diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 6c1caa8..3c8646a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -191,14 +191,16 @@ exports.load = function load(path, options) {
     if (Array.isArray(path)) {
         conf = {};
         path.forEach(function(path) {
-            var data = load(path, options),
-                filename;
-
-            if (options.merge) {
-                exports.extend(true, conf, data);
-            } else {
-                filename = Path.basename(path, options.ext);
-                conf[filename] = data;
+            if (fs.existsSync(path)) {
+                var data = load(path, options),
+                    filename;
+
+                if (options.merge) {
+                    exports.extend(true, conf, data);
+                } else {
+                    filename = Path.basename(path, options.ext);
+                    conf[filename] = data;
+                }
             }
         });
 
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 708a333..ee29192 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -82,6 +82,16 @@ a.deepEqual(cjson.load([fixtures + '/conf1.json', fixtures + '/conf6.json'], tru
 
 a.deepEqual(cjson.load(fixtures), data, 'load all and merge them');
 
+a.deepEqual(
+    cjson.load([
+        fixtures + '/conf1.json',
+        'missing-conf.json',
+        fixtures + '/conf6.json'
+    ], true),
+    data2,
+    'load a missing config file among an array of config files and merge them'
+);
+
 a.deepEqual(cjson.load(fixtures, {ext: '.cjson'}), {conf9: {a: 1}}, 'use custom ext');
 
 var str = require('fs').readFileSync(fixtures + '/conf2.json').toString();