diff --git a/lib/nconf/provider.js b/lib/nconf/provider.js
index 7ca4678..56246e3 100644
--- a/lib/nconf/provider.js
+++ b/lib/nconf/provider.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Provider.prototype.set = function (key, value, callback) {
 //
 Provider.prototype.merge = function (key, value, callback) {
   return this.store.merge(key, value, callback);
-}
+};
 
 //
 // ### function clear (key, callback)
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ Provider.prototype.load = function (callback) {
     return this.store.loadSync();
   }
   
-  
   if (!this.store.load) {
     var error = new Error('nconf store ' + this.store.type + ' has no load() method');
     if (callback) {
diff --git a/lib/nconf/stores/file.js b/lib/nconf/stores/file.js
index fae5d96..d8b5615 100644
--- a/lib/nconf/stores/file.js
+++ b/lib/nconf/stores/file.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ var File = exports.File = function (options) {
 
   this.type   = 'file';
   this.file   = options.file;
+  this.search = options.search || false;
   this.format = options.format || {
     stringify: function (obj) {
       return JSON.stringify(obj, null, 2)
@@ -140,4 +141,77 @@ File.prototype.loadSync = function () {
   }
 
   return data;
+};
+
+//
+// ### function resolve (base)
+// #### @base {string} Base directory (or file) to begin searching for the target file.
+//
+File.prototype.resolve = function (base) {
+  var looking = this.search,
+      fullpath,
+      stats;
+
+  if (this.file[0] === '/') {
+    //
+    // If filename for this instance is a fully qualified path
+    // (i.e. it starts with a `'/'`) then check if it exists
+    //
+    try {
+      stats = fs.statSync(fs.realpathSync(fullpath));
+      if (stats.isFile()) {
+        fullpath = this.file;
+        looking = false;
+      }
+    }
+    catch (ex) {
+      //
+      // Ignore errors
+      //
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (looking && base) {
+    //
+    // Attempt to stat the realpath located at `base`
+    // if the directory does not exist then return false.
+    //
+    try {
+      var stat = fs.statSync(fs.realpathSync(base));
+      looking = stat.isDirectory();
+    }
+    catch (ex) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+  
+  while (looking) {
+    try {
+      stats = fs.statSync(fs.realpathSync(fullpath = path.join(base, this.file)));
+      looking = stats.isDirectory();
+    }
+    catch (ex) {
+      var olddir = dir;
+      dir = path.dirname(dir);
+
+      if (olddir === dir) {
+        try {
+          var stat = fs.statSync(fs.realpathSync(configPath = path.join(process.env.HOME, filename)));
+          if(stat.isDirectory()) {
+            configPath = undefined;
+          }
+        }
+        catch (ex) {
+          //
+          // Ignore errors
+          //
+          configPath = undefined;
+        }
+        
+        looking = false;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return fullpath;
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 58b0da2..3a1061b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
     "async": "0.1.x",
     "pkginfo": "0.2.x"
   },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "vows": "0.5.x >=0.5.11"
+  },
   "main": "./lib/nconf",
   "scripts": { "test": "vows test/*-test.js --spec" },
   "engines": { "node": ">= 0.4.0" }