diff --git a/src/query/wasatorcl.cpp b/src/query/wasatorcl.cpp
index 4a2088e4..bc4f7c7a 100644
--- a/src/query/wasatorcl.cpp
+++ b/src/query/wasatorcl.cpp
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ static Rcl::SearchData *wasaQueryToRcl(RclConfig *config, WasaQuery *wasa,
 
 	// Filtering on location
 	if (!stringicmp("dir", (*it)->m_fieldspec)) {
-	    sdata->setTopdir((*it)->m_value, (*it)->m_op == WasaQuery::OP_EXCL,
+	    string dir = path_tildexpand((*it)->m_value);
+	    sdata->setTopdir(dir, (*it)->m_op == WasaQuery::OP_EXCL,
 			     (*it)->m_weight);
 	    continue;
 	}