diff --git a/docbook/release-notes.adoc b/docbook/release-notes.adoc
index cd8ac43164..b244bbfbd4 100644
--- a/docbook/release-notes.adoc
+++ b/docbook/release-notes.adoc
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ since version 3.1.0:
 * IOGraph automatically adds a graph for the selected display filter if no
   previous graph exists
 * Action buttons for the display filter bar may be aligned left via the context menu
+* Allow extcaps to be loaded from the personal configuration directory
 
 The following features are new (or have been significantly updated)
 since version 3.0.0:
diff --git a/extcap.c b/extcap.c
index fcf3ab8f78..8921915c7a 100644
--- a/extcap.c
+++ b/extcap.c
@@ -219,17 +219,13 @@ extcap_dump_all(void)
     extcap_get_descriptions(print_extcap_description, NULL);
 }
 
-/**
- * Obtains a list of extcap program paths. Use g_slist_free_full(paths, g_free)
- * to destroy the list.
- */
 static GSList *
-extcap_get_extcap_paths(void)
+extcap_get_extcap_paths_from_dir(GSList * list, const char * dirname)
 {
-    GDir *dir;
-    const char *dirname = get_extcap_dir();
-    const gchar *file;
-    GSList *paths = NULL;
+    GDir * dir;
+    const char * file;
+
+    GSList * paths = list;
 
     if ((dir = g_dir_open(dirname, 0, NULL)) != NULL) {
         while ((file = g_dir_read_name(dir)) != NULL) {
@@ -250,6 +246,21 @@ extcap_get_extcap_paths(void)
     return paths;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Obtains a list of extcap program paths. Use g_slist_free_full(paths, g_free)
+ * to destroy the list.
+ */
+static GSList *
+extcap_get_extcap_paths(void)
+{
+    GSList *paths = NULL;
+
+    paths = extcap_get_extcap_paths_from_dir(paths, get_persconffile_path("extcap", FALSE));
+    paths = extcap_get_extcap_paths_from_dir(paths, get_extcap_dir());
+
+    return paths;
+}
+
 static extcap_interface *
 extcap_find_interface_for_ifname(const gchar *ifname)
 {
@@ -1688,6 +1699,9 @@ extcap_ensure_interface(const gchar * toolname, gboolean create_if_nonexist)
         _loaded_interfaces = g_hash_table_new_full(g_str_hash, g_str_equal, g_free, extcap_free_interface);
 
     element = (extcap_info *) g_hash_table_lookup(_loaded_interfaces, toolname );
+    if ( element )
+        return NULL;
+
     if ( ! element && create_if_nonexist )
     {
         g_hash_table_insert(_loaded_interfaces, g_strdup(toolname), g_new0(extcap_info, 1));
@@ -1753,7 +1767,8 @@ process_new_extcap(const char *extcap, char *output)
     element = extcap_ensure_interface(toolname, TRUE);
     if ( element == NULL )
     {
-        g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE, G_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Cannot store interface %s, maybe duplicate?", extcap );
+        g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE, G_LOG_LEVEL_WARNING,
+            "Cannot store interface %s, already loaded as personal plugin", extcap );
         g_list_foreach(interfaces, remove_extcap_entry, NULL);
         g_list_free(interfaces);
         g_list_free(interface_keys);
diff --git a/ui/qt/about_dialog.cpp b/ui/qt/about_dialog.cpp
index 7cb00132e1..50c4482370 100644
--- a/ui/qt/about_dialog.cpp
+++ b/ui/qt/about_dialog.cpp
@@ -233,10 +233,8 @@ FolderListModel::FolderListModel(QObject * parent):
 #endif
 
     /* Extcap */
-    QStringList extPaths = QString(get_extcap_dir()).split(G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S);
-
-    foreach(QString path, extPaths)
-        appendRow( QStringList() << tr("Extcap path") << path.trimmed() << tr("Extcap Plugins search path"));
+    appendRow( QStringList() << tr("Personal Extcap path") << QString(get_persconffile_path("extcap", FALSE)).trimmed() << tr("Extcap Plugins search path"));
+    appendRow( QStringList() << tr("Global Extcap path") << QString(get_extcap_dir()).trimmed() << tr("Extcap Plugins search path"));
 
 #ifdef HAVE_MAXMINDDB
     /* MaxMind DB */