diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index b22e9190f6..343f4ca11d 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -3,14 +3,29 @@ use {
   clap::{App, AppSettings, Arg, ArgGroup, ArgMatches, ArgSettings},
 };
 
-// These three strings should be kept in sync:
-pub(crate) const CHOOSER_DEFAULT: &str =
-  "fzf --multi --preview 'just --unstable --color always --show {}'";
+// These two strings, and the two in function chooser_default below should be kept in sync:
 pub(crate) const CHOOSER_ENVIRONMENT_KEY: &str = "JUST_CHOOSER";
 pub(crate) const CHOOSE_HELP: &str = "Select one or more recipes to run using a binary. If \
                                       `--chooser` is not passed the chooser defaults to the value \
                                       of $JUST_CHOOSER, falling back to `fzf`";
 
+// Return the string for the default chooser. This is a function and not a const, because we want
+// to edit the preview command and pass it the right justfile path for the target.
+pub(crate) fn chooser_default(justfile: &Justfile) -> OsString {
+  match justfile.default {
+    Some(ref default) => {
+      let mut chooser = OsString::new();
+      chooser.push("fzf --multi --preview 'just --unstable --color always --justfile ");
+      chooser.push(default.name.path);
+      chooser.push(" --show {}'");
+      chooser
+    }
+    None => {
+      return OsString::from("fzf --multi --preview 'just --unstable --color always --show {}'");
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 #[allow(clippy::struct_excessive_bools)]
 pub(crate) struct Config {
diff --git a/src/subcommand.rs b/src/subcommand.rs
index 99dacec470..f5cf3648ed 100644
--- a/src/subcommand.rs
+++ b/src/subcommand.rs
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ impl Subcommand {
     let chooser = chooser
       .map(OsString::from)
       .or_else(|| env::var_os(config::CHOOSER_ENVIRONMENT_KEY))
-      .unwrap_or_else(|| OsString::from(config::CHOOSER_DEFAULT));
+      .unwrap_or_else(|| config::chooser_default(justfile));
 
     let result = justfile
       .settings
diff --git a/tests/choose.rs b/tests/choose.rs
index 940fab0e61..9fc7a35625 100644
--- a/tests/choose.rs
+++ b/tests/choose.rs
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ fn invoke_error_function() {
       ",
     )
     .stderr_regex(
-      r"error: Chooser `/ -cu fzf --multi --preview 'just --unstable --color always --show \{\}'` invocation failed: .*\n",
+      r"error: Chooser `/ -cu fzf --multi --preview 'just --unstable --color always --justfile justfile --show \{\}'` invocation failed: .*\n",
     )
     .status(EXIT_FAILURE)
     .shell(false)