diff --git a/capture_opts.c b/capture_opts.c
index cc5bf10ef9..e9a3a2327d 100644
--- a/capture_opts.c
+++ b/capture_opts.c
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ capture_opts_init(capture_options *capture_opts)
   capture_opts->autostop_duration               = 60;               /* 1 min */
 
   capture_opts->output_to_pipe                  = FALSE;
+  capture_opts->capture_child                   = FALSE;
 }
 
 
@@ -488,6 +489,11 @@ capture_opts_add_iface_opt(capture_options *capture_opts, const char *optarg_str
             interface_opts.console_display_name = g_strdup(if_info->name);
         }
         free_interface_list(if_list);
+    } else if (capture_opts->capture_child) {
+        /* In Wireshark capture child mode, thus proper device name is supplied. */
+        /* No need for trying to match it for friendly names. */
+        interface_opts.name = g_strdup(optarg_str_p);
+        interface_opts.console_display_name = g_strdup(optarg_str_p);
     } else {
         /*
          * Retrieve the interface list so that we can search for the
diff --git a/capture_opts.h b/capture_opts.h
index 7d966bc559..4cd77c63c5 100644
--- a/capture_opts.h
+++ b/capture_opts.h
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ typedef struct capture_options_tag {
 
     /* internally used (don't touch from outside) */
     gboolean output_to_pipe;        /**< save_file is a pipe (named or stdout) */
+	gboolean capture_child;         /**< hidden option: Wireshark child mode */
 } capture_options;
 
 /* initialize the capture_options with some reasonable values */
diff --git a/capture_sync.c b/capture_sync.c
index 7bff5e6c48..5914977c6c 100644
--- a/capture_sync.c
+++ b/capture_sync.c
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ sync_pipe_close_command(int *data_read_fd, int *message_read_fd,
 /* XXX - assumes PIPE_BUF_SIZE > SP_MAX_MSG_LEN */
 #define PIPE_BUF_SIZE 5120
 static int
-sync_pipe_run_command(char** argv, gchar **data, gchar **primary_msg,
+sync_pipe_run_command_actual(char** argv, gchar **data, gchar **primary_msg,
                       gchar **secondary_msg)
 {
     gchar *msg;
@@ -1128,6 +1128,43 @@ sync_pipe_run_command(char** argv, gchar **data, gchar **primary_msg,
     return ret;
 }
 
+/* centralised logging and timing for sync_pipe_run_command_actual(), 
+* redirects to sync_pipe_run_command_actual()
+*/
+static int
+sync_pipe_run_command(char** argv, gchar **data, gchar **primary_msg,
+                      gchar **secondary_msg)
+{
+    int ret, i;
+    GTimeVal start_time;
+    GTimeVal end_time;
+    float elapsed;
+    int logging_enabled;
+    
+    /* check if logging is actually enabled, otherwise don't expend the CPU generating logging */
+    logging_enabled=( (G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG | G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO) & G_LOG_LEVEL_MASK & prefs.console_log_level);
+    if(logging_enabled){
+        g_get_current_time(&start_time);
+        g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE, G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "sync_pipe_run_command() starts");
+        for(i=0; argv[i] != 0; i++) {
+            g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE, G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "  argv[%d]: %s", i, argv[i]);
+        }
+    }
+    /* do the actual sync pipe run command */
+    ret=sync_pipe_run_command_actual(argv, data, primary_msg, secondary_msg);
+
+    if(logging_enabled){
+        g_get_current_time(&end_time);
+        elapsed = (float) ((end_time.tv_sec - start_time.tv_sec) +
+                           ((end_time.tv_usec - start_time.tv_usec) / 1e6));
+
+        g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE, G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "sync_pipe_run_command() ends, taking %.3fs, result=%d", elapsed, ret);
+
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
+
 int
 sync_interface_set_80211_chan(const gchar *iface, const char *freq, const gchar *type,
                               gchar **data, gchar **primary_msg,
@@ -1236,7 +1273,7 @@ sync_if_capabilities_open(const gchar *ifname, gboolean monitor_mode,
     int argc;
     char **argv;
 
-    g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE, G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "sync_linktype_list_open");
+    g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE, G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "sync_if_capabilities_open");
 
     argv = init_pipe_args(&argc);
 
diff --git a/dumpcap.c b/dumpcap.c
index 56a01aa4bb..286c3e457f 100644
--- a/dumpcap.c
+++ b/dumpcap.c
@@ -4459,6 +4459,9 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     global_capture_opts.saving_to_file      = TRUE;
     global_capture_opts.has_ring_num_files  = TRUE;
 
+	/* Pass on capture_child mode for capture_opts */
+	global_capture_opts.capture_child = capture_child;
+
     /* Now get our args */
     while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, OPTSTRING)) != -1) {
         switch (opt) {
diff --git a/ui/iface_lists.c b/ui/iface_lists.c
index aec2e91ecf..4741424859 100644
--- a/ui/iface_lists.c
+++ b/ui/iface_lists.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 #include "ui/capture_globals.h"
 #include "ui/iface_lists.h"
+#include "../log.h"
 
 /*
  * Used when sorting an interface list into alphabetical order by
@@ -341,18 +342,33 @@ scan_local_interfaces(void)
 }
 
 /*
- * Get the global interface list.  Generate it if we haven't
- * done so already.
+ * Get the global interface list.  Generate it if we haven't done so 
+ * already.  This can be quite time consuming the first time, so 
+ * record how long it takes in the info log.
  */
 void
 fill_in_local_interfaces(void)
 {
-    static gboolean initialized = FALSE;
+	GTimeVal start_time;
+	GTimeVal end_time;
+	float elapsed;
+	static gboolean initialized = FALSE;
 
+	/* record the time we started, so we can log total time later */
+	g_get_current_time(&start_time);
+	g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_MAIN, G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "fill_in_local_interfaces() starts");
+	
     if (!initialized) {
+		/* do the actual work */
         scan_local_interfaces();
         initialized = TRUE;
     }
+	/* log how long it took */
+    g_get_current_time(&end_time);
+    elapsed = (float) ((end_time.tv_sec - start_time.tv_sec) +
+                        ((end_time.tv_usec - start_time.tv_usec) / 1e6));
+
+    g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_MAIN, G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO, "fill_in_local_interfaces() ends, taking %.3fs", elapsed);
 }
 
 void