diff --git a/src/app/commands/mod.rs b/src/app/commands/mod.rs
index 2c2e31464..cb920f17d 100644
--- a/src/app/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/src/app/commands/mod.rs
@@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ inventory::submit!(crate::command::CommandRegistration {
         "PDFIMPORTMODE",
         "PDFIMPORTFILTER",
         "PDFIMPORTLAYERS",
+        "PDFIMPORTIMAGEPATH",
         "XDWGFADECTL",
         "POINTCLOUDCLIPFRAME",
         "XCLIPFRAME",
diff --git a/src/app/commands/pdf_import.rs b/src/app/commands/pdf_import.rs
index 0615bbdc1..2d3ca8eed 100644
--- a/src/app/commands/pdf_import.rs
+++ b/src/app/commands/pdf_import.rs
@@ -77,13 +77,12 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
         };
         let naming = pdf_import::LayerNaming {
             settings,
-            prefix: import_prefix(&path),
+            prefix: import_prefix(),
             current: current_layer.clone(),
         };
         let mut result = pdf_import::convert(&content, &underlay, &area, &naming);
         let images = std::mem::take(&mut result.images);
-        // PDFIMPORTIMAGEPATH "PDF Images": a folder next to the PDF.
-        let image_dir = std::path::Path::new(&path).parent().map(|dir| dir.join("PDF Images"));
+        let image_dir = pdf_import::image_dir(&path);
 
         self.push_undo_snapshot(i, "PDFIMPORT");
         let scene = &mut self.tabs[i].scene;
@@ -95,8 +94,8 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             lt.pattern_length = 1.0;
             let _ = scene.document.line_types.add(lt);
         }
-        // Raster images: each written as a PNG under "PDF Images" next to the
-        // PDF, named after it with 8 hex digits, then referenced.
+        // Raster images: each written as a PNG in the PDFIMPORTIMAGEPATH
+        // folder, named after the PDF with 8 hex digits, then referenced.
         let stem = std::path::Path::new(&path.replace('\\', "/"))
             .file_stem()
             .map(|s| s.to_string_lossy().into_owned())
@@ -236,24 +235,15 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
     }
 }
 
-/// The layer prefix of an imported file: "PDF_" for the first file of the
-/// session, "PDF2_", "PDF3_" … for each other file.
-// ponytail: remembered for the session only; a reopened drawing starts from
+/// The layer prefix of an import: "PDF_" for the first import of the
+/// session, "PDF2_", "PDF3_" … for each later one, of the same file or not.
+// ponytail: counted for the session only; a reopened drawing starts from
 // "PDF_" again.
-fn import_prefix(path: &str) -> String {
-    static FILES: std::sync::Mutex<Vec<String>> = std::sync::Mutex::new(Vec::new());
-    let mut files = FILES.lock().unwrap_or_else(|e| e.into_inner());
-    let index = match files.iter().position(|f| f.eq_ignore_ascii_case(path)) {
-        Some(at) => at,
-        None => {
-            files.push(path.to_string());
-            files.len() - 1
-        }
-    };
-    if index == 0 {
-        "PDF_".to_string()
-    } else {
-        format!("PDF{}_", index + 1)
+fn import_prefix() -> String {
+    static IMPORTS: std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize = std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize::new(0);
+    match IMPORTS.fetch_add(1, std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed) {
+        0 => "PDF_".to_string(),
+        n => format!("PDF{}_", n + 1),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/app/commands/styleprops.rs b/src/app/commands/styleprops.rs
index 94532c1c9..13f79e8c4 100644
--- a/src/app/commands/styleprops.rs
+++ b/src/app/commands/styleprops.rs
@@ -1022,6 +1022,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                     | "PDFIMPORTMODE"
                     | "PDFIMPORTFILTER"
                     | "PDFIMPORTLAYERS"
+                    | "PDFIMPORTIMAGEPATH"
                     | "XDWGFADECTL"
                     | "POINTCLOUDCLIPFRAME"
                     | "XCLIPFRAME"
@@ -1158,6 +1159,24 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                         }
                         return Some(self.finish_dispatch(cmd));
                     }
+                    // A folder name; "." clears it.
+                    if name == "PDFIMPORTIMAGEPATH" {
+                        use crate::modules::insert::pdf_import::{image_path, set_image_path};
+                        match &value {
+                            Some(value) => {
+                                let value = value.trim().trim_matches('"');
+                                set_image_path(if value == "." { String::new() } else { value.to_string() });
+                            }
+                            None => {
+                                self.command_line.push_output(&format!(
+                                    "Enter new value for PDFIMPORTIMAGEPATH, or . for none <\"{}\">:",
+                                    image_path()
+                                ));
+                                self.pending_setvar = Some(name.clone());
+                            }
+                        }
+                        return Some(self.finish_dispatch(cmd));
+                    }
                     if matches!(name.as_str(), "PDFOSNAP" | "UOSNAP") {
                         let current = i16::from(crate::scene::model::pdf_vector::pdf_osnap());
                         if let Some(value) = &value {
diff --git a/src/modules/insert/pdf_import.rs b/src/modules/insert/pdf_import.rs
index 0c1711001..1369008f2 100644
--- a/src/modules/insert/pdf_import.rs
+++ b/src/modules/insert/pdf_import.rs
@@ -134,6 +134,35 @@ pub fn set_import_settings(settings: PdfImportSettings) {
     }
 }
 
+static IMAGE_PATH: std::sync::Mutex<Option<String>> = std::sync::Mutex::new(None);
+
+/// PDFIMPORTIMAGEPATH: the folder raster images are extracted to — relative
+/// to the folder of the PDF, absolute as given, empty for that folder itself.
+pub fn image_path() -> String {
+    IMAGE_PATH
+        .lock()
+        .ok()
+        .and_then(|p| p.clone())
+        .unwrap_or_else(|| "PDF Images".to_string())
+}
+
+pub fn set_image_path(path: String) {
+    if let Ok(mut p) = IMAGE_PATH.lock() {
+        *p = Some(path);
+    }
+}
+
+/// The extraction folder for the PDF at `pdf`.
+pub fn image_dir(pdf: &str) -> Option<std::path::PathBuf> {
+    let setting = image_path();
+    let folder = std::path::Path::new(&setting);
+    if folder.is_absolute() {
+        return Some(folder.to_path_buf());
+    }
+    let parent = std::path::Path::new(pdf).parent()?;
+    Some(if setting.is_empty() { parent.to_path_buf() } else { parent.join(folder) })
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
 pub enum ImportArea {
     All,