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diff --git a/lib/Config/Any.pm b/lib/Config/Any.pm
index 1b056e1..d774911 100644
--- a/lib/Config/Any.pm
+++ b/lib/Config/Any.pm
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ configuration formats.
     Config::Any->load_files( { files => \@files } );
     Config::Any->load_files( { files => \@files, filter  => \&filter } );
     Config::Any->load_files( { files => \@files, use_ext => 1 } );
+    Config::Any->load_files( { files => \@files, flatten_to_hash => 1 } );
 
 C<load_files()> attempts to load configuration from the list of files passed in
 the C<files> parameter, if the file exists.
@@ -65,6 +66,9 @@ be aware that you will lose flexibility -- for example, a file called C<myapp.cf
 containing YAML data will not be offered to the YAML plugin, whereas C<myapp.yml>
 or C<myapp.yaml> would be.
 
+When the C<flatten_to_hash> parameter is defined, the loader will return a hash
+keyed on the file names, as opposed to the usual list of single-key hashes.
+
 C<load_files()> also supports a 'force_plugins' parameter, whose value should be an
 arrayref of plugin names like C<Config::Any::INI>. Its intended use is to allow the use 
 of a non-standard file extension while forcing it to be offered to a particular parser.
@@ -95,6 +99,7 @@ sub load_files {
     Config::Any->load_stems( { stems => \@stems } );
     Config::Any->load_stems( { stems => \@stems, filter  => \&filter } );
     Config::Any->load_stems( { stems => \@stems, use_ext => 1 } );
+    Config::Any->load_stems( { stems => \@stems, flatten_to_hash => 1 } );
 
 C<load_stems()> attempts to load configuration from a list of files which it generates
 by combining the filename stems list passed in the C<stems> parameter with the 
@@ -193,6 +198,11 @@ sub _load {
         }
     }
 
+    if ( defined $args->{ flatten_to_hash } ) {
+        my %flattened = map { %$_ } @results;
+        return \%flattened;
+    }
+
     return \@results;
 }