diff --git a/news/2 Fixes/4140.md b/news/2 Fixes/4140.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cc07247c8cd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/2 Fixes/4140.md	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Have the new export commands use our directory change code
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/client/datascience/historycommandlistener.ts b/src/client/datascience/historycommandlistener.ts
index 2c354256ca48..f8f2d5e911d2 100644
--- a/src/client/datascience/historycommandlistener.ts
+++ b/src/client/datascience/historycommandlistener.ts
@@ -134,7 +134,13 @@ export class HistoryCommandListener implements IDataScienceCommandListener {
 
                     await this.waitForStatus(async () => {
                         if (uri) {
-                            const notebook = await this.jupyterExporter.translateToNotebook(cells);
+                            let directoryChange;
+                            const settings = this.configuration.getSettings();
+                            if (settings.datascience.changeDirOnImportExport) {
+                                directoryChange = uri.fsPath;
+                            }
+
+                            const notebook = await this.jupyterExporter.translateToNotebook(cells, directoryChange);
                             await this.fileSystem.writeFile(uri.fsPath, JSON.stringify(notebook));
                         }
                     }, localize.DataScience.exportingFormat(), file);
@@ -218,7 +224,12 @@ export class HistoryCommandListener implements IDataScienceCommandListener {
                 })));
 
             // Then save them to the file
-            const notebook = await this.jupyterExporter.translateToNotebook(cells);
+            let directoryChange;
+            if (settings.datascience.changeDirOnImportExport) {
+                directoryChange = file;
+            }
+
+            const notebook = await this.jupyterExporter.translateToNotebook(cells, directoryChange);
             await this.fileSystem.writeFile(file, JSON.stringify(notebook));
 
         } finally {