diff --git a/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/Config.java b/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/Config.java
index c4a2e367861..8bcb36ea933 100644
--- a/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/Config.java
+++ b/jetty-start/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/start/Config.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.eclipse.jetty.start;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileFilter;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
@@ -120,6 +121,11 @@ import java.util.TreeSet;
  * </p>
  * 
  * <p>
+ * Note: a special discovered section identifier <code>[=path_to_directory/*]</code> is allowed to auto-create section
+ * IDs, based on directory names found in the path specified in the "path_to_directory/" part of the identifier.
+ * </p>
+ * 
+ * <p>
  * Clauses after a section header will only be included if they match one of the tags in the options property. By
  * default options are set to "default,*" or the OPTIONS property may be used to pass in a list of tags, eg. :
  * </p>
@@ -554,15 +560,26 @@ public class Config
                 // handle options
                 if (trim.startsWith("[") && trim.endsWith("]"))
                 {
-                    sections = Arrays.asList(trim.substring(1,trim.length() - 1).split(","));
-                    // Ensure section classpaths exist
-                    for (String sectionId : sections)
+                    String identifier = trim.substring(1,trim.length() - 1);
+                    if (identifier.charAt(0) == '=')
                     {
-                        if (!_classpaths.containsKey(sectionId))
+                        // Special case: dynamic/discovered option section identifier.
+                        processDynamicSectionIdentifier(identifier.substring(1));
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        // Normal case: section identifier (possibly separated by commas)
+                        sections = Arrays.asList(identifier.split(","));
+                        // Ensure section classpaths exist
+                        for (String sectionId : sections)
                         {
-                            _classpaths.put(sectionId,new Classpath());
+                            if (!_classpaths.containsKey(sectionId))
+                            {
+                                _classpaths.put(sectionId,new Classpath());
+                            }
                         }
                     }
+                    continue;
                 }
 
                 try
@@ -803,6 +820,37 @@ public class Config
         }
     }
 
+    private void processDynamicSectionIdentifier(String dynamicPathId) throws IOException
+    {
+        if (!dynamicPathId.endsWith("/*"))
+        {
+            String msg = "Dynamic Section IDs must end in \"/*\" to work.  Ignoring: [=" + dynamicPathId + "]";
+            System.err.println(msg);
+            throw new IOException(msg);
+        }
+
+        String rawPath = fixPath(dynamicPathId.substring(0,dynamicPathId.length() - 1));
+        File parentDir = new File(expand(rawPath));
+        debug("Adding dynamic section entries based on path: " + parentDir);
+        File dirs[] = parentDir.listFiles(new FileFilter()
+        {
+            public boolean accept(File path)
+            {
+                return path.isDirectory();
+            }
+        });
+
+        List<String> sections = new ArrayList<String>();
+        for (File dir : dirs)
+        {
+            sections.clear();
+            sections.add("All");
+            String id = dir.getName();
+            sections.add(id);
+            addJars(sections,dir,false);
+        }
+    }
+
     private String fixPath(String path)
     {
         return path.replace('/',File.separatorChar);
@@ -842,7 +890,7 @@ public class Config
             String ids[] = value.split(",");
             for (String id : ids)
             {
-                _activeOptions.add(id);
+                addActiveOption(id);
             }
         }
         _properties.put(name,value);
@@ -866,23 +914,22 @@ public class Config
 
     public void addActiveOption(String option)
     {
-        _activeOptions.add(option);
-        setProperty("OPTIONS",join(_activeOptions,","));
+        if (!_activeOptions.contains(option))
+        {
+            _activeOptions.add(option);
+        }
+        _properties.put("OPTIONS",join(_activeOptions,","));
     }
 
     public Set<String> getActiveOptions()
     {
-        if (!_activeOptions.isEmpty())
-        {
-            _activeOptions.add("*");
-        }
         return _activeOptions;
     }
 
     public void removeActiveOption(String option)
     {
         _activeOptions.remove(option);
-        setProperty("OPTIONS",join(_activeOptions,","));
+        _properties.put("OPTIONS",join(_activeOptions,","));
     }
 
     private String join(Collection<?> coll, String delim)
diff --git a/jetty-start/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/jetty/start/start.config b/jetty-start/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/jetty/start/start.config
index ecfda3f3173..e439654e3b1 100644
--- a/jetty-start/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/jetty/start/start.config
+++ b/jetty-start/src/main/resources/org/eclipse/jetty/start/start.config
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ ${start.class}.class                             property start.class
 $(jetty.home)/etc/jetty.xml                      nargs == 0
 ./jetty-server/src/main/config/etc/jetty.xml     nargs == 0 AND ! exists $(jetty.home)/etc/jetty.xml
 
+# Default OPTIONS if not specified on the command line
 OPTIONS~=default,*                               ! property OPTIONS
 
 # Add a ext lib directory if it is there
@@ -125,12 +126,6 @@ $(jetty.home)/lib/jetty-jmx-$(version).jar
 [All,ajp]
 $(jetty.home)/lib/jetty-ajp-$(version).jar                                              ! available org.eclipse.jetty.ajp.Ajp13Connection      
                    
-[All,slf4j]
-$(jetty.home)/lib/slf4j/**                                                              exists $(jetty.home)/lib/slf4j          
-            
-[All,jsp,jsp-2.1]
-$(jetty.home)/lib/jsp-2.1/**                                                            exists $(jetty.home)/lib/jsp-2.1    
-
 [All,plus]
 $(jetty.home)/lib/jetty-jndi-${version}.jar                                             ! available org.eclipse.jetty.jndi.ContextFactory
 $(jetty.home)/lib/jetty-jndi/**                                                         exists $(jetty.home)/lib/jetty-jndi 
@@ -148,4 +143,6 @@ $(jetty.home)/lib/jetty-client-$(version).jar
 $(jetty.home)/lib/security/jetty-policy-$(version).jar                                  ! available org.eclipse.jetty.policy.JettyPolicy
 $(jetty.home)/lib/security/jetty.policy													always 
 
+# Add all other sub-directories in /lib/ as options in a dynamic way
+[=$(jetty.home)/lib/*]