diff --git a/lib/Slic3r/Config.pm b/lib/Slic3r/Config.pm
index bfbeee88cb..022c206f11 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r/Config.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r/Config.pm
@@ -87,8 +87,10 @@ sub load {
     my $class = shift;
     my ($file) = @_;
     
-    my $ini = __PACKAGE__->read_ini($file);
-    return $class->load_ini_hash($ini->{_});
+    # legacy syntax of load()
+    my $config = $class->new;
+    $config->_load($file);
+    return $config;
 }
 
 sub load_ini_hash {
@@ -186,13 +188,6 @@ sub as_ini {
     return $ini;
 }
 
-sub save {
-    my $self = shift;
-    my ($file) = @_;
-    
-    __PACKAGE__->write_ini($file, $self->as_ini);
-}
-
 # this method is idempotent by design and only applies to ::DynamicConfig or ::Full
 # objects because it performs cross checks
 sub validate {
diff --git a/src/slic3r.cpp b/src/slic3r.cpp
index 23cd8c7ff7..8a75564cdb 100644
--- a/src/slic3r.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r.cpp
@@ -24,17 +24,28 @@ main(const int argc, const char **argv)
     t_config_option_keys input_files;
     config.read_cli(argc, argv, &input_files);
     
-    // apply command line options to a more specific DynamicPrintConfig which provides normalize()
-    DynamicPrintConfig print_config;
-    print_config.apply(config, true);
-    print_config.normalize();
-    
     // apply command line options to a more handy CLIConfig
     CLIConfig cli_config;
     cli_config.apply(config, true);
     
-    /*  TODO: loop through the config files supplied on the command line (now stored in 
-        cli_config), load each one, normalize it and apply it to print_config */
+    DynamicPrintConfig print_config;
+    
+    // load config files supplied via --load
+    for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator file = cli_config.load.values.begin();
+        file != cli_config.load.values.end(); ++file) {
+        DynamicPrintConfig c;
+        c.load(*file);
+        c.normalize();
+        print_config.apply(c);
+    }
+    
+    // apply command line options to a more specific DynamicPrintConfig which provides normalize()
+    // (command line options override --load files)
+    print_config.apply(config, true);
+    print_config.normalize();
+    
+    // write config if requested
+    if (!cli_config.save.value.empty()) print_config.save(cli_config.save.value);
     
     // read input file(s) if any
     std::vector<Model> models;
diff --git a/xs/src/libslic3r/Config.cpp b/xs/src/libslic3r/Config.cpp
index dbc3ca89b4..cac2010f4d 100644
--- a/xs/src/libslic3r/Config.cpp
+++ b/xs/src/libslic3r/Config.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 #include "Config.hpp"
 #include <stdlib.h>  // for setenv()
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <ctime>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/erase.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>
+#include <boost/foreach.hpp>
+#include <boost/property_tree/ini_parser.hpp>
+#include <boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp>
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(setenv) && defined(_putenv_s)
 #define setenv(k, v, o) _putenv_s(k, v)
@@ -116,7 +122,7 @@ ConfigBase::serialize(const t_config_option_key &opt_key) const {
 }
 
 bool
-ConfigBase::set_deserialize(const t_config_option_key &opt_key, std::string str) {
+ConfigBase::set_deserialize(const t_config_option_key &opt_key, std::string str, bool append) {
     const ConfigOptionDef* optdef = this->def->get(opt_key);
     if (optdef == NULL) throw "Calling set_deserialize() on unknown option";
     if (!optdef->shortcut.empty()) {
@@ -128,7 +134,7 @@ ConfigBase::set_deserialize(const t_config_option_key &opt_key, std::string str)
     
     ConfigOption* opt = this->option(opt_key, true);
     assert(opt != NULL);
-    return opt->deserialize(str);
+    return opt->deserialize(str, append);
 }
 
 double
@@ -189,6 +195,38 @@ ConfigBase::option(const t_config_option_key &opt_key, bool create) {
     return this->optptr(opt_key, create);
 }
 
