diff --git a/capture_opts.c b/capture_opts.c
index 6bf735b707..13eb70c3b3 100644
--- a/capture_opts.c
+++ b/capture_opts.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ capture_opts_cleanup(capture_options *capture_opts)
 
 /* log content of capture_opts */
 void
-capture_opts_log(enum ws_log_domain log_domain, enum ws_log_level log_level, capture_options *capture_opts) {
+capture_opts_log(const char *log_domain, enum ws_log_level log_level, capture_options *capture_opts) {
     guint i;
 
     ws_log(log_domain, log_level, "CAPTURE OPTIONS     :");
diff --git a/capture_opts.h b/capture_opts.h
index 2c6fffc8a3..6ce656a389 100644
--- a/capture_opts.h
+++ b/capture_opts.h
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ capture_opts_add_opt(capture_options *capture_opts, int opt, const char *optarg)
 
 /* log content of capture_opts */
 extern void
-capture_opts_log(enum ws_log_domain domain, enum ws_log_level level, capture_options *capture_opts);
+capture_opts_log(const char *domain, enum ws_log_level level, capture_options *capture_opts);
 
 enum caps_query {
     CAPS_QUERY_LINK_TYPES      = 0x1,
diff --git a/debian/libwsutil0.symbols b/debian/libwsutil0.symbols
index d9ea8f3d8e..78c8f36c20 100644
--- a/debian/libwsutil0.symbols
+++ b/debian/libwsutil0.symbols
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ libwsutil.so.0 libwsutil0 #MINVER#
  ws_init_sockets@Base 3.1.0
  ws_log@Base 3.5.0
  ws_log_add_custom_file@Base 3.5.0
- ws_log_domain_to_string@Base 3.5.0
  ws_log_fprint@Base 3.5.0
  ws_log_full@Base 3.5.0
  ws_log_get_level@Base 3.5.0
@@ -235,6 +234,8 @@ libwsutil.so.0 libwsutil0 #MINVER#
  ws_log_init_with_data@Base 3.5.0
  ws_log_level_is_active@Base 3.5.0
  ws_log_level_to_string@Base 3.5.0
+ ws_log_set_domain_filter_args@Base 3.5.0
+ ws_log_set_domain_filter_str@Base 3.5.0
  ws_log_set_level@Base 3.5.0
  ws_log_set_level_args@Base 3.5.0
  ws_log_set_level_str@Base 3.5.0
diff --git a/dumpcap.c b/dumpcap.c
index 3391e2697c..b9cffabdba 100644
--- a/dumpcap.c
+++ b/dumpcap.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ static gboolean need_timeout_workaround;
 static void
 dumpcap_log_writer(const char *format, va_list ap,
                                    const char *prefix,
-                                   enum ws_log_domain domain,
+                                   const char *domain,
                                    enum ws_log_level level,
                                    void *user_data);
 
@@ -4859,6 +4859,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         cmdarg_err("Invalid log level \"%s\"", opt_err_val);
         exit (1);
     }
+    ws_log_set_domain_filter_args(&argc, argv);
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
     create_app_running_mutex();
@@ -5572,7 +5573,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 static void
 dumpcap_log_writer(const char *format, va_list ap,
                                    const char *prefix,
-                                   enum ws_log_domain domain _U_,
+                                   const char *domain _U_,
                                    enum ws_log_level level _U_,
                                    void *user_data _U_)
 {
diff --git a/extcap/androiddump.c b/extcap/androiddump.c
index 1f0f21eab4..318cfde299 100644
--- a/extcap/androiddump.c
+++ b/extcap/androiddump.c
@@ -2540,6 +2540,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         cmdarg_err("Invalid log level \"%s\"", opt_err_val);
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
+    ws_log_set_domain_filter_args(&argc, argv);
 
     /*
      * Get credential information for later use.
diff --git a/extcap/randpktdump.c b/extcap/randpktdump.c
index a3336f8e7a..495850fac3 100644
--- a/extcap/randpktdump.c
+++ b/extcap/randpktdump.c
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		cmdarg_err("Invalid log level \"%s\"", opt_err_val);
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
+	ws_log_set_domain_filter_args(&argc, argv);
 
 	/*
 	 * Get credential information for later use.
diff --git a/rawshark.c b/rawshark.c
index 28593cd263..ec8700fd30 100644
--- a/rawshark.c
+++ b/rawshark.c
@@ -459,6 +459,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
         cmdarg_err("Invalid log level \"%s\"", opt_err_val);
         return INVALID_OPTION;
     }
+    ws_log_set_domain_filter_args(&argc, argv);
 
