diff --git a/epan/epan.c b/epan/epan.c
index 23dba61e3d..55ed2a3164 100644
--- a/epan/epan.c
+++ b/epan/epan.c
@@ -177,6 +177,12 @@ epan_plugin_init(gpointer data, gpointer user_data _U_)
 	((epan_plugin *)data)->init();
 }
 
+static void
+epan_plugin_post_init(gpointer data, gpointer user_data _U_)
+{
+	((epan_plugin *)data)->post_init();
+}
+
 static void
 epan_plugin_dissect_init(gpointer data, gpointer user_data)
 {
@@ -315,6 +321,7 @@ epan_init(register_cb cb, gpointer client_data, gboolean load_plugins)
 #ifdef HAVE_LUA
 		wslua_init(cb, client_data);
 #endif
+		g_slist_foreach(epan_plugins, epan_plugin_post_init, NULL);
 	}
 	CATCH(DissectorError) {
 		/*
diff --git a/epan/epan.h b/epan/epan.h
index 7ad546e811..4e2badc252 100644
--- a/epan/epan.h
+++ b/epan/epan.h
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ WS_DLL_PUBLIC
 void epan_cleanup(void);
 
 typedef struct {
-	void (*init)(void);
+	void (*init)(void);		/* Called before proto_init() */
+	void (*post_init)(void);	/* Called at the end of epan_init() */
 	void (*dissect_init)(epan_dissect_t *);
 	void (*dissect_cleanup)(epan_dissect_t *);
 	void (*cleanup)(void);