+void
+ConfigBase::load(const std::string &file)
+{
+    namespace pt = boost::property_tree;
+    pt::ptree tree;
+    pt::read_ini(file, tree);
+    BOOST_FOREACH(const pt::ptree::value_type &v, tree) {
+        this->set_deserialize(v.first.c_str(), v.second.get_value<std::string>().c_str());
+    }
+}
+
+void
+ConfigBase::save(const std::string &file) const
+{
+    using namespace std;
+    ofstream c;
+    c.open(file.c_str(), ios::out | ios::trunc);
+    
+    {
+        time_t now;
+        time(&now);
+        char buf[sizeof "0000-00-00 00:00:00"];
+        strftime(buf, sizeof buf, "%F %T", gmtime(&now));
+        c << "# generated by Slic3r " << SLIC3R_VERSION << " on " << buf << endl;
+    }
+    
+    t_config_option_keys my_keys = this->keys();
+    for (t_config_option_keys::const_iterator opt_key = my_keys.begin(); opt_key != my_keys.end(); ++opt_key)
+        c << *opt_key << " = " << this->serialize(*opt_key) << endl;
+    c.close();
+}
+
 DynamicConfig& DynamicConfig::operator= (DynamicConfig other)
 {
     this->swap(other);
@@ -325,11 +363,11 @@ DynamicConfig::read_cli(const int argc, const char** argv, t_config_option_keys*
                 opt->values.push_back(!boost::starts_with(token, "no-"));
             } else {
                 // we expect one more token carrying the value
-                if (i == argc) {
+                if (i == (argc-1)) {
                     printf("No value supplied for --%s\n", token.c_str());
                     exit(1);
                 }
-                this->option(opt_key, true)->deserialize(argv[++i]);
+                this->set_deserialize(opt_key, argv[++i], true);
             }
         } else {
             extra->push_back(token);
diff --git a/xs/src/libslic3r/Config.hpp b/xs/src/libslic3r/Config.hpp
index acbbaf9ff2..7892e3358e 100644
--- a/xs/src/libslic3r/Config.hpp
+++ b/xs/src/libslic3r/Config.hpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class ConfigOption {
     virtual ~ConfigOption() {};
     virtual ConfigOption* clone() const = 0;
     virtual std::string serialize() const = 0;
-    virtual bool deserialize(std::string str) = 0;
+    virtual bool deserialize(std::string str, bool append = false) = 0;
     virtual void set(const ConfigOption &option) = 0;
     virtual int getInt() const { return 0; };
     virtual double getFloat() const { return 0; };
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class ConfigOptionFloat : public ConfigOptionSingle<double>
         return ss.str();
     };
     
-    bool deserialize(std::string str) {
+    bool deserialize(std::string str, bool append = false) {
         std::istringstream iss(str);
         iss >> this->value;
         return !iss.fail();
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ class ConfigOptionFloats : public ConfigOptionVector<double>
         return vv;
     };
     
-    bool deserialize(std::string str) {
-        this->values.clear();
+    bool deserialize(std::string str, bool append = false) {
+        if (!append) this->values.clear();
         std::istringstream is(str);
         std::string item_str;
         while (std::getline(is, item_str, ',')) {
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class ConfigOptionInt : public ConfigOptionSingle<int>
         return ss.str();
     };
     
-    bool deserialize(std::string str) {
+    bool deserialize(std::string str, bool append = false) {
         std::istringstream iss(str);
         iss >> this->value;
         return !iss.fail();
@@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ class ConfigOptionInts : public ConfigOptionVector<int>
         return vv;
     };
     
-    bool deserialize(std::string str) {
-        this->values.clear();
+    bool deserialize(std::string str, bool append = false) {
+        if (!append) this->values.clear();
         std::istringstream is(str);
         std::string item_str;
         while (std::getline(is, item_str, ',')) {
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ class ConfigOptionString : public ConfigOptionSingle<std::string>
         return str; 
     };
     
-    bool deserialize(std::string str) {
+    bool deserialize(std::string str, bool append = false) {
         // s/\\n/\n/g
         size_t pos = 0;
         while ((pos = str.find("\\n", pos)) != std::string::npos) {
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ class ConfigOptionStrings : public ConfigOptionVector<std::string>
         return this->values;
     };
     
-    bool deserialize(std::string str) {
-        this->values.clear();
+    bool deserialize(std::string str, bool append = false) {
+        if (!append) this->values.clear();
         std::istringstream is(str);
         std::string item_str;
         while (std::getline(is, item_str, ';')) {
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ class ConfigOptionPercent : public ConfigOptionFloat
         return s;
     };
     
-    bool deserialize(std::string str) {
+    bool deserialize(std::string str, bool append = false) {
         // don't try to parse the trailing % since it's optional
         std::istringstream iss(str);
         iss >> this->value;
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ class ConfigOptionFloatOrPercent : public ConfigOptionPercent
         return s;
     };
     
-    bool deserialize(std::string str) {
+    bool deserialize(std::string str, bool append = false) {
         this->percent = str.find_first_of("%") != std::string::npos;
         std::istringstream iss(str);
         iss >> this->value;
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ class ConfigOptionPoint : public ConfigOptionSingle<Pointf>
         return ss.str();
     };
     
-    bool deserialize(std::string str) {
+    bool deserialize(std::string str, bool append = false) {
         std::istringstream iss(str);
         iss >> this->value.x;
         iss.ignore(std::numeric_limits<std::streamsize>::max(), ',');
@@ -388,8 +388,8 @@ class ConfigOptionPoints : public ConfigOptionVector<Pointf>
         return vv;
     };
     
-    bool deserialize(std::string str) {
-        this->values.clear();
+    bool deserialize(std::string str, bool append = false) {
+        if (!append) this->values.clear();
         std::istringstream is(str);
         std::string point_str;
         while (std::getline(is, point_str, ',')) {
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ class ConfigOptionBool : public ConfigOptionSingle<bool>
         return std::string(this->value ? "1" : "0");
     };
     
