diff --git a/lib/config/options.rb b/lib/config/options.rb
index 40e49f6a..fa89432c 100644
--- a/lib/config/options.rb
+++ b/lib/config/options.rb
@@ -14,18 +14,18 @@ def empty?
       marshal_dump.empty?
     end
 
-    def add_source!(source)
+    def add_source!(source, namespace = nil)
       # handle yaml file paths
-      source = (Sources::YAMLSource.new(source)) if source.is_a?(String)
-      source = (Sources::HashSource.new(source)) if source.is_a?(Hash)
+      source = (Sources::YAMLSource.new(source, namespace)) if source.is_a?(String)
+      source = (Sources::HashSource.new(source, namespace)) if source.is_a?(Hash)
 
       @config_sources ||= []
       @config_sources << source
     end
 
-    def prepend_source!(source)
-      source = (Sources::YAMLSource.new(source)) if source.is_a?(String)
-      source = (Sources::HashSource.new(source)) if source.is_a?(Hash)
+    def prepend_source!(source, namespace = nil)
+      source = (Sources::YAMLSource.new(source, namespace)) if source.is_a?(String)
+      source = (Sources::HashSource.new(source, namespace)) if source.is_a?(Hash)
 
       @config_sources ||= []
       @config_sources.unshift(source)
diff --git a/lib/config/sources/hash_source.rb b/lib/config/sources/hash_source.rb
index f32dda2a..2e0c6ad5 100644
--- a/lib/config/sources/hash_source.rb
+++ b/lib/config/sources/hash_source.rb
@@ -3,13 +3,21 @@ module Sources
     class HashSource
       attr_accessor :hash
 
-      def initialize(hash)
+      def initialize(hash, namespace = nil)
         @hash = hash
+
+        # Make sure @namespace is an array if it exists at all
+        if namespace
+          @namespace = namespace
+          @namespace = [@namespace] unless @namespace.is_a?(Array)
+        end
       end
 
       # returns hash that was passed in to initialize
       def load
-        hash.is_a?(Hash) ? hash : {}
+        return {} unless hash.is_a?(Hash)
+        return hash unless @namespace
+        return  @namespace.reverse.inject(hash) { |a, n| { n => a } }
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/config/sources/yaml_source.rb b/lib/config/sources/yaml_source.rb
index b14eb676..3d17db6e 100644
--- a/lib/config/sources/yaml_source.rb
+++ b/lib/config/sources/yaml_source.rb
@@ -6,15 +6,26 @@ module Sources
     class YAMLSource
       attr_accessor :path
 
-      def initialize(path)
+      def initialize(path, namespace = nil)
         @path = path.to_s
+
+        # Make sure @namespace is an array if it exists at all
+        if namespace
+          @namespace = namespace
+          @namespace = [@namespace] unless @namespace.is_a?(Array)
+        end
       end
 
       # returns a config hash from the YML file
       def load
         result = YAML.load(ERB.new(IO.read(@path)).result) if @path and File.exist?(@path)
-
-        result || {}
+        return {} unless result
+        return result unless @namespace
+        
+        # Resolves namespacing multiple layers deep 
+        # i.e. ['layer1', 'layer2'] comes out to {'layer1' => {'layer2' => content}}
+        return @namespace.reverse.inject(result) { |a, n| { n => a } }
+        
 
         rescue Psych::SyntaxError => e
           raise "YAML syntax error occurred while parsing #{@path}. " \
diff --git a/spec/sources/hash_source_spec.rb b/spec/sources/hash_source_spec.rb
index c6d22958..ddfe3869 100644
--- a/spec/sources/hash_source_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/sources/hash_source_spec.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ module Config::Sources
 
     context "basic hash" do
       let(:source) do
-        HashSource.new(
+        example_hash = 
           {
             "size" => 2,
             "section" => {
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module Config::Sources
               "servers" => [ {"name" => "yahoo.com"}, {"name" => "amazon.com"} ]
             }
           }
-        )
+        HashSource.new(example_hash)
       end
 
       it "should properly read the settings" do
@@ -33,6 +33,58 @@ module Config::Sources
       end
     end
 
+    context "basic hash with single namespace" do
+      let(:source) do
+        example_hash = 
+          {
+            "size" => 2,
+            "section" => {
+              "size" => 3,
+              "servers" => [ {"name" => "yahoo.com"}, {"name" => "amazon.com"} ]
+            }
+          }
+        HashSource.new(example_hash, 'test_namespace')
+      end
+
+      it "should properly read the settings" do
+        results = source.load
+        expect(results['test_namespace']["size"]).to eq(2)
+      end
+
+      it "should properly read nested settings" do
+        results = source.load
+        expect(results['test_namespace']["section"]["size"]).to eq(3)
+        expect(results['test_namespace']["section"]["servers"]).to be_instance_of(Array)
+        expect(results['test_namespace']["section"]["servers"].size).to eq(2)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "basic hash with nested namespace" do
+      let(:source) do
+        example_hash = 
+          {
+            "size" => 2,
+            "section" => {
+              "size" => 3,
+              "servers" => [ {"name" => "yahoo.com"}, {"name" => "amazon.com"} ]
+            }
+          }
+        HashSource.new(example_hash, ['test_namespace', 'test_layer_2'])
+      end
+
+      it "should properly read the settings" do
+        results = source.load
+        expect(results['test_namespace']['test_layer_2']["size"]).to eq(2)
+      end
+
+      it "should properly read nested settings" do
+        results = source.load
+        expect(results['test_namespace']['test_layer_2']["section"]["size"]).to eq(3)
+        expect(results['test_namespace']['test_layer_2']["section"]["servers"]).to be_instance_of(Array)
+        expect(results['test_namespace']['test_layer_2']["section"]["servers"].size).to eq(2)
+      end
+    end
+    
     context "parameter is not a hash" do
       let(:source) do
         HashSource.new "hello world"
diff --git a/spec/sources/yaml_source_spec.rb b/spec/sources/yaml_source_spec.rb
index ee93410f..e61fc1e8 100644
--- a/spec/sources/yaml_source_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/sources/yaml_source_spec.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,42 @@ module Config::Sources
       end
     end
 
+    context "basic yml file with single namespace" do
+      let(:source) do
+        YAMLSource.new "#{fixture_path}/development.yml", 'test_namespace'
+      end
+
+      it "should properly read the settings" do
+        results = source.load
+        expect(results['test_namespace']["size"]).to eq(2)
+      end
+
+      it "should properly read nested settings" do
+        results = source.load
+        expect(results['test_namespace']["section"]["size"]).to eq(3)
+        expect(results['test_namespace']["section"]["servers"]).to be_instance_of(Array)
+        expect(results['test_namespace']["section"]["servers"].size).to eq(2)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "basic yml file with nested namespace" do
+      let(:source) do
+        YAMLSource.new "#{fixture_path}/development.yml", ['test_namespace', 'test_layer_2']
+      end
+
+      it "should properly read the settings" do
+        results = source.load
+        expect(results['test_namespace']['test_layer_2']["size"]).to eq(2)
+      end
+
+      it "should properly read nested settings" do
+        results = source.load
+        expect(results['test_namespace']['test_layer_2']["section"]["size"]).to eq(3)
+        expect(results['test_namespace']['test_layer_2']["section"]["servers"]).to be_instance_of(Array)
+        expect(results['test_namespace']['test_layer_2']["section"]["servers"].size).to eq(2)
+      end
+    end
+
     context "yml file with erb tags" do
       let(:source) do
         YAMLSource.new "#{fixture_path}/with_erb.yml"