     /* Initialize the version information. */
     ws_init_version_info("Rawshark (Wireshark)", NULL,
diff --git a/sharkd.c b/sharkd.c
index d3c770d71d..fbc92862bc 100644
--- a/sharkd.c
+++ b/sharkd.c
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     cmdarg_err("Invalid log level \"%s\"", opt_err_val);
     return INIT_FAILED;
   }
+  ws_log_set_domain_filter_args(&argc, argv);
 
   /*
    * Get credential information for later use, and drop privileges
diff --git a/tfshark.c b/tfshark.c
index c9192d4dc1..9c8ed9c9b6 100644
--- a/tfshark.c
+++ b/tfshark.c
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     cmdarg_err("Invalid log level \"%s\"", opt_err_val);
     return INVALID_OPTION;
   }
+  ws_log_set_domain_filter_args(&argc, argv);
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
   create_app_running_mutex();
diff --git a/tshark.c b/tshark.c
index a224c5eaf2..5e0000875b 100644
--- a/tshark.c
+++ b/tshark.c
@@ -784,6 +784,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     cmdarg_err("Invalid log level \"%s\"", opt_err_val);
     return INVALID_OPTION;
   }
+  ws_log_set_domain_filter_args(&argc, argv);
 
   ws_debug("tshark started with %d args", argc);
 
diff --git a/ui/console.c b/ui/console.c
index cb3a62ea73..717d5bf0fc 100644
--- a/ui/console.c
+++ b/ui/console.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 void
 console_log_writer(const char *format, va_list ap,
-                    const char *prefix, enum ws_log_domain domain _U_,
+                    const char *prefix, const char *domain _U_,
                     enum ws_log_level level _U_, void *ptr _U_)
 {
     gboolean fatal = level == LOG_LEVEL_ERROR;
diff --git a/ui/console.h b/ui/console.h
index 6760efa15b..08933ba0d4 100644
--- a/ui/console.h
+++ b/ui/console.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 void
 console_log_writer(const char *format, va_list ap,
-                    const char *prefix, enum ws_log_domain domain,
+                    const char *prefix, const char *domain,
                     enum ws_log_level level, void *ptr);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/ui/qt/main.cpp b/ui/qt/main.cpp
index 53baad6b0f..608109fd85 100644
--- a/ui/qt/main.cpp
+++ b/ui/qt/main.cpp
@@ -587,6 +587,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *qt_argv[])
         cmdarg_err("Invalid log level \"%s\"", opt_err_val);
         exit_application(INVALID_OPTION);
     }
+    ws_log_set_domain_filter_args(&argc, argv);
 
     /*
      * Get credential information for later use, and drop privileges
diff --git a/ws_log_domains.h b/ws_log_domains.h
index 29ad446402..92ea91cff7 100644
--- a/ws_log_domains.h
+++ b/ws_log_domains.h
@@ -11,22 +11,21 @@
 #ifndef __WS_LOG_DOMAINS_H__
 #define __WS_LOG_DOMAINS_H__
 
-enum ws_log_domain {
+     /* Null domain */
+#define LOG_DOMAIN_NONE       "(notset)"
      /* Default domain */
-     LOG_DOMAIN_DEFAULT,
+#define LOG_DOMAIN_DEFAULT    "Default"
      /* Main execution domain (wireshark, tshark, etc) */
-     LOG_DOMAIN_MAIN,
+#define LOG_DOMAIN_MAIN       "Main"
      /* Capture domain (except for capture child, see below) */
-     LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE,
+#define LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE    "Capture"
      /* Capture child domain (the capture child might also contain
       * file domain messages!) */
-     LOG_DOMAIN_CAPCHILD,
-     LOG_DOMAIN_WIRETAP,
-     LOG_DOMAIN_EPAN,
-     LOG_DOMAIN_WSUTIL,
-     LOG_DOMAIN_QTUI,
-     _LOG_DOMAIN_LAST
-};
+#define LOG_DOMAIN_CAPCHILD   "Capchild"
+#define LOG_DOMAIN_WIRETAP    "Wiretap"
+#define LOG_DOMAIN_EPAN       "Epan"
+#define LOG_DOMAIN_WSUTIL     "WSUtil"
+#define LOG_DOMAIN_QTUI        "GUI"
 
 #endif /* __WS_LOG_DOMAINS_H__ */
 
diff --git a/wsutil/wslog.c b/wsutil/wslog.c
index 00eeab1e62..e89fe173ea 100644
--- a/wsutil/wslog.c
+++ b/wsutil/wslog.c
@@ -20,13 +20,16 @@
 
