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diff --git a/wsutil/filesystem.c b/wsutil/filesystem.c
index f23c19325a..0b23aec1ee 100644
--- a/wsutil/filesystem.c
+++ b/wsutil/filesystem.c
@@ -979,7 +979,30 @@ init_plugin_dir(void)
* on Windows, the data file directory is the directory
* in which the Wireshark binary resides.
*/
- plugin_dir = g_strdup_printf("%s\\plugins", get_datafile_dir());
+ plugin_dir = g_strdup_printf("%s\\plugins\\%s", get_datafile_dir(),
+ VERSION);
+
+ /*
+ * Make sure that pathname refers to a directory.
+ */
+ if (test_for_directory(plugin_dir) != EISDIR) {
+ /*
+ * Either it doesn't refer to a directory or it
+ * refers to something that doesn't exist.
+ *
+ * Assume that means we're running a version of
+ * Wireshark we've built in a build directory,
+ * in which case {datafile dir}\plugins is the
+ * top-level plugins source directory, and use
+ * that directory and set the "we're running in
+ * a build directory" flag, so the plugin
+ * scanner will check all subdirectories of that
+ * directory for plugins.
+ */
+ g_free( (gpointer) plugin_dir);
+ plugin_dir = g_strdup_printf("%s\\plugins", get_datafile_dir());
+ running_in_build_directory_flag = TRUE;
+ }
#else
if (running_in_build_directory_flag) {
/*