPluginConfigWindow : public QWidget
     {
         Q_OBJECT
diff --git a/src/blackgui/qss/stdwidget.qss b/src/blackgui/qss/stdwidget.qss
index a77811a28..855f1914d 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/qss/stdwidget.qss
+++ b/src/blackgui/qss/stdwidget.qss
@@ -47,6 +47,14 @@ QDialog::separator:hover {
   background: transparent;
 }
 
+QFileDialog #sidebar {
+  background: black;
+}
+
+QFileDialog QToolButton {
+  background: inherit;
+}
+
 /**
   Required when dock widget is floating
   1) background-image not working on QDockWidget, so I use direct children for that
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/fileutilities.cpp b/src/blackmisc/fileutilities.cpp
index 799a2a8cf..568c43c8e 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/fileutilities.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/fileutilities.cpp
@@ -59,4 +59,32 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         return QDir::cleanPath(path1 + QDir::separator() + path2);
     }
 
+    bool CFileUtils::copyRecursively(const QString &sourceDir, const QString &destinationDir)
+    {
+        QFileInfo sourceFileInfo(sourceDir);
+        if (sourceFileInfo.isDir())
+        {
+            QDir targetDir(destinationDir);
+            if (!targetDir.mkpath("."))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            QDir originDir(sourceFileInfo.absoluteFilePath());
+            auto fileNames = originDir.entryList(QDir::Files | QDir::Dirs | QDir::NoDotAndDotDot | QDir::Hidden | QDir::System);
+            for (const QString &fileName: fileNames)
+            {
+                if (!copyRecursively(originDir.absoluteFilePath(fileName), targetDir.absoluteFilePath(fileName)))
+                    return false;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if (!QFile::copy(sourceDir, destinationDir))
+                return false;
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
 } // ns
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/fileutilities.h b/src/blackmisc/fileutilities.h
index 22b0c2ff1..12f908369 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/fileutilities.h
+++ b/src/blackmisc/fileutilities.h
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ namespace BlackMisc
         //! Append file paths
         //! \sa CNetworkUtils::buildUrl for URLs
         static QString appendFilePaths(const QString &path1, const QString &path2);
+
+        //! If `sourceDir` is a directory, copies it recursively, so that `sourceDir` becomes `destinationDir`.
+        //! If it is a file, just copies the file.
+        static bool copyRecursively(const QString &sourceDir, const QString &destinationDir);
     };
 } // ns
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/simulator/xplane_config/plugin_xplane_config.pro b/src/plugins/simulator/xplane_config/plugin_xplane_config.pro
index e7d09acd2..7c059992d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/simulator/xplane_config/plugin_xplane_config.pro
+++ b/src/plugins/simulator/xplane_config/plugin_xplane_config.pro
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ HEADERS += *.h
 FORMS += *.ui
 DISTFILES += simulator_xplane_config.json
 
-DESTDIR = $$BuildRoot/bin/plugins/simulator
+DESTDIR = $$DestRoot/bin/plugins/simulator
 
 load(common_post)
diff --git a/src/plugins/simulator/xplane_config/simulatorxplaneconfigwindow.cpp b/src/plugins/simulator/xplane_config/simulatorxplaneconfigwindow.cpp
index 13d361c2b..d11c80125 100644
--- a/src/plugins/simulator/xplane_config/simulatorxplaneconfigwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/simulator/xplane_config/simulatorxplaneconfigwindow.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "ui_simulatorxplaneconfigwindow.h"
 #include "blackcore/dbus_server.h"
 #include "blackmisc/simulation/xplane/xplaneutil.h"
+#include "blackmisc/fileutilities.h"
 #include <QStringBuilder>
 #include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QMessageBox>
@@ -10,6 +11,14 @@
 
 using namespace BlackGui;
 
+namespace
+{
+    QString xBusOriginDir()
+    {
+        return QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() % QStringLiteral("/../xbus");
+    }
+}
+
 namespace BlackSimPlugin
 {
     namespace XPlane
@@ -30,7 +39,10 @@ namespace BlackSimPlugin
 
             ui->cp_XBusServer->setCurrentText(m_xbusServerSetting.get());
 
-            connect(ui->pb_InstallXBus, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &CSimulatorXPlaneConfigWindow::ps_installXBus);
+            if (xBusAvailable())
+                connect(ui->pb_InstallXBus, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &CSimulatorXPlaneConfigWindow::ps_installXBus);
+            else
+                ui->pb_InstallXBus->setEnabled(false);
         }
 
         CSimulatorXPlaneConfigWindow::~CSimulatorXPlaneConfigWindow()
@@ -38,6 +50,11 @@ namespace BlackSimPlugin
 
         }
 
+        bool CSimulatorXPlaneConfigWindow::xBusAvailable()
+        {
+            return QDir(xBusOriginDir()).exists();
+        }
+
         void CSimulatorXPlaneConfigWindow::ps_storeSettings()
         {
             if (ui->cp_XBusServer->currentText() != m_xbusServerSetting.get())
@@ -55,23 +72,30 @@ namespace BlackSimPlugin
             QString path = QFileDialog::getExistingDirectory(parentWidget(),
                            tr("Choose your X-Plane install directory"),
                            xPlaneLocation,
-                           QFileDialog::ShowDirsOnly | QFileDialog::DontResolveSymlinks);
+                           QFileDialog::ShowDirsOnly | QFileDialog::DontResolveSymlinks | QFileDialog::DontUseNativeDialog);
 
-            path.append("/Resources/plugins/xbus/64/");
-            QDir xbusDir(path);
-            if (!xbusDir.exists())
+            if (path.isEmpty()) // canceled
+                return;
+
+            path.append("/Resources/plugins");
+            if (!QDir(path).exists())
             {
-                if (!xbusDir.mkpath("."))
-                {
-                    return;
-                }
+                QMessageBox::warning(this, tr("Invalid X-Plane directory"), tr("%1 is not a valid X-Plane installation.").arg(path));
+                return;
             }
 
-            QString origin = QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() % QStringLiteral("/../xbus/64/lin.xpl");
-            QString destination = path % "/lin.xpl";
-            QFile::copy(origin, destination);
+            path.append("/xbus");
 
-            QMessageBox::information(this, tr("XBus installed"), tr("You may now launch your X-Plane and start using XBus!"));
+            // TODO Use QtConcurrent here, maybe?
+            bool result = BlackMisc::CFileUtils::copyRecursively(xBusOriginDir(), path);
+            if (result)
+            {
+                QMessageBox::information(this, tr("XBus installed"), tr("You may now launch your X-Plane and start using XBus!"));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                QMessageBox::warning(this, tr("Failed installing XBus"), tr("Failed installing the XBus plugin in your X-Plane installation directory; try installing it manually."));
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/simulator/xplane_config/simulatorxplaneconfigwindow.h b/src/plugins/simulator/xplane_config/simulatorxplaneconfigwindow.h
index ac7a43b62..ef5a9a464 100644
--- a/src/plugins/simulator/xplane_config/simulatorxplaneconfigwindow.h
+++ b/src/plugins/simulator/xplane_config/simulatorxplaneconfigwindow.h
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ namespace BlackSimPlugin
             //! Dtor.
             virtual ~CSimulatorXPlaneConfigWindow();
 
+        private:
+            //! Checks whether xbus is present in the distributed directory.
+            bool xBusAvailable();
+
         private slots:
             void ps_storeSettings();
             void ps_installXBus();