diff --git a/src/ModuleManager.php b/src/ModuleManager.php
index 01376d0..46db74b 100644
--- a/src/ModuleManager.php
+++ b/src/ModuleManager.php
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ class ModuleManager implements ModuleManagerInterface
     protected $event;
 
     /**
-     * @var bool
+     * @var int
      */
-    protected $loadFinished;
+    protected $loadFinished = 0;
 
     /**
      * modules
@@ -51,6 +51,18 @@ class ModuleManager implements ModuleManagerInterface
      */
     protected $modules = [];
 
+    /**
+     * Childs dependency modules
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $childsModules = [];
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $parentModule;
+
     /**
      * True if modules have already been loaded
      *
@@ -100,6 +112,24 @@ public function onLoadModules()
         $this->modulesAreLoaded = true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Load childs dependency modules
+     *
+     * @param ModuleEvent $e
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function onLoadChildsModules(ModuleEvent $e)
+    {
+        if (!$this->parentModule || !isset($this->childsModules[$this->parentModule])) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        foreach ($this->childsModules[$this->parentModule] as $module) {
+            $this->loadModule($module);
+        }
+        unset($this->childsModules[$this->parentModule]);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Load the provided modules.
      *
@@ -140,7 +170,7 @@ public function loadModules()
      * @triggers loadModule
      * @return mixed Module's Module class
      */
-    public function loadModule($module)
+    public function loadModule($module, $afterCurrent = false)
     {
         $moduleName = $module;
         if (is_array($module)) {
@@ -162,8 +192,12 @@ public function loadModule($module)
          * To load a module, we clone the event if we are inside a nested
          * loadModule() call, and use the original event otherwise.
          */
-        if (!isset($this->loadFinished)) {
-            $this->loadFinished = 0;
+        if ($this->loadFinished > 0 && $this->parentModule && $afterCurrent) {
+            $childModule = is_object($module)
+                    ? [$moduleName=>$module]
+                    : $moduleName;
+            $this->childsModules[$this->parentModule][] = $childModule;
+            return;
         }
 
         $event = ($this->loadFinished > 0) ? clone $this->getEvent() : $this->getEvent();
@@ -178,6 +212,7 @@ public function loadModule($module)
         $event->setName(ModuleEvent::EVENT_LOAD_MODULE);
 
         $this->loadedModules[$moduleName] = $module;
+        $this->parentModule = $event->getModuleName();
         $this->getEventManager()->triggerEvent($event);
 
         $this->loadFinished--;
@@ -339,5 +374,6 @@ public function getEventManager()
     protected function attachDefaultListeners($events)
     {
         $events->attach(ModuleEvent::EVENT_LOAD_MODULES, [$this, 'onLoadModules']);
+        $events->attach(ModuleEvent::EVENT_LOAD_MODULE, [$this, 'onLoadChildsModules'], -100);
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Listener/ConfigListenerTest.php b/test/Listener/ConfigListenerTest.php
index 692416e..4d6ae06 100644
--- a/test/Listener/ConfigListenerTest.php
+++ b/test/Listener/ConfigListenerTest.php
@@ -346,12 +346,12 @@ public function testConfigListenerFunctionsAsAggregateListener()
 
         $moduleManager = $this->moduleManager;
         $events        = $moduleManager->getEventManager();
-        $this->assertEquals(2, count($this->getEventsFromEventManager($events)));
+        $this->assertEquals(3, count($this->getEventsFromEventManager($events)));
 
         $configListener->attach($events);
         $this->assertEquals(4, count($this->getEventsFromEventManager($events)));
 
         $configListener->detach($events);
-        $this->assertEquals(2, count($this->getEventsFromEventManager($events)));
+        $this->assertEquals(3, count($this->getEventsFromEventManager($events)));
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Listener/DefaultListenerAggregateTest.php b/test/Listener/DefaultListenerAggregateTest.php
index f7b504c..ee7e063 100644
--- a/test/Listener/DefaultListenerAggregateTest.php
+++ b/test/Listener/DefaultListenerAggregateTest.php
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ public function testDefaultListenerAggregateCanAttachItself()
                 'Zend\ModuleManager\Listener\OnBootstrapListener',
                 'Zend\ModuleManager\Listener\ConfigListener',
                 'Zend\ModuleManager\Listener\LocatorRegistrationListener',
+                'Zend\ModuleManager\ModuleManager',
             ],
         ];
         foreach ($expectedEvents as $event => $expectedListeners) {
@@ -86,12 +87,12 @@ public function testDefaultListenerAggregateCanDetachItself()
         $moduleManager     = new ModuleManager(['ListenerTestModule']);
         $events            = $moduleManager->getEventManager();
 
-        $this->assertEquals(1, count($this->getEventsFromEventManager($events)));
+        $this->assertEquals(2, count($this->getEventsFromEventManager($events)));
 
         $listenerAggregate->attach($events);
         $this->assertEquals(4, count($this->getEventsFromEventManager($events)));
 
         $listenerAggregate->detach($events);
-        $this->assertEquals(1, count($this->getEventsFromEventManager($events)));
+        $this->assertEquals(2, count($this->getEventsFromEventManager($events)));
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/ModuleManagerTest.php b/test/ModuleManagerTest.php
index 8561524..3a16b4a 100644
--- a/test/ModuleManagerTest.php
+++ b/test/ModuleManagerTest.php
@@ -233,4 +233,21 @@ public function testGetEventWillLazyLoadOneWithTargetSetToModuleManager()
         $this->assertInstanceOf(ModuleEvent::class, $event);
         $this->assertSame($moduleManager, $event->getTarget());
     }
+
+    public function testLoadChildsModules()
+    {
+        $moduleManager  = new ModuleManager(['LoadChildsModule'], $this->events);
+        $this->defaultListeners->attach($this->events);
+        $moduleManager->loadModules();
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            ['LoadChildsModule', 'LoadChildsModule2', 'BarModule', 'SomeModule'],
+            array_keys($moduleManager->getLoadedModules())
+        );
+
+        $this->assertArraySubset(
+            ['bar' => 'foo', 'some' => 'thing'],
+            $this->defaultListeners->getConfigListener()->getMergedConfig(false)
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/TestAsset/LoadChildsModule/Module.php b/test/TestAsset/LoadChildsModule/Module.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a10ff8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/TestAsset/LoadChildsModule/Module.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2014 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace LoadChildsModule;
+
+
+class Module
+{
+    public function init($moduleManager)
+    {
+        $moduleManager->loadModule('LoadChildsModule2', 'after');
+        $moduleManager->loadModule(['SomeModule' => new \SomeModule\Module()], 'after');
+    }
+
+    public function getConfig()
+    {
+        return [
+            'bar' => 'SubModule',
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/TestAsset/LoadChildsModule2/Module.php b/test/TestAsset/LoadChildsModule2/Module.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ec5c38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/TestAsset/LoadChildsModule2/Module.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2014 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace LoadChildsModule2;
+
+
+class Module
+{
+    public function init($moduleManager)
+    {
+        $moduleManager->loadModule('BarModule', 'after');
+    }
+
+    public function getConfig()
+    {
+        return [
+            'bar' => 'SubModule',
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/TestAsset/LoadChildsModule2/configs/config-c832f68.php b/test/TestAsset/LoadChildsModule2/configs/config-c832f68.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6c7224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/TestAsset/LoadChildsModule2/configs/config-c832f68.php
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?php
+return [
+    'some' => 'thing',
+];