diff --git a/common/Kconfig b/common/Kconfig
index 3a55e01..683460b 100644
--- a/common/Kconfig
+++ b/common/Kconfig
@@ -532,6 +532,8 @@
 	select CMD_GLOBAL
 	select CMD_AUTOMOUNT
 	select CMD_BASENAME
+	select CMD_READLINK
+	select CMD_DIRNAME
 	select FLEXIBLE_BOOTARGS
 	prompt "Generic environment template"
 
diff --git a/defaultenv-2/base/bin/_boot b/defaultenv-2/base/bin/_boot
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71d1490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/defaultenv-2/base/bin/_boot
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# The real boot script, to be called from _boot_list which is called
+# from boot
+
+. /env/data/ansi-colors
+
+# clear linux.bootargs.dyn.* and bootm.*
+global -r linux.bootargs.dyn.
+global -r bootm.
+
+file="$1"
+
+scr=/env/boot/$file
+if [ ! -f "$scr" ]; then
+	scr="$file"
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f "$scr" ]; then
+	echo -e "${RED}/env/boot/${file}${NC} or ${RED}${file}${NC} do not exist"
+	_boot_help
+	exit 2
+fi
+
+if [ -L $scr ]; then
+	readlink -f $scr boot
+	basename $boot link
+	basename $scr boot
+	echo -e "${GREEN}boot${NC} ${YELLOW}${boot}${NC} -> ${CYAN}${link}${NC}"
+else
+	echo -e "${GREEN}booting ${YELLOW}$file${NC}..."
+fi
+
+$scr
+
+if [ -n "$BOOT_DRYRUN" ]; then
+	echo "dryrun. exiting now"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
+${global.bootm.image} $BOOT_BOOTM_OPTS
+bootm $BOOT_BOOTM_OPTS
+
+echo -e "${GREEN}booting ${YELLOW}$file${NC} ${RED}failed${NC}"
diff --git a/defaultenv-2/base/bin/_boot_help b/defaultenv-2/base/bin/_boot_help
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5679e91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/defaultenv-2/base/bin/_boot_help
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+for i in /env/boot/*; do
+	basename $i s
+	sources="$sources$s "
+done
+
+if [ -d /env/boot.d ]; then
+	seq_sources="boot sequence:"
+	for i in /env/boot.d/*; do
+		readlink -f $i s
+		basename $s link
+		basename $i s
+		seq_sources="$seq_sources\n ${YELLOW}${s}${NC} -> ${CYAN}${link}${NC}"
+	done
+else
+	seq_sources="boot sequence:\n${GREEN}none${NC}"
+fi
+
+echo -e "boot sources:\n$sources\n\n$seq_sources"
diff --git a/defaultenv-2/base/bin/_boot_list b/defaultenv-2/base/bin/_boot_list
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17f29bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/defaultenv-2/base/bin/_boot_list
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# This script is a workaround for buggy globbing in for loops
+
+for i in $*; do
+	_boot $i;
+done
diff --git a/defaultenv-2/base/bin/boot b/defaultenv-2/base/bin/boot
index ebbd951..f7f460e 100644
--- a/defaultenv-2/base/bin/boot
+++ b/defaultenv-2/base/bin/boot
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-verbose=
-dryrun=
+BOOT_BOOTM_OPTS=
+BOOT_DRYRUN=
+BOOT_VERBOSE=
+list=
+bootsrc=${global.boot.default}
 
 usage="
 $0 [OPTIONS] [source]\n
@@ -10,49 +13,53 @@
  -l  list boot sources\n
  -h  help"
 
-for i in /env/boot/*; do
-	basename $i s
-	sources="$sources$s "
-done
+. /env/data/ansi-colors
 
 while getopt "vdhl" opt; do
 	if [ ${opt} = v ]; then
-		if [ -n "$verbose" ]; then
-			verbose="-v -v"
-		else
-			verbose="-v"
-		fi
+		BOOT_BOOTMOPTS="$BOOT_BOOTMOPTS -v"
+		BOOT_VERBOSE=1
 	elif [ ${opt} = d ]; then
-		dryrun=1
+		BOOT_DRYRUN=1
 	elif [ ${opt} = l ]; then
-		echo -e "boot sources:\n$sources"
-		exit 0
+		list=1
 	elif [ ${opt} = h ]; then
 		echo -e "$usage"
 		exit 0
 	fi
 done
 
-# clear linux.bootargs.dyn.* and bootm.*
-global -r linux.bootargs.dyn.
-global -r bootm.
-
-if [ $# = 0 ]; then
-	scr="$global.boot.default"
-else
-	scr="$1"
-fi
-
-if [ -n "$scr" ]; then
-	if [ ! -f /env/boot/$scr ]; then
-		echo -e "/env/boot/$scr does not exist. Valid choices:\n$sources"
-		exit
-	fi
-	/env/boot/$scr
-fi
-
-if [ -n "$dryrun" ]; then
+if [ -n "$list" ]; then
+	echo "boot sources:"
+	for i in /env/boot/*; do
+		basename $i s
+		echo $s
+	done
 	exit 0
 fi
 
-bootm $verbose
+if [ -n "$1" ]; then
+	bootsrc="$*"
+fi
+
+export BOOT_BOOTM_OPTS
+export BOOT_DRYRUN
+export BOOT_VERBOSE
+
+for src in $bootsrc; do
+	if [ -d ${src} ]; then
+		realsrc="$realsrc $src/*"
+	else
+		realsrc="$realsrc $src"
+	fi
+done
+
+if [ -n "$BOOT_VERBOSE" ]; then
+	echo -e "\nboot sequence:${YELLOW}$realsrc${NC}\n"
+fi
+
+for s in $realsrc; do
+	_boot_list $s
+done
+
+exit $ret
diff --git a/defaultenv-2/base/config b/defaultenv-2/base/config
index dec0595..784ae52 100644
--- a/defaultenv-2/base/config
+++ b/defaultenv-2/base/config
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
 # timeout in seconds before the default boot entry is started
 #global.autoboot_timeout=3
 
-# default boot entry (one of /env/boot/*)
+# list of boot entries. These are executed in order until one
+# succeeds. An entry can be:
+# - a filename in /env/boot/
+# - a full path to a directory. All files in this directory are
+#   treated as boot files and executed in alphabetical order
 #global.boot.default=net
 
 # base bootargs