diff --git a/server/access.c b/server/access.c
index c5fa70d5..d1bd08ff 100644
--- a/server/access.c
+++ b/server/access.c
@@ -1356,6 +1356,13 @@ parse_access_folder(fko_srv_options_t *opts, char *access_folder, int *depth)
     char            include_file[MAX_PATH_LEN] ={0};
     struct dirent  *dp;
 
+    (*depth)++;
+    if ((*depth) == 1)
+    {
+        acc_stanza_init(opts);
+    }
+
+
     if((ndx = strrchr(access_folder, '/')) != NULL)
     {
         if (strlen(ndx) == 1)
diff --git a/server/access.h b/server/access.h
index 76414ee5..7d58b626 100644
--- a/server/access.h
+++ b/server/access.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 /* Function Prototypes
 */
 int parse_access_file(fko_srv_options_t *opts, char *access_filename, int *depth);
+int parse_access_folder(fko_srv_options_t *opts, char *access_folder, int *depth);
 int compare_addr_list(acc_int_list_t *source_list, const uint32_t ip);
 int acc_check_port_access(acc_stanza_t *acc, char *port_str);
 void dump_access_list(const fko_srv_options_t *opts);
diff --git a/server/cmd_opts.h b/server/cmd_opts.h
index cd39a7c1..42049f28 100644
--- a/server/cmd_opts.h
+++ b/server/cmd_opts.h
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ static char *config_map[NUMBER_OF_CONFIG_ENTRIES] = {
     "FWKNOP_RUN_DIR",
     "FWKNOP_CONF_DIR",
     "ACCESS_FILE",
+    "ACCESS_FOLDER",
     "FWKNOP_PID_FILE",
 #if USE_FILE_CACHE
     "DIGEST_FILE",
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ enum {
     DUMP_SERVER_ERR_CODES,
     EXIT_AFTER_PARSE_CONFIG,
     FAULT_INJECTION_TAG,
+    ACCESS_FOLDER,
     NOOP /* Just to be a marker for the end */
 };
 
@@ -173,6 +175,7 @@ enum {
 static struct option cmd_opts[] =
 {
     {"access-file",          1, NULL, 'a'},
+    {"access-folder",        1, NULL, ACCESS_FOLDER},
     {"afl-fuzzing",          0, NULL, 'A'},
     {"afl-pkt-file",         1, NULL, AFL_PKT_FILE },
     {"config-file",          1, NULL, 'c'},
diff --git a/server/config_init.c b/server/config_init.c
index d7b50440..435faf13 100644
--- a/server/config_init.c
+++ b/server/config_init.c
@@ -1202,6 +1202,9 @@ config_init(fko_srv_options_t *opts, int argc, char **argv)
             case 'a':
                 set_config_entry(opts, CONF_ACCESS_FILE, optarg);
                 break;
+            case ACCESS_FOLDER:
+                set_config_entry(opts, CONF_ACCESS_FOLDER, optarg);
+                break;
             case 'c':
                 /* This was handled earlier */
                 break;
diff --git a/server/fwknopd.c b/server/fwknopd.c
index 319042da..0019d7fa 100644
--- a/server/fwknopd.c
+++ b/server/fwknopd.c
@@ -148,10 +148,16 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
             fprintf(stdout, "Deleting any existing firewall rules...\n");
             clean_exit(&opts, FW_CLEANUP, EXIT_SUCCESS);
         }
-
-        /* Process the access.conf file.
+        if (opts.config[CONF_ACCESS_FOLDER] != NULL) //If we have an access folder, process it
+        {
+            if (parse_access_folder(&opts, opts.config[CONF_ACCESS_FOLDER], &depth) != EXIT_SUCCESS)
+            {
+                clean_exit(&opts, NO_FW_CLEANUP, EXIT_FAILURE);
+            }
+        }
+        /* Process the access.conf file, but only if no access.conf folder was specified.
         */
-        if (parse_access_file(&opts, opts.config[CONF_ACCESS_FILE], &depth) != EXIT_SUCCESS)
+        else if (parse_access_file(&opts, opts.config[CONF_ACCESS_FILE], &depth) != EXIT_SUCCESS)
         {
             clean_exit(&opts, NO_FW_CLEANUP, EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
diff --git a/server/fwknopd_common.h b/server/fwknopd_common.h
index 7d01a87c..b01f2584 100644
--- a/server/fwknopd_common.h
+++ b/server/fwknopd_common.h
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ enum {
     CONF_FWKNOP_RUN_DIR,
     CONF_FWKNOP_CONF_DIR,
     CONF_ACCESS_FILE,
+    CONF_ACCESS_FOLDER,
     CONF_FWKNOP_PID_FILE,
 #if USE_FILE_CACHE
     CONF_DIGEST_FILE,