diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp
index edb2386bd4..0a8294acea 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ void SConfig::SaveSettings()
   SaveAnalyticsSettings(ini);
   SaveNetworkSettings(ini);
   SaveBluetoothPassthroughSettings(ini);
+  SaveUSBPassthroughSettings(ini);
   SaveSysconfSettings(ini);
 
   ini.Save(File::GetUserPath(F_DOLPHINCONFIG_IDX));
@@ -341,6 +342,20 @@ void SConfig::SaveBluetoothPassthroughSettings(IniFile& ini)
   section->Set("LinkKeys", m_bt_passthrough_link_keys);
 }
 
+void SConfig::SaveUSBPassthroughSettings(IniFile& ini)
+{
+  IniFile::Section* section = ini.GetOrCreateSection("USBPassthrough");
+
+  std::ostringstream oss;
+  for (const auto& device : m_usb_passthrough_devices)
+    oss << StringFromFormat("%04x:%04x", device.first, device.second) << ',';
+  std::string devices_string = oss.str();
+  if (!devices_string.empty())
+    devices_string.pop_back();
+
+  section->Set("Devices", devices_string);
+}
+
 void SConfig::SaveSysconfSettings(IniFile& ini)
 {
   IniFile::Section* section = ini.GetOrCreateSection("Sysconf");
@@ -398,6 +413,7 @@ void SConfig::LoadSettings()
   LoadNetworkSettings(ini);
   LoadAnalyticsSettings(ini);
   LoadBluetoothPassthroughSettings(ini);
+  LoadUSBPassthroughSettings(ini);
   LoadSysconfSettings(ini);
 }
 
@@ -674,6 +690,27 @@ void SConfig::LoadBluetoothPassthroughSettings(IniFile& ini)
   section->Get("LinkKeys", &m_bt_passthrough_link_keys, "");
 }
 
+void SConfig::LoadUSBPassthroughSettings(IniFile& ini)
+{
+  IniFile::Section* section = ini.GetOrCreateSection("USBPassthrough");
+  m_usb_passthrough_devices.clear();
+  std::string devices_string;
+  std::vector<std::string> pairs;
+  section->Get("Devices", &devices_string, "");
+  SplitString(devices_string, ',', pairs);
+  for (const auto& pair : pairs)
+  {
+    const auto index = pair.find(':');
+    if (index == std::string::npos)
+      continue;
+
+    const u16 vid = static_cast<u16>(strtol(pair.substr(0, index).c_str(), nullptr, 16));
+    const u16 pid = static_cast<u16>(strtol(pair.substr(index + 1).c_str(), nullptr, 16));
+    if (vid && pid)
+      m_usb_passthrough_devices.emplace(vid, pid);
+  }
+}
+
 void SConfig::LoadSysconfSettings(IniFile& ini)
 {
   IniFile::Section* section = ini.GetOrCreateSection("Sysconf");
@@ -764,6 +801,11 @@ void SConfig::LoadDefaults()
   m_revision = 0;
 }
 
+bool SConfig::IsUSBDeviceWhitelisted(const std::pair<u16, u16> vid_pid) const
+{
+  return m_usb_passthrough_devices.find(vid_pid) != m_usb_passthrough_devices.end();
+}
+
 const char* SConfig::GetDirectoryForRegion(DiscIO::Region region)
 {
   switch (region)
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.h b/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.h
index e91bb9b1ff..8ac1bc2ee4 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/ConfigManager.h
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <limits>
+#include <set>
 #include <string>
+#include <utility>
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "Common/IniFile.h"
@@ -151,6 +153,10 @@ struct SConfig : NonCopyable
   int m_bt_passthrough_vid = -1;
   std::string m_bt_passthrough_link_keys;
 
+  // USB passthrough settings
+  std::set<std::pair<u16, u16>> m_usb_passthrough_devices;
+  bool IsUSBDeviceWhitelisted(std::pair<u16, u16> vid_pid) const;
+
   // SYSCONF settings
   int m_sensor_bar_position = 0x01;
   int m_sensor_bar_sensitivity = 0x03;
@@ -350,6 +356,7 @@ private:
   void SaveNetworkSettings(IniFile& ini);
   void SaveAnalyticsSettings(IniFile& ini);
   void SaveBluetoothPassthroughSettings(IniFile& ini);
+  void SaveUSBPassthroughSettings(IniFile& ini);
   void SaveSysconfSettings(IniFile& ini);
 
   void LoadGeneralSettings(IniFile& ini);
@@ -364,6 +371,7 @@ private:
   void LoadNetworkSettings(IniFile& ini);
   void LoadAnalyticsSettings(IniFile& ini);
   void LoadBluetoothPassthroughSettings(IniFile& ini);
+  void LoadUSBPassthroughSettings(IniFile& ini);
   void LoadSysconfSettings(IniFile& ini);
 
   bool SetRegion(DiscIO::Region region, std::string* directory_name);
diff --git a/Source/Core/UICommon/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/UICommon/CMakeLists.txt
index 65630b6b8e..6bfc4be9bd 100644
--- a/Source/Core/UICommon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/UICommon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 set(SRCS Disassembler.cpp
-         UICommon.cpp)
+         UICommon.cpp
+         USBUtils.cpp)
 
 set(LIBS common)
+if(LIBUSB_FOUND)
+  set(LIBS ${LIBS} ${LIBUSB_LIBRARIES})
+endif()
 
 add_dolphin_library(uicommon "${SRCS}" "${LIBS}")
diff --git a/Source/Core/UICommon/UICommon.cpp b/Source/Core/UICommon/UICommon.cpp
index ece3d2d2ee..8de73bd151 100644
--- a/Source/Core/UICommon/UICommon.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/UICommon/UICommon.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "InputCommon/GCAdapter.h"
 