 #define PREFIX_BUFSIZE  128
 
-#define LOGENVVAR "WS_LOG_LEVEL"
+#define _ENV_LEVEL "WS_LOG_LEVEL"
+#define _ENV_DOMAINS "WS_LOG_DOMAINS"
 
 
 /* TODO: Add filtering by domain. */
 
 static enum ws_log_level current_log_level = LOG_LEVEL_MESSAGE;
 
+GPtrArray *domain_filter = NULL;
+
 static ws_log_writer_cb *registered_log_writer = NULL;
 
 static void *registered_log_writer_data = NULL;
@@ -73,37 +76,33 @@ const char *ws_log_level_to_string(enum ws_log_level level)
 }
 
 
-const char *ws_log_domain_to_string(enum ws_log_domain domain)
-{
-    switch (domain) {
-        case LOG_DOMAIN_DEFAULT:
-            return "Default";
-        case LOG_DOMAIN_MAIN:
-            return "Main";
-        case LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE:
-            return "Capture";
-        case LOG_DOMAIN_CAPCHILD:
-            return "CapChild";
-        case LOG_DOMAIN_WIRETAP:
-            return "Wiretap";
-        case LOG_DOMAIN_EPAN:
-            return "Epan";
-        case LOG_DOMAIN_WSUTIL:
-            return "Util";
-        case LOG_DOMAIN_QTUI:
-            return "GUI";
-        default:
-            return "(BOGUS LOG DOMAIN)";
-    }
-}
-
-
 gboolean ws_log_level_is_active(enum ws_log_level level)
 {
     return level <= current_log_level;
 }
 
 
+gboolean ws_log_domain_is_active(const char *domain)
+{
+    if (domain_filter == NULL)
+        return TRUE;
+
+    for (guint i = 0; i < domain_filter->len; i++) {
+        if (g_ascii_strcasecmp(domain_filter->pdata[i], domain) == 0) {
+            return TRUE;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
+
+static gboolean log_drop_message(const char *domain, enum ws_log_level level)
+{
+    return !ws_log_level_is_active(level) || !ws_log_domain_is_active(domain);
+}
+
+
 enum ws_log_level ws_log_get_level(void)
 {
     return current_log_level;
@@ -146,14 +145,11 @@ enum ws_log_level ws_log_set_level_str(const char *str_level)
 }
 
 
-static const char *set_level_and_prune_argv(int count, char **ptr, int prune_extra,
+static const char *log_prune_argv(int count, char **ptr, int prune_extra,
                                 const char *optarg, int *ret_argc)
 {
-    if (optarg && ws_log_set_level_str(optarg) != LOG_LEVEL_NONE)
-        optarg = NULL; /* success */
-
     /*
-     * We found a "--log-level" option. We will remove it from
+     * We found a log option. We will remove it from
      * the argv by moving up the other strings in the array. This is
      * so that it doesn't generate an unrecognized option
      * error further along in the initialization process.
@@ -165,21 +161,20 @@ static const char *set_level_and_prune_argv(int count, char **ptr, int prune_ext
     return optarg;
 }
 
-const char *ws_log_set_level_args(int *argc_ptr, char *argv[])
+const char *log_parse_args(int *argc_ptr, char *argv[], const char *optstr)
 {
     char **p;
     int c;
-    const char *opt = "--log-level";
-    size_t len = strlen(opt);
+    size_t optlen = strlen(optstr);
     const char *optarg;
 
     for (p = argv, c = *argc_ptr; *p != NULL; p++, c--) {
-        if (strncmp(*p, opt, len) == 0) {
-            optarg = *p + len;
+        if (strncmp(*p, optstr, optlen) == 0) {
+            optarg = *p + optlen;
             /* Two possibilities:
-             *      --log_level <level>
+             *      --<option> <value>
              * or
-             *      --log-level=<level>
+             *      --<option>=<value>
              */
             if (optarg[0] == '\0') {
                 /* value is separated with blank space */
@@ -188,14 +183,14 @@ const char *ws_log_set_level_args(int *argc_ptr, char *argv[])
                 /* If the option value after the blank is missing or stars with '-' just ignore it.
                  * But we should probably signal an error (missing required value). */
                 if (optarg == NULL || !*optarg || *optarg == '-') {
-                    return set_level_and_prune_argv(c, p, 0, NULL, argc_ptr);
+                    return log_prune_argv(c, p, 0, NULL, argc_ptr);
                 }
-                return set_level_and_prune_argv(c, p, 1, optarg, argc_ptr);
+                return log_prune_argv(c, p, 1, optarg, argc_ptr);
             }
             else if (optarg[0] == '=') {
                 /* value is after equals */
                 optarg += 1;
-                return set_level_and_prune_argv(c, p, 0, optarg, argc_ptr);
+                return log_prune_argv(c, p, 0, optarg, argc_ptr);
             }
             /* we didn't find what we want */
         }
@@ -204,17 +199,72 @@ const char *ws_log_set_level_args(int *argc_ptr, char *argv[])
 }
 
