diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b6d1f82..3b9af47 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -324,6 +324,19 @@ you jump to the definition of `StatelessWidget`, the lsp will not try and index
 files in that directory. If for some reason you would like this behaviour set `analysisExcludedFolders = {}`
 You cannot/should not edit the files in the sdk directly so diagnostic analysis of these file is pointless.
 
+The analysis server analyses the whole project found via `root_patterns` (or the whole
+[pub workspace](https://dart.dev/tools/pub/workspaces)). If you would rather it only analysed the
+packages of the files you have open, you can enable `onlyAnalyzeProjectsWithOpenFiles`, at the cost of
+the server rebuilding its analysis roots every time a file is opened or closed:
+
+```lua
+lsp = {
+  init_options = {
+    onlyAnalyzeProjectsWithOpenFiles = true,
+  },
+}
+```
+
 #### Project Configuration
 
 It is possible to configure how each project is run using neovim's `exrc` functionality (see `:help exrc`).
diff --git a/lua/flutter-tools/lsp/init.lua b/lua/flutter-tools/lsp/init.lua
index c10df59..38da84a 100644
--- a/lua/flutter-tools/lsp/init.lua
+++ b/lua/flutter-tools/lsp/init.lua
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ local function get_defaults(opts)
     or opts.flutter_sdk
   local config = {
     init_options = {
-      onlyAnalyzeProjectsWithOpenFiles = true,
       suggestFromUnimportedLibraries = true,
       closingLabels = true,
       outline = true,
@@ -175,7 +174,7 @@ function M.get_project_root_dir(buffer_path)
     local root_path = lsp_utils.is_valid_path(buffer_path)
         and path.find_root(conf.root_patterns, buffer_path)
       or nil
-    if root_path ~= nil then return root_path end
+    if root_path ~= nil and not path.is_home_or_fs_root(root_path) then return root_path end
   end
   local client = lsp_utils.get_dartls_client()
   return client and client.config.root_dir or nil
@@ -285,11 +284,14 @@ function M.attach()
     -- This callback can run asynchronously, by which point the user may have
     -- switched to or deleted the buffer we were asked to attach to.
     if not api.nvim_buf_is_valid(buf) then return end
-    c.root_dir = M.get_project_root_dir(buffer_path)
+    local root_dir = M.get_project_root_dir(buffer_path)
       or fs.dirname(fs.find(conf.root_patterns, {
         path = buffer_path,
         upward = true,
       })[1])
+    -- Without a root, dartls analyses only the packages of the open files
+    -- instead of everything under the home directory or filesystem root.
+    if root_dir and not path.is_home_or_fs_root(root_dir) then c.root_dir = root_dir end
     vim.lsp.start(c, { bufnr = buf })
   end)
 end
diff --git a/lua/flutter-tools/utils/path.lua b/lua/flutter-tools/utils/path.lua
index def5039..5f1ed47 100644
--- a/lua/flutter-tools/utils/path.lua
+++ b/lua/flutter-tools/utils/path.lua
@@ -200,6 +200,15 @@ function M.pub_cache_dir()
   return vim.env.HOME and M.join(vim.env.HOME, ".pub-cache")
 end
 
+---@param dir string
+---@return boolean
+function M.is_home_or_fs_root(dir)
+  local real_dir = vim.fs.normalize(uv.fs_realpath(dir) or dir)
+  if vim.fs.dirname(real_dir) == real_dir then return true end
+  local home = uv.os_homedir()
+  return home ~= nil and real_dir == vim.fs.normalize(uv.fs_realpath(home) or home)
+end
+
 ---@param dir string
 ---@return boolean
 local function is_flutter_sdk_root(dir)
diff --git a/tests/path_spec.lua b/tests/path_spec.lua
index 811c7a2..1b0764d 100644
--- a/tests/path_spec.lua
+++ b/tests/path_spec.lua
@@ -156,3 +156,22 @@ describe("path.is_flutter_dependency_path", function()
     assert.is_false(path.is_flutter_dependency_path(""))
   end)
 end)
+
+describe("path.is_home_or_fs_root", function()
+  it(
+    "should reject the home directory",
+    function() assert.is_true(path.is_home_or_fs_root(vim.uv.os_homedir())) end
+  )
+
+  it("should reject the filesystem root", function()
+    local fs_root = path.is_windows and "C:\\" or "/"
+    assert.is_true(path.is_home_or_fs_root(fs_root))
+  end)
+
+  it("should accept a project directory", function()
+    local project = vim.fn.tempname()
+    vim.fn.mkdir(project, "p")
+    assert.is_false(path.is_home_or_fs_root(project))
+    vim.fn.delete(project, "rf")
+  end)
+end)