diff --git a/lib/package.js b/lib/package.js
index 351ca220..09fb6ac9 100644
--- a/lib/package.js
+++ b/lib/package.js
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@
     var basePath = getBasePath(pkg);
 
     // main
+    // NB can add a default package main convention here
     if (pkgName === normalized && pkg.main)
       normalized += '/' + (pkg.main.substr(0, 2) == './' ? pkg.main.substr(2) : pkg.main);
 
@@ -295,62 +296,72 @@
       var loader = this;
       
       // check if we match a packageConfigPaths
+      // we allow multiple matches for the same package name to enable separate depCache, map and plain config mechanisms
       if (!sync) {
-        var pkgPath, pkgConfigPath;
+        var pkgPath, pkgConfigPaths = [];
         for (var i = 0; i < this.packageConfigPaths.length; i++) {
           var p = this.packageConfigPaths[i];
           var pPkgLen = Math.max(p.lastIndexOf('*') + 1, p.lastIndexOf('/'));
           var match = normalized.match(packageConfigPathsRegExps[p] || 
               (packageConfigPathsRegExps[p] = new RegExp('^(' + p.substr(0, pPkgLen).replace(/\*/g, '[^\\/]+') + ')(\/|$)')));
-          if (match) {
+          if (match && (!pkgPath || pkgPath == match[1])) {
             pkgPath = match[1];
-            pkgConfigPath = pkgPath + p.substr(pPkgLen);
-            break;
+            pkgConfigPaths.push(pkgPath + p.substr(pPkgLen));
           }
         }
 
-        if (pkgPath && !(pkgName && pkgName == pkgPath && loader.packages[pkgName].configured)) {
+        if (pkgPath)
+          var curPkgConfig = loader.packages[pkgPath];
+
+        if (pkgPath && !(curPkgConfig && curPkgConfig.configured)) {
           return (pkgConfigPromises[pkgPath] || 
-            (pkgConfigPromises[pkgPath] = 
-              loader['fetch']({ name: pkgConfigPath, address: pkgConfigPath, metadata: {} })
-              .then(function(source) {
-                try {
-                  return JSON.parse(source);
-                }
-                catch(e) {
-                  throw new Error('Invalid JSON in package configuration file ' + pkgConfigPath);
-                }
-              })
-              .then(function(cfg) {
-                // support "systemjs" prefixing
-                if (cfg.systemjs)
-                  cfg = cfg.systemjs;
+            (pkgConfigPromises[pkgPath] = Promise.resolve()
+              .then(function() {
+                var pkgConfigPromises = [];
+                for (var i = 0; i < pkgConfigPaths.length; i++) (function(pkgConfigPath) {
+                  pkgConfigPromises.push(loader['fetch']({ name: pkgConfigPath, address: pkgConfigPath, metadata: {} })
+                  .then(function(source) {
+                    try {
+                      return JSON.parse(source);
+                    }
+                    catch(e) {
+                      throw new Error('Invalid JSON in package configuration file ' + pkgConfigPath);
+                    }
+                  })
+                  .then(function(cfg) {
+                    // support "systemjs" prefixing
+                    if (cfg.systemjs)
+                      cfg = cfg.systemjs;
 
-                // remove any non-system properties if generic config file (eg package.json)
-                for (var p in cfg) {
-                  if (indexOf.call(packageProperties, p) == -1)
-                    delete cfg[p];
-                }
+                    // remove any non-system properties if generic config file (eg package.json)
+                    for (var p in cfg) {
+                      if (indexOf.call(packageProperties, p) == -1)
+                        delete cfg[p];
+                    }
 
-                // support main array
-                if (cfg.main instanceof Array)
-                  cfg.main = cfg.main[0];
+                    // support main array
+                    if (cfg.main instanceof Array)
+                      cfg.main = cfg.main[0];
 
-                // deeply-merge (to first level) config with any existing package config
-                if (pkgName && pkgName == pkgPath)
-                  extendMeta(cfg, loader.packages[pkgPath]);
+                    // deeply-merge (to first level) config with any existing package config
+                    if (curPkgConfig)
+                      extendMeta(cfg, curPkgConfig);
 
-                // support external depCache
-                if (cfg.depCache)
-                  for (var d in cfg.depCache) {
-                    if (d.substr(0, 2) == './')
-                      continue;
+                    // support external depCache
+                    if (cfg.depCache)
+                      for (var d in cfg.depCache) {
+                        if (d.substr(0, 2) == './')
+                          continue;
 
-                    var dNormalized = loader.normalizeSync(d);
-                    loader.depCache[dNormalized] = (loader.depCache[dNormalized] || []).concat(cfg.depCache[d]);
-                  }
+                        var dNormalized = loader.normalizeSync(d);
+                        loader.depCache[dNormalized] = (loader.depCache[dNormalized] || []).concat(cfg.depCache[d]);
+                      }
 
-                loader.packages[pkgPath] = cfg;
+                    curPkgConfig = loader.packages[pkgPath] = cfg;
+                  }));
+                })(pkgConfigPaths[i]);
+
+                return Promise.all(pkgConfigPromises);
               })
             )
           )
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index aea679ca..b0eb44d5 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ asyncTest('Package configuration CommonJS config example', function() {
       'global-test': 'tests/testpkg/test.ts'
     },
     //packageConfigPaths: ['tests/testpk*.json'],
-    packageConfigPaths: ['tests/testpkg/system.json'],
+    packageConfigPaths: ['tests/testpkg/system.json', 'tests/testpkg/depcache.json'],
     packages: {
       'tests/testpkg': {
         main: './noext',
diff --git a/test/tests/testpkg/depcache.json b/test/tests/testpkg/depcache.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a26677c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests/testpkg/depcache.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "depCache": {
+    "./dir2/index.json": ["./depcache-test"]
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/test/tests/testpkg/system.json b/test/tests/testpkg/system.json
index 19b31b83..b337b7e5 100644
--- a/test/tests/testpkg/system.json
+++ b/test/tests/testpkg/system.json
@@ -18,8 +18,5 @@
     "./env-module": {
       "browser": "./env-module-browser.js"
     }
-  },
-  "depCache": {
-    "./dir2/index.json": ["./depcache-test"]
   }
 }
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