 
+const char *ws_log_set_level_args(int *argc_ptr, char *argv[])
+{
+    const char *optval = NULL;
+    enum ws_log_level level;
+
+    optval = log_parse_args(argc_ptr, argv, "--log-level");
+    if (optval == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+
+    level = ws_log_set_level_str(optval);
+    if (level == LOG_LEVEL_NONE)
+        return optval;
+
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+
+void ws_log_set_domain_filter_str(const char *str_filter)
+{
+    char *tok;
+    const char *sep = ",;";
+    char *str;
+
+    if (domain_filter != NULL)
+        g_ptr_array_free(domain_filter, TRUE);
+
+    domain_filter = g_ptr_array_new_with_free_func(g_free);
+
+    str = g_strdup(str_filter);
+
+    for (tok = strtok(str, sep); tok != NULL; tok = strtok(NULL, sep)) {
+        g_ptr_array_add(domain_filter, g_strdup(tok));
+    }
+
+    g_free(str);
+}
+
+void ws_log_set_domain_filter_args(int *argc_ptr, char *argv[])
+{
+    const char *optval = NULL;
+
+    optval = log_parse_args(argc_ptr, argv, "--log-domains");
+    if (optval == NULL)
+        return;
+
+    ws_log_set_domain_filter_str(optval);
+}
+
+
 void ws_log_init(ws_log_writer_cb *_writer)
 {
     if (_writer) {
         registered_log_writer = _writer;
     }
 
-    const char *env = g_getenv(LOGENVVAR);
+    const char *env;
+
+    env = g_getenv(_ENV_LEVEL);
     if (env && ws_log_set_level_str(env) == LOG_LEVEL_NONE) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Ignoring invalid environment value %s=\"%s\"\n", LOGENVVAR, env);
+        fprintf(stderr, "Ignoring invalid environment value %s=\"%s\"\n", _ENV_LEVEL, env);
     }
 
+    env = g_getenv(_ENV_DOMAINS);
+    if (env)
+        ws_log_set_domain_filter_str(env);
+
     atexit(ws_log_cleanup);
 }
 
@@ -244,23 +294,6 @@ static inline const char *_lvl_to_str(enum ws_log_level level)
 }
 
 
-static inline const char *_dom_to_str(enum ws_log_domain domain)
-{
-    switch (domain) {
-        case LOG_DOMAIN_DEFAULT:   return "Dflt";
-        case LOG_DOMAIN_MAIN:      return "Main";
-        case LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE:   return "Capt";
-        case LOG_DOMAIN_CAPCHILD:  return "CChd";
-        case LOG_DOMAIN_WIRETAP:   return "Wtap";
-        case LOG_DOMAIN_EPAN:      return "Epan";
-        case LOG_DOMAIN_WSUTIL:    return "Util";
-        case LOG_DOMAIN_QTUI:      return "Qtui";
-        default:
-            return "(BOGUS LOG DOMAIN)";
-    }
-}
-
-
 struct logstr {
     char buffer[PREFIX_BUFSIZE];
     char *ptr;
@@ -328,12 +361,12 @@ static void create_log_time(struct logstr *str)
 
 
 static void logstr_prefix_print(struct logstr *str,
-                                enum ws_log_domain domain,  enum ws_log_level level,
+                                const char *domain,  enum ws_log_level level,
                                 const char *file, int line, const char *func)
 {
     create_log_time(str);
 
-    logstr_snprintf(str, " [%s-%s]", _dom_to_str(domain), _lvl_to_str(level));
+    logstr_snprintf(str, " [%s-%s]", domain, _lvl_to_str(level));
 
     if (func)
         logstr_snprintf(str, " %s()", func);
@@ -346,7 +379,7 @@ static void logstr_prefix_print(struct logstr *str,
 }
 
 
-static void log_internal_write(enum ws_log_domain domain, enum ws_log_level level,
+static void log_internal_write(const char *domain, enum ws_log_level level,
                             const char *file, int line, const char *func,
                             const char *user_format, va_list user_ap)
 {
@@ -377,22 +410,22 @@ static void log_internal_write(enum ws_log_domain domain, enum ws_log_level leve
 }
 
