diff --git a/src/dlangide/ui/frame.d b/src/dlangide/ui/frame.d
index b9cf71f..adabb49 100644
--- a/src/dlangide/ui/frame.d
+++ b/src/dlangide/ui/frame.d
@@ -797,6 +797,10 @@ class IDEFrame : AppFrame, ProgramExecutionStatusListener, BreakpointListChangeL
                     });
                     return true;
                 case IDEActions.FileOpenWorkspace:
+                    if (!a.stringParam.empty) {
+                        openFileOrWorkspace(a.stringParam);
+                        return true;
+                    }
                     UIString caption;
                     caption = "Open Workspace or Project"d;
                     FileDialog dlg = createFileDialog(caption);
@@ -1112,6 +1116,7 @@ class IDEFrame : AppFrame, ProgramExecutionStatusListener, BreakpointListChangeL
                     askForUnsavedEdits(delegate() {
                     setWorkspace(ws);
                     hideHomeScreen();
+                    _settings.updateRecentWorkspace(filename);
                 });
             } else {
                 window.showMessageBox(UIString("Cannot open workspace"d), UIString("Error occured while opening workspace"d));
diff --git a/src/dlangide/ui/homescreen.d b/src/dlangide/ui/homescreen.d
index ed09043..ca915e4 100644
--- a/src/dlangide/ui/homescreen.d
+++ b/src/dlangide/ui/homescreen.d
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import dlangui.widgets.controls;
 import dlangide.ui.frame;
 import dlangide.ui.commands;
 
+import std.path;
+
 class HomeScreen : ScrollWidget {
     protected IDEFrame _frame;
     protected HorizontalLayout _content;
@@ -38,7 +40,17 @@ class HomeScreen : ScrollWidget {
         _column1.addChild(_startItems);
         _column1.addChild(new VSpacer());
         _column1.addChild((new TextWidget(null, "Recent:"d)).fontSize(20).textColor(linkColor));
-        _recentItems.addChild((new TextWidget(null, "No recent items"d)));
+        string[] recentWorkspaces = _frame.settings.recentWorkspaces;
+        if (recentWorkspaces.length) {
+            foreach(fn; recentWorkspaces) {
+                Action a = ACTION_FILE_OPEN_WORKSPACE.clone();
+                a.label = UIString(toUTF32(stripExtension(baseName(fn))));
+                a.stringParam = fn;
+                _column1.addChild(new LinkButton(a));
+            }
+        } else {
+            _recentItems.addChild((new TextWidget(null, "No recent items"d)));
+        }
         _column1.addChild(_recentItems);
         _column1.addChild(new VSpacer());
         _column2.addChild((new TextWidget(null, "Useful Links:"d)).fontSize(20).textColor(linkColor));
diff --git a/src/dlangide/workspace/idesettings.d b/src/dlangide/workspace/idesettings.d
index 4dd8d07..6ab9af3 100644
--- a/src/dlangide/workspace/idesettings.d
+++ b/src/dlangide/workspace/idesettings.d
@@ -175,5 +175,31 @@ class IDESettings : SettingsFile {
         return null;
     }
 
+    @property string[] recentWorkspaces() {
+        import std.file;
+        Setting obj = _setting.objectByPath("history", true);
+        string[] list = obj.getStringArray("recentWorkspaces");
+        string[] res;
+        foreach(fn; list) {
+            if (exists(fn) && isFile(fn))
+                res ~= fn;
+        }
+        return res;
+    }
+
+    void updateRecentWorkspace(string ws) {
+        import std.file;
+        string[] list;
+        list ~= ws;
+        string[] existing = recentWorkspaces;
+        foreach(fn; existing) {
+            if (exists(fn) && isFile(fn) && !ws.equal(fn))
+                list ~= fn;
+        }
+        Setting obj = _setting.objectByPath("history", true);
+        obj["recentWorkspaces"] = list;
+        save();
+    }
+
 }