--- editortools/filter.py.orig	2013-08-30 11:27:03.192204427 +0200
+++ editortools/filter.py	2013-08-30 11:29:30.482476023 +0200
@@ -365,7 +365,10 @@
 
     def reloadFilters(self):
         filterDir = mcplatform.filtersDir
+        userFilterDir = mcplatform.userFiltersDir
         filterFiles = os.listdir(filterDir)
+        if os.path.exists(userFilterDir):
+            filterFiles += os.listdir(userFilterDir)
         filterPyfiles = filter(lambda x: x.endswith(".py"), filterFiles)
 
         def tryImport(name):
--- mcplatform.py.orig	2013-04-26 01:02:44.000000000 +0200
+++ mcplatform.py	2013-08-30 11:26:34.187710099 +0200
@@ -419,12 +427,14 @@
     portable = False
 
 filtersDir = os.path.join(directories.dataDir, "filters")
-if filtersDir not in [s.decode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())
+userFiltersDir = os.path.expanduser("~/.mcedit/filters")
+for d in [ userFiltersDir, filtersDir ] :
+    if d not in [s.decode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())
                       if isinstance(s, str)
                       else s
                       for s in sys.path]:
 
-    sys.path.append(filtersDir.encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding()))
+        sys.path.append(d.encode(sys.getfilesystemencoding()))
 
 if portable:
     serverJarStorageDir = (os.path.join(parentDir, "ServerJarStorage"))