diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Config.cpp b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Config.cpp
index 5997d54352..5181855013 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Config.cpp
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@ LegacyEntry LegacyFile[] =
     {"GdbARM7BreakOnStartup", 1, "Gdb.ARM7.BreakOnStartup", true},
     {"GdbARM9BreakOnStartup", 1, "Gdb.ARM9.BreakOnStartup", true},
 #endif
+    {"PcapEnabled", 1, "Pcap.Enabled", false},
+    {"PcapPath", 2, "Pcap.Path", false},
 
     {"Camera0_InputType", 0, "DSi.Camera0.InputType", false},
     {"Camera0_ImagePath", 2, "DSi.Camera0.ImagePath", false},
diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuInstance.cpp b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuInstance.cpp
index 36ed322bcc..e086672da4 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuInstance.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuInstance.cpp
@@ -2056,13 +2056,16 @@ void EmuInstance::animatedROMIcon(const u8 (&data)[8][512], const u16 (&palette)
 
 void EmuInstance::startPacketCapture()
 {
-    if (!pcap)
-        pcap = melonDS::LibPCap::New();
-
     if (packetCapture != nullptr || packetCaptureDumper != nullptr)
         stopPacketCapture();
 
-    std::string pcapPath = getAssetPath(false, globalCfg.GetString("PacketCapturePath"), instanceFileSuffix() + ".pcap");
+    if (!globalCfg.GetBool("Pcap.Enabled"))
+        return;
+
+    if (!pcap)
+        pcap = melonDS::LibPCap::New();
+
+    std::string pcapPath = getAssetPath(false, globalCfg.GetString("Pcap.Path"), instanceFileSuffix() + ".pcap");
     Log(LogLevel::Debug, "Starting packet capture: %s\n", pcapPath.c_str());
 
     packetCapture = pcap->open_dead(DLT_IEEE802_11, 1024);
diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuSettingsDialog.cpp b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuSettingsDialog.cpp
index d612ac8358..c34402e67b 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuSettingsDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuSettingsDialog.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QMessageBox>
+#include <QTemporaryFile>
 
 #include "types.h"
 #include "Platform.h"
@@ -107,9 +108,12 @@ EmuSettingsDialog::EmuSettingsDialog(QWidget* parent) : QDialog(parent), ui(new
     ui->cbGdbBOSA7->setDisabled(true);
     ui->cbGdbBOSA9->setDisabled(true);
 #endif
+    ui->cbPcapEnabled->setChecked(cfg.GetBool("Pcap.Enabled"));
+    ui->txtPcapPath->setText(cfg.GetQString("Pcap.Path"));
 
     on_chkEnableJIT_toggled();
     on_cbGdbEnabled_toggled();
+    on_cbPcapEnabled_toggled();
     on_chkExternalBIOS_toggled();
 
     const int imgsizes[] = {256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 0};
@@ -292,6 +296,8 @@ void EmuSettingsDialog::done(int r)
             instcfg.SetBool("Gdb.ARM7.BreakOnStartup", ui->cbGdbBOSA7->isChecked());
             instcfg.SetBool("Gdb.ARM9.BreakOnStartup", ui->cbGdbBOSA9->isChecked());
 #endif
+            cfg.SetBool("Pcap.Enabled", ui->cbPcapEnabled->isChecked());
+            cfg.SetQString("Pcap.Path", ui->txtPcapPath->text());
 
             cfg.SetInt("Emu.ConsoleType", ui->cbxConsoleType->currentIndex());
             cfg.SetBool("Emu.DirectBoot", ui->chkDirectBoot->isChecked());
@@ -565,6 +571,30 @@ void EmuSettingsDialog::on_cbGdbEnabled_toggled()
     ui->cbGdbBOSA9->setDisabled(disabled);
 }
 
+void EmuSettingsDialog::on_cbPcapEnabled_toggled()
+{
+    bool disabled = !ui->cbPcapEnabled->isChecked();
+    ui->txtPcapPath->setDisabled(disabled);
+    ui->btnPcapBrowse->setDisabled(disabled);
+}
+
+void EmuSettingsDialog::on_btnPcapBrowse_clicked()
+{
+    QString dir = QFileDialog::getExistingDirectory(this,
+                                                     "Select packet captures path...",
+                                                     lastBIOSFolder);
+
+    if (dir.isEmpty()) return;
+
+    if (!QTemporaryFile(dir).open())
+    {
+        QMessageBox::critical(this, "melonDS", "Unable to write to packet captures directory.\nPlease check file/folder write permissions.");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    ui->txtPcapPath->setText(dir);
+}
+
 void EmuSettingsDialog::on_chkExternalBIOS_toggled()
 {
     bool disabled = !ui->chkExternalBIOS->isChecked();
diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuSettingsDialog.h b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuSettingsDialog.h
index 58a89b3a6b..314699289e 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuSettingsDialog.h
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuSettingsDialog.h
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ private slots:
     void on_chkExternalBIOS_toggled();
 