-    bool deserialize(std::string str) {
+    bool deserialize(std::string str, bool append = false) {
         this->value = (str.compare("1") == 0);
         return true;
     };
@@ -453,8 +453,8 @@ class ConfigOptionBools : public ConfigOptionVector<bool>
         return vv;
     };
     
-    bool deserialize(std::string str) {
-        this->values.clear();
+    bool deserialize(std::string str, bool append = false) {
+        if (!append) this->values.clear();
         std::istringstream is(str);
         std::string item_str;
         while (std::getline(is, item_str, ',')) {
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ class ConfigOptionEnum : public ConfigOptionSingle<T>
         return "";
     };
 
-    bool deserialize(std::string str) {
+    bool deserialize(std::string str, bool append = false) {
         t_config_enum_values enum_keys_map = ConfigOptionEnum<T>::get_enum_values();
         if (enum_keys_map.count(str) == 0) return false;
         this->value = static_cast<T>(enum_keys_map[str]);
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ class ConfigOptionEnumGeneric : public ConfigOptionInt
         return "";
     };
 
-    bool deserialize(std::string str) {
+    bool deserialize(std::string str, bool append = false) {
         if (this->keys_map->count(str) == 0) return false;
         this->value = (*const_cast<t_config_enum_values*>(this->keys_map))[str];
         return true;
@@ -596,10 +596,12 @@ class ConfigBase
     bool equals(ConfigBase &other);
     t_config_option_keys diff(ConfigBase &other);
     std::string serialize(const t_config_option_key &opt_key) const;
-    bool set_deserialize(const t_config_option_key &opt_key, std::string str);
+    bool set_deserialize(const t_config_option_key &opt_key, std::string str, bool append = false);
     double get_abs_value(const t_config_option_key &opt_key);
     double get_abs_value(const t_config_option_key &opt_key, double ratio_over);
     void setenv_();
+    void load(const std::string &file);
+    void save(const std::string &file) const;
 };
 
 class DynamicConfig : public virtual ConfigBase
diff --git a/xs/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.cpp b/xs/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.cpp
index 90af82fbdf..461981cdaf 100644
--- a/xs/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.cpp
+++ b/xs/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.cpp
@@ -1383,6 +1383,12 @@ CLIConfigDef::CLIConfigDef()
     def->cli = "info";
     def->default_value = new ConfigOptionBool(false);
     
+    def = this->add("load", coStrings);
+    def->label = "Load config file";
+    def->tooltip = "Load configuration from the specified file. It can be used more than once to load options from multiple files.";
+    def->cli = "load";
+    def->default_value = new ConfigOptionStrings();
+    
     def = this->add("output", coString);
     def->label = "Output File";
     def->tooltip = "The file where the output will be written (if not specified, it will be based on the input file).";
@@ -1395,6 +1401,12 @@ CLIConfigDef::CLIConfigDef()
     def->cli = "rotate";
     def->default_value = new ConfigOptionFloat(0);
     
+    def = this->add("save", coString);
+    def->label = "Save config file";
+    def->tooltip = "Save configuration to the specified file.";
+    def->cli = "save";
+    def->default_value = new ConfigOptionString();
+    
     def = this->add("scale", coFloat);
     def->label = "Scale";
     def->tooltip = "Scaling factor (default: 1).";
diff --git a/xs/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.hpp b/xs/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.hpp
index 442af51c23..ccc3b14719 100644
--- a/xs/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.hpp
+++ b/xs/src/libslic3r/PrintConfig.hpp
@@ -506,8 +506,10 @@ class CLIConfig
     ConfigOptionBool                export_pov;
     ConfigOptionBool                export_svg;
     ConfigOptionBool                info;
+    ConfigOptionStrings             load;
     ConfigOptionString              output;
     ConfigOptionFloat               rotate;
+    ConfigOptionString              save;
     ConfigOptionFloat               scale;
     
     CLIConfig() : ConfigBase(), StaticConfig() {
@@ -520,8 +522,10 @@ class CLIConfig
         OPT_PTR(export_pov);
         OPT_PTR(export_svg);
         OPT_PTR(info);
+        OPT_PTR(load);
         OPT_PTR(output);
         OPT_PTR(rotate);
+        OPT_PTR(save);
         OPT_PTR(scale);
         
         return NULL;
diff --git a/xs/xsp/Config.xsp b/xs/xsp/Config.xsp
index a2db75999c..4bc6081918 100644
--- a/xs/xsp/Config.xsp
+++ b/xs/xsp/Config.xsp
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
     void normalize();
     %name{setenv} void setenv_();
     double min_object_distance();
+    %name{_load} void load(std::string file);
+    void save(std::string file);
 };
 
 %name{Slic3r::Config::Static} class StaticPrintConfig {
@@ -84,6 +86,8 @@
         %};
     %name{setenv} void setenv_();
     double min_object_distance();
+    %name{_load} void load(std::string file);
+    void save(std::string file);
 };
 
 %package{Slic3r::Config};