diff --git a/src/rebar_config.erl b/src/rebar_config.erl
index 2da3191..31788b1 100644
--- a/src/rebar_config.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_config.erl
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 %% -------------------------------------------------------------------
 -module(rebar_config).
 
--export([new/0, new/1, base_config/1,
+-export([new/0, new/1, base_config/1, consult_file/1,
          get/3, get_local/3, get_list/3,
          get_all/2,
          set/3,
@@ -128,13 +128,50 @@ is_verbose() ->
 get_jobs() ->
     get_global(jobs, 3).
 
+consult_file(File) ->
+    case filename:extension(File) of
+        ".script" ->
+            consult_and_eval(remove_script_ext(File), File);
+        _ ->
+            Script = File ++ ".script",
+            case filelib:is_regular(Script) of
+                true ->
+                    consult_and_eval(File, Script);
+                false ->
+                    ?DEBUG("Consult config file ~p~n", [File]),
+                    file:consult(File)
+            end
+    end.
+
 %% ===================================================================
 %% Internal functions
 %% ===================================================================
 
-consult_file(File) ->
-    ?DEBUG("Consult config file ~p~n", [File]),
-    file:consult(File).
+consult_and_eval(File, Script) ->
+    ?DEBUG("Evaluating config script ~p~n", [Script]),
+    ConfigData = try_consult(File),
+    file:script(File, bs([{'CONFIG', ConfigData}, {'SCRIPT', File}])).
+
+
+remove_script_ext(F) ->
+    "tpircs." ++ Rev = lists:reverse(F),
+    lists:reverse(Rev).
+
+try_consult(File) ->
+    case file:consult(File) of
+        {ok, Terms} ->
+            ?DEBUG("Consult config file ~p~n", [File]),
+            Terms;
+        {error, enoent}  -> [];
+        {error, Reason} ->
+            ?ABORT("Failed to read config file ~s: ~p~n", [File, Reason])
+    end.
+
+bs(Vars) ->
+    lists:foldl(fun({K,V}, Bs) ->
+                        erl_eval:add_binding(K, V, Bs)
+                end, erl_eval:new_bindings(), Vars).
+
 
 local_opts([], Acc) ->
     lists:reverse(Acc);
diff --git a/src/rebar_rel_utils.erl b/src/rebar_rel_utils.erl
index 81ddbfb..e502743 100644
--- a/src/rebar_rel_utils.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_rel_utils.erl
@@ -48,12 +48,20 @@ is_rel_dir() ->
 
 is_rel_dir(Dir) ->
     Fname = filename:join([Dir, "reltool.config"]),
-    case filelib:is_regular(Fname) of
-        true ->
-            {true, Fname};
-        false ->
-            false
-    end.
+    Scriptname = Fname ++ ".script",
+    Res = case filelib:is_regular(Scriptname) of
+              true ->
+                  {true, Scriptname};
+              false ->
+                  case filelib:is_regular(Fname) of
+                      true ->
+                          {true, Fname};
+                      false ->
+                          false
+                  end
+          end,
+    ?DEBUG("is_rel_dir(~s) -> ~p~n", [Dir, Res]),
+    Res.
 
 %% Get release name and version from a reltool.config
 get_reltool_release_info([{sys, Config}| _]) ->
@@ -116,7 +124,7 @@ get_previous_release_path() ->
 %% Load terms from reltool.config
 %%
 load_config(ReltoolFile) ->
-    case file:consult(ReltoolFile) of
+    case rebar_config:consult_file(ReltoolFile) of
         {ok, Terms} ->
             expand_version(Terms, filename:dirname(ReltoolFile));
         Other ->