     void on_cbGdbEnabled_toggled();
+    void on_cbPcapEnabled_toggled();
+    void on_btnPcapBrowse_clicked();
 
 private:
     void verifyFirmware();
diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuSettingsDialog.ui b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuSettingsDialog.ui
index 2746e1da7f..546cbe7863 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuSettingsDialog.ui
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuSettingsDialog.ui
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>575</width>
-    <height>416</height>
+    <height>456</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="sizePolicy">
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
    <property name="sizeConstraint">
-    <enum>QLayout::SetFixedSize</enum>
+    <enum>QLayout::SizeConstraint::SetFixedSize</enum>
    </property>
    <item>
     <widget class="QTabWidget" name="tabWidget">
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
        <item row="3" column="0">
         <spacer name="verticalSpacer_2">
          <property name="orientation">
-          <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+          <enum>Qt::Orientation::Vertical</enum>
          </property>
          <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
           <size>
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
        <item row="4" column="0">
         <spacer name="verticalSpacer_5">
          <property name="orientation">
-          <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+          <enum>Qt::Orientation::Vertical</enum>
          </property>
          <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
           <size>
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
        <item row="5" column="0">
         <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
          <property name="orientation">
-          <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+          <enum>Qt::Orientation::Vertical</enum>
          </property>
          <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
           <size>
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@
        <item row="5" column="0">
         <spacer name="verticalSpacer_3">
          <property name="orientation">
-          <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+          <enum>Qt::Orientation::Vertical</enum>
          </property>
          <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
           <size>
@@ -573,17 +573,38 @@
        <string>Devtools</string>
       </attribute>
       <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_3">
-       <item row="1" column="0">
-        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_16">
+       <item row="2" column="0">
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_17">
          <property name="text">
-          <string>ARM9 port</string>
+          <string>ARM7 port</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="5" column="0">
+       <item row="2" column="5">
+        <widget class="QCheckBox" name="cbGdbBOSA7">
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Break on startup</string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item row="9" column="0" colspan="6">
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_23">
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Packet captures are stored in .pcap format, by default in the same directory as the ROM.</string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item row="7" column="5">
+        <widget class="QPushButton" name="btnPcapBrowse">
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Browse...</string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item row="11" column="0">
         <spacer name="verticalSpacer_4">
          <property name="orientation">
-          <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
+          <enum>Qt::Orientation::Vertical</enum>
          </property>
          <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
           <size>
@@ -593,10 +614,10 @@
          </property>
         </spacer>
        </item>
-       <item row="2" column="0">
-        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_17">
+       <item row="1" column="5">
+        <widget class="QCheckBox" name="cbGdbBOSA9">
          <property name="text">
-          <string>ARM7 port</string>
+          <string>Break on startup</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
@@ -607,28 +628,14 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="4" column="0" colspan="7">
+       <item row="4" column="0" colspan="6">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_18">
          <property name="text">
           <string>Note: melonDS must be restarted in order for these changes to have effect</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="3" column="0" colspan="7">
-        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_19">
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>Note: GDB stub cannot be used together with the JIT recompiler</string>
-         </property>
-        </widget>
-       </item>
-       <item row="1" column="6">
-        <widget class="QCheckBox" name="cbGdbBOSA9">
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>Break on startup</string>
-         </property>
-        </widget>
-       </item>
-       <item row="1" column="1" colspan="5">
+       <item row="1" column="1" colspan="4">
         <widget class="QSpinBox" name="intGdbPortA9">
          <property name="minimum">
           <number>1000</number>
@@ -641,7 +648,21 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="2" column="1" colspan="5">
+       <item row="1" column="0">
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_16">
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>ARM9 port</string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item row="5" column="0">
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_22">
+         <property name="text">
+          <string/>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item row="2" column="1" colspan="4">
         <widget class="QSpinBox" name="intGdbPortA7">
          <property name="minimum">
           <number>1000</number>
@@ -654,10 +675,27 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="2" column="6">
-        <widget class="QCheckBox" name="cbGdbBOSA7">
+       <item row="3" column="0" colspan="6">
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_19">
          <property name="text">
-          <string>Break on startup</string>
+          <string>Note: GDB stub cannot be used together with the JIT recompiler</string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item row="7" column="1" colspan="4">
+        <widget class="QPathInput" name="txtPcapPath"/>
+       </item>
+       <item row="7" column="0">
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_21">
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Directory:</string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item row="6" column="0" colspan="6">
+        <widget class="QCheckBox" name="cbPcapEnabled">
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>Enable network packet capture</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
@@ -668,10 +706,10 @@
    <item>
     <widget class="QDialogButtonBox" name="buttonBox">
      <property name="orientation">
-      <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+      <enum>Qt::Orientation::Horizontal</enum>
      </property>
      <property name="standardButtons">
-      <set>QDialogButtonBox::Cancel|QDialogButtonBox::Ok</set>
+      <set>QDialogButtonBox::StandardButton::Cancel|QDialogButtonBox::StandardButton::Ok</set>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>