 #include "UICommon/UICommon.h"
+#include "UICommon/USBUtils.h"
 
 #include "VideoCommon/VideoBackendBase.h"
 
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ void Init()
   VideoBackendBase::PopulateList();
   WiimoteReal::LoadSettings();
   GCAdapter::Init();
+  USBUtils::Init();
   VideoBackendBase::ActivateBackend(SConfig::GetInstance().m_strVideoBackend);
 
   SetEnableAlert(SConfig::GetInstance().bUsePanicHandlers);
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ void Shutdown()
   WiimoteReal::Shutdown();
   VideoBackendBase::ClearList();
   SConfig::Shutdown();
+  USBUtils::Shutdown();
   LogManager::Shutdown();
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/UICommon/UICommon.vcxproj b/Source/Core/UICommon/UICommon.vcxproj
index 24f4a1cfc5..567ba5f6ff 100644
--- a/Source/Core/UICommon/UICommon.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/Core/UICommon/UICommon.vcxproj
@@ -45,10 +45,14 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="UICommon.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="Disassembler.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="USBUtils.cpp">
+      <DisableSpecificWarnings>4200;%(DisableSpecificWarnings)</DisableSpecificWarnings>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="UICommon.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Disassembler.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="USBUtils.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
diff --git a/Source/Core/UICommon/USBUtils.cpp b/Source/Core/UICommon/USBUtils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f0ba21d52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Core/UICommon/USBUtils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+// Copyright 2017 Dolphin Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2+
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#ifdef __LIBUSB__
+#include <libusb.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
+#include "Common/StringUtil.h"
+#include "UICommon/USBUtils.h"
+
+#ifdef __LIBUSB__
+static libusb_context* s_libusb_context;
+#endif
+
+// Because opening and getting the device name from devices is slow, especially on Windows
+// with usbdk, we cannot do that for every single device. We should however still show
+// device names for known Wii peripherals.
+static const std::map<std::pair<u16, u16>, std::string> s_wii_peripherals = {{
+    {{0x046d, 0x0a03}, "Logitech Microphone"},
+    {{0x057e, 0x0308}, "Wii Speak"},
+    {{0x057e, 0x0309}, "Nintendo USB Microphone"},
+    {{0x057e, 0x030a}, "Ubisoft Motion Tracking Camera"},
+    {{0x0e6f, 0x0129}, "Disney Infinity Reader (Portal Device)"},
+    {{0x1430, 0x0100}, "Tony Hawk Ride Skateboard"},
+    {{0x1430, 0x0150}, "Skylanders Portal"},
+    {{0x1bad, 0x0004}, "Harmonix Guitar Controller"},
+    {{0x1bad, 0x3110}, "Rock Band 3 Mustang Guitar Dongle"},
+    {{0x1bad, 0x3430}, "Rock Band Drum Set"},
+    {{0x21a4, 0xac40}, "EA Active NFL"},
+}};
+
+namespace USBUtils
+{
+void Init()
+{
+#ifdef __LIBUSB__
+  libusb_init(&s_libusb_context);
+#endif
+}
+
+void Shutdown()
+{
+#ifdef __LIBUSB__
+  libusb_exit(s_libusb_context);
+#endif
+}
+
+std::map<std::pair<u16, u16>, std::string> GetInsertedDevices()
+{
+  std::map<std::pair<u16, u16>, std::string> devices;
+
+#ifdef __LIBUSB__
+  if (!s_libusb_context)
+    return devices;
+
+  libusb_device** list;
+  const ssize_t cnt = libusb_get_device_list(s_libusb_context, &list);
+  for (ssize_t i = 0; i < cnt; ++i)
+  {
+    libusb_device_descriptor descr;
+    libusb_get_device_descriptor(list[i], &descr);
+    const std::pair<u16, u16> vid_pid{descr.idVendor, descr.idProduct};
+    devices[vid_pid] = GetDeviceName(vid_pid);
+  }
+  libusb_free_device_list(list, 1);
+#endif
+
+  return devices;
+}
+
+std::string GetDeviceName(const std::pair<u16, u16> vid_pid)
+{
+  const auto iter = s_wii_peripherals.find(vid_pid);
+  const std::string device_name = iter == s_wii_peripherals.cend() ? "Unknown" : iter->second;
+  return StringFromFormat("%04x:%04x - %s", vid_pid.first, vid_pid.second, device_name.c_str());
+}
+}  // namespace USBUtils
diff --git a/Source/Core/UICommon/USBUtils.h b/Source/Core/UICommon/USBUtils.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6ae778e8a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Core/UICommon/USBUtils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright 2017 Dolphin Emulator Project
+// Licensed under GPLv2+
+// Refer to the license.txt file included.
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+#include <utility>
+
+#include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
+
+namespace USBUtils
+{
+void Init();
+void Shutdown();
+
+std::map<std::pair<u16, u16>, std::string> GetInsertedDevices();
+std::string GetDeviceName(std::pair<u16, u16> vid_pid);
+}  // namespace USBUtils