diff --git a/loadlib.c b/loadlib.c
index ff7ebdb8..bf97f55b 100644
--- a/loadlib.c
+++ b/loadlib.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-** $Id: loadlib.c,v 1.29 2005/05/20 19:09:05 roberto Exp roberto $
+** $Id: loadlib.c,v 1.30 2005/06/27 17:24:40 roberto Exp roberto $
 ** Dynamic library loader for Lua
 ** See Copyright Notice in lua.h
 **
@@ -366,22 +366,21 @@ static int loader_preload (lua_State *L) {
 }
 
 
-static int ll_require (lua_State *L) {
-  const char *name = luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
+static void require_aux (lua_State *L, const char *name) {
   int i;
-  lua_settop(L, 1);
+  int loadedtable = lua_gettop(L) + 1;
   lua_getfield(L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, "_LOADED");
-  lua_getfield(L, 2, name);
+  lua_getfield(L, loadedtable, name);
   if (lua_toboolean(L, -1))  /* is it there? */
-    return 1;  /* package is already loaded; return its result */
+    return;  /* package is already loaded; return its result */
   /* else must load it; iterate over available loaders */
   lua_getfield(L, LUA_ENVIRONINDEX, "loaders");
   if (!lua_istable(L, -1))
     luaL_error(L, LUA_QL("package.loaders") " must be a table");
-  for (i=1;; i++) {
+  for (i=1; ; i++) {
     lua_rawgeti(L, -1, i);  /* get a loader */
     if (lua_isnil(L, -1))
-      return luaL_error(L, "package " LUA_QS " not found", name);
+      luaL_error(L, "package " LUA_QS " not found", name);
     lua_pushstring(L, name);
     lua_call(L, 1, 1);  /* call it */
     if (lua_isnil(L, -1)) lua_pop(L, 1);
@@ -389,16 +388,30 @@ static int ll_require (lua_State *L) {
   }
   /* mark module as loaded */
   lua_pushboolean(L, 1);
-  lua_setfield(L, 2, name);  /* _LOADED[name] = true */
-  lua_pushvalue(L, 1);  /* pass name as argument to module */
+  lua_setfield(L, loadedtable, name);  /* _LOADED[name] = true */
+  lua_pushstring(L, name);  /* pass name as argument to module */
   lua_call(L, 1, 1);  /* run loaded module */
   if (!lua_isnil(L, -1))  /* non-nil return? */
-    lua_setfield(L, 2, name);  /* update _LOADED[name] with returned value */
-  lua_getfield(L, 2, name);  /* return _LOADED[name] */
-  return 1;
+    lua_setfield(L, loadedtable, name);  /* _LOADED[name] = returned value */
+  lua_getfield(L, loadedtable, name);  /* return _LOADED[name] */
+  return;
 }
 
 
+static int ll_require (lua_State *L) {
+  const char *name = luaL_checkstring(L, 1);
+  const char *pt;
+  /* load all parent modules */
+  for (pt = name; (pt = strchr(pt, '.')) != NULL; pt++) {
+    lua_settop(L, 1);
+    lua_pushlstring(L, name, pt - name);
+    require_aux(L, lua_tostring(L, -1));
+  }
+  require_aux(L, name);  /* load module itself */
+  return 1;
+}
+  
+
 static void setfenv (lua_State *L) {
   lua_Debug ar;
   lua_getstack(L, 1, &ar);