diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/check_library.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/check_library.py
index b984725d73..fb8cafcb8a 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/check_library.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/check_library.py
@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ from qt.core import (
     QApplication, QCheckBox, QCursor, QDialog, QDialogButtonBox, QGridLayout,
     QHBoxLayout, QIcon, QLabel, QLineEdit, QProgressBar, QPushButton,
     QStackedLayout, Qt, QTextEdit, QTreeWidget, QTreeWidgetItem, QVBoxLayout,
-    QWidget, pyqtSignal, QSplitter
+    QWidget, pyqtSignal, QSplitter, QToolButton
 )
 from threading import Thread
 
 from calibre import as_unicode, prints
+from calibre.gui2 import open_local_file
 from calibre.gui2.dialogs.confirm_delete import confirm
 from calibre.library.check_library import CHECKS, CheckLibrary
 from calibre.utils.recycle_bin import delete_file, delete_tree
@@ -107,8 +108,34 @@ class DBCheck(QDialog):  # {{{
 # }}}
 
 
-class Item(QTreeWidgetItem):
-    pass
+class TextWithButtonWidget(QWidget):
+
+    button_icon = None
+
+    def __init__(self, library_path, text, item_path):
+        QWidget.__init__(self)
+        if self.button_icon is None:
+            self.button_icon = QIcon.ic('document_open.png')
+        self.library_path = library_path
+        self.item_path = item_path
+        l = QHBoxLayout()
+        l.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
+        b = QToolButton()
+        b.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
+        b.clicked.connect(self.button_clicked)
+        b.setIcon(self.button_icon)
+        l.addWidget(b)
+        t = QLabel(text)
+        t.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
+        l.addWidget(t)
+        self.setLayout(l)
+        self.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
+
+    def button_clicked(self):
+        p = os.path.join(self.library_path, self.item_path)
+        if not os.path.isdir(p):
+            p = os.path.dirname(p)
+        open_local_file(p)
 
 
 class CheckLibraryDialog(QDialog):
@@ -301,9 +328,9 @@ class CheckLibraryDialog(QDialog):
             else:
                 self.problem_count[attr] = len(list_)
 
-            tl = Item()
+            tl = QTreeWidgetItem()
             tl.setText(0, h)
-            if fixable and list:
+            if fixable:
                 tl.setData(1, Qt.ItemDataRole.UserRole, self.is_fixable)
                 tl.setText(1, _('(fixable)'))
                 tl.setFlags(Qt.ItemFlag.ItemIsEnabled | Qt.ItemFlag.ItemIsUserCheckable)
@@ -322,17 +349,17 @@ class CheckLibraryDialog(QDialog):
             self.top_level_items[attr] = tl
 
             for problem in list_:
-                it = Item()
+                it = QTreeWidgetItem()
+                tl.addChild(it)
                 if checkable:
                     it.setFlags(Qt.ItemFlag.ItemIsEnabled | Qt.ItemFlag.ItemIsUserCheckable)
                     it.setCheckState(2, Qt.CheckState.Unchecked)
                     it.setData(2, Qt.ItemDataRole.UserRole, self.is_deletable)
                 else:
                     it.setFlags(Qt.ItemFlag.ItemIsEnabled)
-                it.setText(0, problem[0])
+                tree.setItemWidget(it, 0, TextWithButtonWidget(self.db.library_path, problem[0], problem[1]))
                 it.setData(0, Qt.ItemDataRole.UserRole, problem[2])
                 it.setText(2, problem[1])
-                tl.addChild(it)
                 self.all_items.append(it)
                 plaintext.append(','.join([h, problem[0], problem[1]]))
             tree.addTopLevelItem(tl)