diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f9917b9..9291863c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,3 +28,7 @@ node_modules
 .lock-wscript
 
 test/tmp
+test/tmp2
+
+# User's IDE data
+.vscode
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index de5bea4e..09b3d96d 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -55,13 +55,24 @@ var Umzug = module.exports = redefine.Class(/** @lends Umzug.prototype */ {
       throw new Error('The logging-option should be either a function or false');
     }
 
+    let defaultPattern = /^\d+[\w-]+\.js$/
+
     this.options.migrations = _.assign({
       params:  [],
       path:    path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'migrations'),
-      pattern: /^\d+[\w-]+\.js$/,
+      pattern: defaultPattern,
       wrap:    function (fun) { return fun; }
     }, this.options.migrations);
 
+    // this ensures that the default pattern is used when pattern is undefined, but multiple paths are defined
+    let patternArr =  _.flatten([this.options.migrations.pattern])
+    let pathArr =     _.flatten([this.options.migrations.path]) 
+    if(patternArr.length <  pathArr.length) {
+      this.options.migrations.pattern = patternArr.concat(
+        _().range(pathArr.length-patternArr.length).fill(defaultPattern).value()
+      )
+    }
+
     this.storage = this._initStorage();
 
     EventEmitter.call(this);
@@ -412,14 +423,24 @@ var Umzug = module.exports = redefine.Class(/** @lends Umzug.prototype */ {
    * @private
    */
   _findMigrations: function () {
-    return Bluebird
-      .promisify(fs.readdir)(this.options.migrations.path)
+    let readDirP = Bluebird.promisify(fs.readdir);
+    let paths = _.flatten([this.options.migrations.path])
+    let patterns = _.flatten([this.options.migrations.pattern])
+    return Bluebird.resolve(
+        paths // ensures always an []
+      ).reduce((fileAccumulator, currentPath) => {
+        return readDirP(currentPath).then((files) => {
+          let pathFiles = files.map(file => [currentPath, file]) 
+          return fileAccumulator.concat(pathFiles)
+        })
+      }, [])
       .bind(this)
-      .filter(function (file) {
-        return this.options.migrations.pattern.test(file);
+      .filter(function (pathFile) {
+        return patterns[paths.indexOf(pathFile[0])] // choose the pattern that relates to the source of this file
+        .test(pathFile[1]); // regex test
       })
-      .map(function (file) {
-        return path.resolve(this.options.migrations.path, file);
+      .map(function (pathFile) {
+        return path.resolve(pathFile[0], pathFile[1]);
       })
       .map(function (path) {
         return new Migration(path, this.options);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d4d7ddf0..09ae8a0d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "umzug",
-  "version": "1.11.0",
+  "version": "1.11.2",
   "description": "Framework agnostic migration tool for Node.JS",
   "main": "index.js",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/test/helper.js b/test/helper.js
index a06e0a5d..97bb3b19 100644
--- a/test/helper.js
+++ b/test/helper.js
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ var Bluebird = require('bluebird');
 var fs       = require('fs');
 
 var helper = module.exports = {
-  clearTmp: function () {
-    var files = fs.readdirSync(__dirname + '/tmp');
-
+  clearTmp: function (tmpNum) {
+    tmpNum = tmpNum || '' 
+    var files = fs.readdirSync(__dirname + `/tmp${tmpNum}`);
+    
     files.forEach(function (file) {
-      if (file.match(/\.(js|json|sqlite)$/)) {
-        fs.unlinkSync(__dirname + '/tmp/' + file);
+      if (file.match(/\.(js|json|sqlite|coffee)$/)) {
+        fs.unlinkSync(__dirname + `/tmp${tmpNum}/` + file);
       }
     });
   },
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ var helper = module.exports = {
       var num   = 0;
 
       helper.clearTmp();
+      helper.clearTmp(2);
 
       _.times(count, function (i) {
         num++;
diff --git a/test/index/constructor.test.js b/test/index/constructor.test.js
index c7d9c2b8..2506e93e 100644
--- a/test/index/constructor.test.js
+++ b/test/index/constructor.test.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 var expect    = require('expect.js');
 var Umzug     = require('../../index');
 var sinon     = require('sinon');
+var helper    = require('../helper');
 
 describe('constructor', function () {
   it('exposes some methods', function () {
@@ -39,4 +40,69 @@ describe('constructor', function () {
     umzug.log();
     expect(spy.called).to.be(true);
   });
+
+  it('can accept multiple directories for migrations', function() {
+    let umzug;
+    return helper.prepareMigrations(2, { names: ['1111-migration', '../tmp2/234-migration'] })
+    .then(() => {
+      umzug = new Umzug({
+          migrations:     { path: [__dirname + '/../tmp/', __dirname + '/../tmp2/'] },
+          storageOptions: { path: __dirname + '/../tmp/umzug.json' },
+          logging:        this.logSpy
+        });
+      return umzug._findMigrations()
+    }).then((migrationsFound) => {
+      expect(migrationsFound.length).to.be(2)
+    })
+  })
+
+  it('can accept multiple directories and patterns for migrations', function() {
+      let umzug;
+      return helper.prepareMigrations(5, { names: [
+        '1111-foo-migration',
+        '1111-bar-migration', 
+        '../tmp2/234-foo-migration',
+        '../tmp2/2345-bar-migration',
+        '../tmp2/23456-zar-migration'
+        ] })
+      .then(() => {
+        umzug = new Umzug({
+            migrations:     { 
+              path: [__dirname + '/../tmp/', __dirname + '/../tmp2/'],
+              pattern: [/^.*\.js$/, /-foo-|-zar-/] 
+            },
+            storageOptions: { path: __dirname + '/../tmp/umzug.json' },
+            logging:        this.logSpy
+          });
+        return umzug._findMigrations()
+      }).then((migrationsFound) => {
+        expect(migrationsFound.length).to.be(4)
+      })
+    })
+
+    it('can use defaults for multiple directories and patterns for migrations', function() {
+      let umzug;
+      return helper.prepareMigrations(6, { names: [
+        '1111-foo-migration',
+        '1211-bar-migration', 
+        '1311-to-foo-migration', 
+        '../tmp2/234-foo-migration',
+        '../tmp2/2345-bar-migration',
+        '../tmp2/23456-zar-migration'
+        ] })
+      .then(() => {
+        umzug = new Umzug({
+            migrations:     { 
+              path: [__dirname + '/../tmp/', __dirname + '/../tmp2/'],
+              pattern: [/-foo-/] 
+            },
+            storageOptions: { path: __dirname + '/../tmp/umzug.json' },
+            logging:        this.logSpy
+          });
+        return umzug._findMigrations()
+      }).then((migrationsFound) => {
+        expect(migrationsFound.length).to.be(5)
+      })
+    })
+
 });
diff --git a/test/tmp2/.gitkeep b/test/tmp2/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b