diff --git a/CRM/Admin/Page/APIExplorer.php b/CRM/Admin/Page/APIExplorer.php
index 678cef4a8f48..391fdab117ff 100644
--- a/CRM/Admin/Page/APIExplorer.php
+++ b/CRM/Admin/Page/APIExplorer.php
@@ -36,6 +36,30 @@
  */
 class CRM_Admin_Page_APIExplorer extends CRM_Core_Page {
 
+  /**
+   * Return unique paths for checking for examples.
+   * @return array
+   */
+  private static function uniquePaths() {
+    // Ensure that paths with trailing slashes are properly dealt with
+    $paths = explode(PATH_SEPARATOR, get_include_path());
+    foreach ($paths as $id => $rawPath) {
+      $pathParts = explode(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $rawPath);
+      foreach ($pathParts as $partId => $part) {
+        if (empty($part)) {
+          unset($pathParts[$partId]);
+        }
+      }
+      $newRawPath = implode(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $pathParts);
+      if ($newRawPath != $rawPath) {
+        $paths[$id] = DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $newRawPath;
+      }
+    }
+    $paths = array_unique($paths);
+    return $paths;
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Run page.
    *
@@ -51,12 +75,20 @@ public function run() {
     $this->assign('operators', CRM_Core_DAO::acceptedSQLOperators());
 
     // List example directories
+    // use get_include_path to ensure that extensions are captured.
     $examples = array();
-    foreach (scandir(\Civi::paths()->getPath('[civicrm.root]/api/v3/examples')) as $item) {
-      if ($item && strpos($item, '.') === FALSE) {
-        $examples[] = $item;
+    $paths = self::uniquePaths();
+    foreach ($paths as $path) {
+      $dir = \CRM_Utils_File::addTrailingSlash($path) . 'api' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'v3' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'examples';
+      if (is_dir($dir)) {
+        foreach (scandir($dir) as $item) {
+          if ($item && strpos($item, '.') === FALSE && array_search($item, $examples) === FALSE) {
+            $examples[] = $item;
+          }
+        }
       }
     }
+    sort($examples);
     $this->assign('examples', $examples);
 
     return parent::run();
@@ -78,20 +110,31 @@ public function userContext() {
   public static function getExampleFile() {
     if (!empty($_GET['entity']) && strpos($_GET['entity'], '.') === FALSE) {
       $examples = array();
-      foreach (scandir(\Civi::paths()->getPath("[civicrm.root]/api/v3/examples/{$_GET['entity']}")) as $item) {
-        $item = str_replace('.php', '', $item);
-        if ($item && strpos($item, '.') === FALSE) {
-          $examples[] = array('key' => $item, 'value' => $item);
+      $paths = self::uniquePaths();
+      foreach ($paths as $path) {
+        $dir = \CRM_Utils_File::addTrailingSlash($path) . 'api' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'v3' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'examples' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $_GET['entity'];
+        if (is_dir($dir)) {
+          foreach (scandir($dir) as $item) {
+            $item = str_replace('.php', '', $item);
+            if ($item && strpos($item, '.') === FALSE) {
+              $examples[] = array('key' => $item, 'value' => $item);
+            }
+          }
         }
       }
       CRM_Utils_JSON::output($examples);
     }
     if (!empty($_GET['file']) && strpos($_GET['file'], '.') === FALSE) {
-      $fileName = \Civi::paths()->getPath("[civicrm.root]/api/v3/examples/{$_GET['file']}.php");
-      if (file_exists($fileName)) {
-        echo file_get_contents($fileName);
+      $paths = self::uniquePaths();
+      $fileFound = FALSE;
+      foreach ($paths as $path) {
+        $fileName = $path . '/api/v3/examples/' . $_GET['file'] . '.php';
+        if (!$fileFound && file_exists($fileName)) {
+          $fileFound = TRUE;
+          echo file_get_contents($fileName);
+        }
       }
-      else {
+      if (!$fileFound) {
         echo "Not found.";
       }
       CRM_Utils_System::civiExit();