diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ee79a8613..195fe650b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -884,6 +884,12 @@
                 "enablement": "calva:connected",
                 "category": "Calva"
             },
+            {
+                "command": "calva.loadFilesFromDirectory",
+                "title": "Load all files from a directory",
+                "enablement": "calva:connected",
+                "category": "Calva"
+            },
             {
                 "command": "calva.requireREPLUtilities",
                 "title": "Require REPL utilities, like (doc) etcetera, into Current Namespace",
@@ -1576,6 +1582,11 @@
                 "key": "ctrl+alt+c enter",
                 "when": "editorLangId == clojure && calva:connected && calva:keybindingsEnabled"
             },
+            {
+                "command": "calva.loadFilesFromDirectory",
+                "key": "",
+                "when": "editorLangId == clojure && calva:connected && calva:keybindingsEnabled"
+            },
             {
                 "command": "calva.togglePrettyPrint",
                 "key": "ctrl+alt+c p",
@@ -2302,6 +2313,11 @@
                     "command": "calva.loadFile",
                     "group": "calva/b-eval"
                 },
+                {
+                    "enablement": "editorLangId == clojure  && calva:connected",
+                    "command": "calva.loadFilesFromDirectory",
+                    "group": "calva/b-eval"
+                },
                 {
                     "enablement": "editorLangId == clojure && calva:connected",
                     "command": "calva.setOutputWindowNamespace",
@@ -2332,6 +2348,12 @@
                     "command": "calva.loadFile",
                     "group": "calva/b-eval"
                 },
+                {
+                    "when": "editorLangId == clojure && calva:showReplUi",
+                    "enablement": "calva:connected",
+                    "command": "calva.loadFilesFromDirectory",
+                    "group": "calva/b-eval"
+                },
                 {
                     "when": "editorLangId == clojure && calva:showReplUi",
                     "enablement": "calva:connected",
diff --git a/src/evaluate.ts b/src/evaluate.ts
index ba735603b..c518d593b 100644
--- a/src/evaluate.ts
+++ b/src/evaluate.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import * as state from './state';
 import annotations from './providers/annotations';
 import * as path from 'path';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as util from './utilities';
 import { NReplSession, NReplEvaluation } from './nrepl';
 import statusbar from './statusbar';
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ import { getStateValue } from '../out/cljs-lib/cljs-lib';
 import { getConfig } from './config';
 import * as replSession from './nrepl/repl-session';
 import * as getText from './util/get-text';
+import * as projectRoot from './project-root';
+import { file } from 'jszip';
 
 function interruptAllEvaluations() {
     if (util.getConnectedState()) {
@@ -306,6 +309,37 @@ async function loadFile(document, pprintOptions: PrettyPrintingOptions) {
     }
 }
 
+function shouldLoadFile(file) {
+    if ((file.endsWith('clj') || file.endsWith('cljs')) && !file.endsWith('project.clj')) {
+        return true
+    }
+    return false
+}
+
+function walkSync(dir, callback) {
+    const files = fs.readdirSync(dir);
+    files.forEach((file) => {
+        var filepath = path.join(dir, file);
+        const stats = fs.statSync(filepath);
+        if (stats.isDirectory()) {
+            walkSync(filepath, callback);
+        } else if (stats.isFile()) {
+            callback(filepath, stats);
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+async function loadFilesFromDirectory(document, pprintOptions: PrettyPrintingOptions) {
+    const projectRootUri = await projectRoot.getProjectRootUri();
+    const projectRootPath = projectRootUri.fsPath;
+    const directory = await vscode.window.showInputBox({ prompt: 'Enter the directory from which you want to load all the files',
+                                                         value: projectRootPath });
+    
+    walkSync(directory, async (file) => {
+        if (shouldLoadFile(file))
+            await loadFile({ fileName: file, languageId: 'clojure', uri: vscode.Uri.file(file) }, pprintOptions)})
+}
+
 async function evaluateUser(code: string) {
     const fileType = util.getFileType(util.getDocument({})),
         session = replSession.getSession(fileType);
@@ -415,6 +449,7 @@ export type customREPLCommandSnippet = {
 export default {
     interruptAllEvaluations,
     loadFile,
+    loadFilesFromDirectory,
     evaluateCurrentForm,
     evaluateEnclosingForm,
     evaluateTopLevelForm,
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 97543cd8c..ca61bcfe1 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ async function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
         await eval.loadFile({}, config.getConfig().prettyPrintingOptions);
         outputWindow.appendPrompt();
     }));
+    context.subscriptions.push(vscode.commands.registerCommand('calva.loadFilesFromDirectory', async () => {
+        await eval.loadFilesFromDirectory({}, config.getConfig().prettyPrintingOptions);
+        outputWindow.appendPrompt();
+    }));
     context.subscriptions.push(vscode.commands.registerCommand('calva.interruptAllEvaluations', eval.interruptAllEvaluations));
     context.subscriptions.push(vscode.commands.registerCommand('calva.evaluateSelection', eval.evaluateCurrentForm));
     context.subscriptions.push(vscode.commands.registerCommand('calva.evaluateEnclosingForm', eval.evaluateEnclosingForm));