--- src/eixTk/utils.cc
+++ src/eixTk/utils.cc
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 using namespace std;
 
 /** push_back every line of file into v. */
-bool pushback_lines(const char *file, vector<string> *v, bool removed_empty)
+bool pushback_lines_file(const char *file, vector<string> *v, bool removed_empty)
 {
 	string line;
 	ifstream ifstr(file);
@@ -71,14 +71,37 @@
 	return false;
 }
 
+/** push_back every line of file or dir into v. */
+bool pushback_lines(const char *file, vector<string> *v, bool removed_empty, bool recursive)
+{
+	static const char *files_exclude[] = { "..", "." , NULL };
+	vector<string> files;
+	string dir(file);
+	dir += "/";
+	if(recursive && pushback_files(dir, files, files_exclude, false))
+	{
+		bool rvalue=true;
+		for(vector<string>::iterator it=files.begin();
+			it<files.end(); ++it)
+		{
+			if(! pushback_lines(it->c_str(), v, removed_empty))
+				rvalue=false;
+		}
+		return rvalue;
+	}
+	else
+		return pushback_lines_file(file, v, removed_empty);
+}
+
 /** List of files in directory.
  * Pushed names of file in directory into string-vector if the don't match any
  * char * in given exlude list.
  * @param dir_path Path to directory
  * @param into pointer to vector of strings .. files get append here (with full path)
  * @param exclude list of char * that don't need to be put into vector
+ * @param onlyfiles consider only ordinary files
  * @return false if everything is ok */
-bool pushback_files(string &dir_path, vector<string> &into, const char *exclude[])
+bool pushback_files(string &dir_path, vector<string> &into, const char *exclude[], bool onlyfiles)
 {
 	struct stat static_stat;
 	DIR *dir = opendir(dir_path.c_str());
@@ -91,13 +114,19 @@
 		if(exclude)
 		{
 			char **_p = (char **)exclude;
-			while(*_p) /* Look if it's in exclude */
-				if(strcmp(*(_p++), dir_entry->d_name) == 0)
-					continue;
+			for(;*_p;_p++) /* Look if it's in exclude */
+				if(strcmp(*_p, dir_entry->d_name) == 0)
+					break;
+			if(*_p)
+				continue;
+
+		}
+		if(onlyfiles)
+		{
+			if(stat((dir_path + dir_entry->d_name).c_str(), &static_stat)
+					|| !S_ISREG(static_stat.st_mode))
+				continue;
 		}
-		if(stat((dir_path + dir_entry->d_name).c_str(), &static_stat)
-				|| !S_ISREG(static_stat.st_mode))
-			continue;
 		into.push_back(dir_path + dir_entry->d_name);
 	}
 	closedir(dir);
--- src/eixTk/utils.h
+++ src/eixTk/utils.h
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
 
-/** push_back every line of file into v. */
-bool pushback_lines(const char *file, std::vector<std::string> *v, bool removed_empty = true);
+/** push_back every line of file or dir into v. */
+bool pushback_lines(const char *file, std::vector<std::string> *v, bool removed_empty = true, bool recursive = true);
 
 /** List of files in directory.
  * Pushed names of file in directory into string-vector if the don't match any
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@
  * @param dir_path Path to directory
  * @param into pointer to vector of strings .. files get append here (with full path)
  * @param exlude list of char * that don't need to be put into vector
+ * @param onlyfiles consider only ordinary files
  * @return false if everything is ok */
-bool pushback_files(std::string &dir_path, std::vector<std::string> &into, const char *exclude[]);
+bool pushback_files(std::string &dir_path, std::vector<std::string> &into, const char *exclude[], bool onlyfiles = true);
 
 
 /** Cycle through map using it, until it is it_end, append all values from it
--- src/portage/conf/portagesettings.cc
+++ src/portage/conf/portagesettings.cc
@@ -42,36 +42,35 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
-bool grab_masks(const char *file, Mask::Type type, MaskList<Mask> *cat_map, vector<Mask*> *mask_vec)
+bool grab_masks(const char *file, Mask::Type type, MaskList<Mask> *cat_map, vector<Mask*> *mask_vec, bool recursive)
 {
-	ifstream mask_file(file);
-	if(mask_file.is_open()) {
-		string line;
-		while(getline(mask_file, line)) {
-			trim(&line);
-			if(line.size() == 0 || line[0] == '#')
-				continue;
-			try {
-				Mask *m = new Mask(line.c_str(), type);
-				OOM_ASSERT(m);
-				if(cat_map) {
-					cat_map->add(m);
-				}
-				else {
-					mask_vec->push_back(m);
-				}
+	vector<string> lines;
+	if( ! pushback_lines(file, &lines, true, recursive))
+		return false;
+	for(vector<string>::iterator it=lines.begin(); it<lines.end(); ++it)
+	{
+		string line=*it;
+		try {
+			Mask *m = new Mask(line.c_str(), type);
+			OOM_ASSERT(m);
+			if(cat_map) {
+				cat_map->add(m);
 			}
-			catch(ExBasic e) {
-				cerr << "-- Invalid line in " << file << ": \"" << line << "\"" << endl
-				     << "   " << e.getMessage() << endl;
+			else {
+				mask_vec->push_back(m);
 			}
 		}
-		mask_file.close();
-		return true;
+		catch(ExBasic e) {
+			cerr << "-- Invalid line in " << file << ": \"" << line << "\"" << endl
+			     << "   " << e.getMessage() << endl;
+		}
 	}
-	return false;
+	return true;
 }
 
+
+
+
 /** Key that should accumelate their content rathern then replace. */
 static const char *default_accumulating_keys[] = {
 	"USE",
--- src/portage/conf/portagesettings.h
+++ src/portage/conf/portagesettings.h
@@ -45,16 +45,16 @@
 class Package;
 
 /** Grab Masks from file and add to a category->vector<Mask*> mapping or to a vector<Mask*>. */
-bool grab_masks(const char *file, Mask::Type type, MaskList<Mask> *cat_map, std::vector<Mask*> *mask_vec);
+bool grab_masks(const char *file, Mask::Type type, MaskList<Mask> *cat_map, std::vector<Mask*> *mask_vec, bool recursive=true);
 
 /** Grab Mask from file and add to category->vector<Mask*>. */
-inline bool grab_masks(const char *file, Mask::Type type, std::vector<Mask*> *mask_vec) {
-	return grab_masks(file, type, NULL , mask_vec);
+inline bool grab_masks(const char *file, Mask::Type type, std::vector<Mask*> *mask_vec, bool recursive=true) {
+	return grab_masks(file, type, NULL , mask_vec, recursive);
 }
 
 /** Grab Mask from file and add to vector<Mask*>. */
-inline bool grab_masks(const char *file, Mask::Type type, MaskList<Mask> *cat_map) {
-	return grab_masks(file, type, cat_map, NULL);
+inline bool grab_masks(const char *file, Mask::Type type, MaskList<Mask> *cat_map, bool recursive=true) {
+	return grab_masks(file, type, cat_map, NULL, recursive);
 }
 
 class PortageSettings;