diff --git a/application/config/package.php b/application/config/package.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51a66147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/config/package.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+
+return array(
+
+	/*
+	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	| Auto-Loaded Packages
+	|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	|
+	| The packages that should be auto-loaded each time Laravel handles
+	| a request. These should generally be packages that you use on almost
+	| every request to your application.
+	|
+	| Each package specified here will be bootstrapped and can be conveniently
+	| used by your application's routes, models, and libraries.
+	|
+	| Note: The package names in this array should correspond to a package
+	|       directory in application/packages.
+	|
+	*/
+
+	'autoload' => array(),
+
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/index.php b/public/index.php
index 459e764a..998464d0 100644
--- a/public/index.php
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -140,6 +140,13 @@ require SYS_PATH.'routing/router'.EXT;
 require SYS_PATH.'routing/loader'.EXT;
 require SYS_PATH.'routing/filter'.EXT;
 
+// --------------------------------------------------------------
+// Load the packages that are in the auto-loaded packages array.
+// --------------------------------------------------------------
+require SYS_PATH.'package'.EXT;
+
+System\Package::load(System\Config::get('packages.autoload'));
+
 // --------------------------------------------------------------
 // Register the route filters.
 // --------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/system/package.php b/system/package.php
index b8058b09..08c24fe3 100644
--- a/system/package.php
+++ b/system/package.php
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ class Package {
 			{
 				static::load($value);			
 			}
+
+			return;
 		}
 
 		// Packages may have a bootstrap file, which commonly is used to register auto-loaders