diff --git a/editcap.c b/editcap.c
index 2cd4a1ceb8..fdb80c8d09 100644
--- a/editcap.c
+++ b/editcap.c
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
 
 #include <wiretap/wtap.h>
 
+#include "epan/etypes.h"
+
 #ifndef HAVE_GETOPT_LONG
 #include "wsutil/wsgetopt.h"
 #endif
@@ -167,6 +169,7 @@ static double                 err_prob                  = 0.0;
 static time_t                 starttime                 = 0;
 static time_t                 stoptime                  = 0;
 static gboolean               check_startstop           = FALSE;
+static gboolean               rem_vlan                  = FALSE;
 static gboolean               dup_detect                = FALSE;
 static gboolean               dup_detect_by_time        = FALSE;
 
@@ -545,6 +548,34 @@ set_rel_time(char *optarg_str_p)
     relative_time_window.nsecs = (int)val;
 }
 
+#define LINUX_SLL_OFFSETP 14
+#define VLAN_SIZE 4
+static void
+sll_remove_vlan_info(guint8* fd, guint32* len) {
+    if (g_ntohs(*(fd + LINUX_SLL_OFFSETP)) == ETHERTYPE_VLAN) {
+        int rest_len;
+        /* point to start of vlan */
+        fd = fd + LINUX_SLL_OFFSETP;
+        /* bytes to read after vlan info */
+        rest_len = *len - (LINUX_SLL_OFFSETP + VLAN_SIZE);
+        /* remove vlan info from packet */
+        memmove(fd, fd + VLAN_SIZE, rest_len);
+        *len -= 4;
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+remove_vlan_info(const struct wtap_pkthdr *phdr, guint8* fd, guint32* len) {
+    switch (phdr->pkt_encap) {
+        case WTAP_ENCAP_SLL:
+            sll_remove_vlan_info(fd, len);
+            break;
+        default:
+            /* no support for current pkt_encap */
+            break;
+    }
+}
+
 static gboolean
 is_duplicate(guint8* fd, guint32 len) {
     int i;
@@ -710,6 +741,7 @@ print_usage(FILE *output)
     fprintf(output, "                         given time (format as YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss).\n");
     fprintf(output, "\n");
     fprintf(output, "Duplicate packet removal:\n");
+    fprintf(output, "  --novlan                remove vlan info from packets before checking for duplicates.\n");
     fprintf(output, "  -d                     remove packet if duplicate (window == %d).\n", DEFAULT_DUP_DEPTH);
     fprintf(output, "  -D <dup window>        remove packet if duplicate; configurable <dup window>\n");
     fprintf(output, "                         Valid <dup window> values are 0 to %d.\n", MAX_DUP_DEPTH);
@@ -935,6 +967,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     gchar        *read_err_info, *write_err_info;
     int           opt;
     static const struct option long_options[] = {
+        {"novlan", no_argument, NULL, 0x8100},
         {"help", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
         {"version", no_argument, NULL, 'V'},
         {0, 0, 0, 0 }
@@ -1020,6 +1053,12 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     /* Process the options */
     while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:A:B:c:C:dD:E:F:hi:I:Lo:rs:S:t:T:vVw:", long_options, NULL)) != -1) {
         switch (opt) {
+        case 0x8100:
+        {
+            rem_vlan = TRUE;
+            break;
+        }
+
         case 'a':
         {
             guint frame_number;
@@ -1592,6 +1631,12 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
                     }
                 } /* time stamp adjustment */
 
+                /* remove vlan info */
+                if (rem_vlan) {
+                    /* TODO: keep casting const like this? change pointer instead of value? */
+                    remove_vlan_info(phdr, buf, (guint32 *) &phdr->caplen);
+                }
+
                 /* suppress duplicates by packet window */
                 if (dup_detect) {
                     if (is_duplicate(buf, phdr->caplen)) {