 
-void ws_logv(enum ws_log_domain domain, enum ws_log_level level,
+void ws_logv(const char *domain, enum ws_log_level level,
                     const char *format, va_list ap)
 {
-    if (!ws_log_level_is_active(level))
+    if (log_drop_message(domain, level))
         return;
 
     log_internal_write(domain, level, NULL, -1, NULL, format, ap);
 }
 
 
-void ws_log(enum ws_log_domain domain, enum ws_log_level level,
+void ws_log(const char *domain, enum ws_log_level level,
                     const char *format, ...)
 {
     va_list ap;
 
-    if (!ws_log_level_is_active(level))
+    if (log_drop_message(domain, level))
         return;
 
     va_start(ap, format);
@@ -401,13 +434,13 @@ void ws_log(enum ws_log_domain domain, enum ws_log_level level,
 }
 
 
-void ws_log_full(enum ws_log_domain domain, enum ws_log_level level,
+void ws_log_full(const char *domain, enum ws_log_level level,
                     const char *file, int line, const char *func,
                     const char *format, ...)
 {
     va_list ap;
 
-    if (!ws_log_level_is_active(level))
+    if (log_drop_message(domain, level))
         return;
 
     va_start(ap, format);
@@ -426,6 +459,10 @@ static void ws_log_cleanup(void)
         fclose(custom_log);
         custom_log = NULL;
     }
+    if (domain_filter) {
+        g_ptr_array_free(domain_filter, TRUE);
+        domain_filter = NULL;
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/wsutil/wslog.h b/wsutil/wslog.h
index 6fa4f66a42..382b102996 100644
--- a/wsutil/wslog.h
+++ b/wsutil/wslog.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ enum ws_log_level {
 /** Callback for registering a log writer. */
 typedef void (ws_log_writer_cb)(const char *format, va_list ap,
                                    const char *prefix,
-                                   enum ws_log_domain domain,
+                                   const char *domain,
                                    enum ws_log_level level,
                                    void *user_data);
 
@@ -63,11 +63,6 @@ WS_DLL_PUBLIC
 const char *ws_log_level_to_string(enum ws_log_level level);
 
 
-/** Convert a numerical domain to its string representation. */
-WS_DLL_PUBLIC
-const char *ws_log_domain_to_string(enum ws_log_domain domain);
-
-
 /** Checks if the active log level would discard a message for the given
  * log domain.
  *
@@ -108,6 +103,23 @@ WS_DLL_PUBLIC
 const char *ws_log_set_level_args(int *argcp, char **argv);
 
 
+/** Set a domain filter from a string.
+ *
+ * Domain filter is a case insensitive list separated by ',' or ';'. Only
+ * the domains in the filter will generate output; the others will be muted.
+ */
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC
+void ws_log_set_domain_filter_str(const char *domain_filter);
+
+
+/** Set the active domain from an argv vector.
+ *
+ * Same as above but parses the filter from the command line arguments.
+ */
+WS_DLL_PUBLIC
+void ws_log_set_domain_filter_args(int *argcp, char **argv);
+
+
 /** Initializes the logging code.
  *
  * Must be called at startup before using the log API. If provided the
@@ -134,7 +146,7 @@ void ws_log_init_with_data(ws_log_writer_cb *writer, void *user_data,
  * Takes a format string and a variable number of arguments.
  */
 WS_DLL_PUBLIC
-void ws_log(enum ws_log_domain domain, enum ws_log_level level,
+void ws_log(const char *domain, enum ws_log_level level,
                     const char *format, ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF(3,4);
 
 /** This function is called to output a message to the log.
@@ -142,7 +154,7 @@ void ws_log(enum ws_log_domain domain, enum ws_log_level level,
  * Takes a format string and a 'va_list'.
  */
 WS_DLL_PUBLIC
-void ws_logv(enum ws_log_domain domain, enum ws_log_level level,
+void ws_logv(const char *domain, enum ws_log_level level,
                     const char *format, va_list ap);
 
 
@@ -152,7 +164,7 @@ void ws_logv(enum ws_log_domain domain, enum ws_log_level level,
  * information. 'func' may be NULL.
  */
 WS_DLL_PUBLIC
-void ws_log_full(enum ws_log_domain domain, enum ws_log_level level,
+void ws_log_full(const char *domain, enum ws_log_level level,
                     const char *file, int line, const char *func,
                     const char *format, ...) G_GNUC_PRINTF(6,7);