diff --git a/dmctl b/dmctl
index 6395a06..059fb39 100755
--- a/dmctl
+++ b/dmctl
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ function display_help() {
 USAGE
     $scriptname -d NAME
     $scriptname -l ARCHIVE
+    $scriptname -a ARCHIVEs...
 
 OPTIONS
     -d, --dump
@@ -131,12 +132,17 @@ case "$action" in
 dump) dump_machine "$1";;
 load) load_machine "$1";;
 loadall)
-    if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
-        archives=("$@")
-    else
-        NOCLOBBER=1
-        array_lsfiles archives . "*-machine.tar.gz"
-    fi
+    [ $# -gt 0 ] || set -- .
+    archives=()
+    for file in "$@"; do
+        if [ -d "$file" ]; then
+            NOCLOBBER=1
+            array_lsfiles files "$file" "*-machine.tar.gz"
+            array_extend archives files
+        else
+            archives+=("$file")
+        fi
+    done
     for archive in "${archives[@]}"; do
         etitle "$archive"
         load_machine "$archive"