diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/AbstractSCMEnvironmentRepository.java b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/AbstractScmEnvironmentRepository.java
similarity index 85%
rename from spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/AbstractSCMEnvironmentRepository.java
rename to spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/AbstractScmEnvironmentRepository.java
index 8fba81b6..43d4e129 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/AbstractSCMEnvironmentRepository.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/AbstractScmEnvironmentRepository.java
@@ -29,15 +29,16 @@ import org.springframework.cloud.config.environment.Environment;
 import org.springframework.cloud.config.environment.PropertySource;
 import org.springframework.core.env.ConfigurableEnvironment;
 import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
+import org.springframework.util.PatternMatchUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
  * @author Dave Syer
  * @author Michael Prankl
  */
-public abstract class AbstractSCMEnvironmentRepository implements EnvironmentRepository,
+public abstract class AbstractScmEnvironmentRepository implements EnvironmentRepository,
 		InitializingBean {
-	private static Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(AbstractSCMEnvironmentRepository.class);
+	private static Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(AbstractScmEnvironmentRepository.class);
 
 	protected File basedir;
 	protected String uri;
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSCMEnvironmentRepository implements EnvironmentRep
 	protected String password;
 	private String[] searchPaths = new String[0];
 
-	public AbstractSCMEnvironmentRepository(ConfigurableEnvironment environment) {
+	public AbstractScmEnvironmentRepository(ConfigurableEnvironment environment) {
 		this.environment = environment;
 		this.basedir = createBaseDir();
 	}
@@ -130,10 +131,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractSCMEnvironmentRepository implements EnvironmentRep
 	protected String[] getSearchLocations(File dir) {
 		List<String> locations = new ArrayList<String>();
 		locations.add(dir.toURI().toString());
-		for (String path : searchPaths) {
-			File file = new File(getWorkingDirectory(), path);
-			if (file.isDirectory()) {
-				locations.add(file.toURI().toString());
+		String[] list = dir.list();
+		if (list!=null) {
+			for (String path : list) {
+				File file = new File(dir, path);
+				if (file.isDirectory() && PatternMatchUtils.simpleMatch(searchPaths, path)) {
+					locations.add(file.toURI().toString());
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		return locations.toArray(new String[0]);
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/ConfigServerConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/ConfigServerConfiguration.java
index a7f14baf..7d7587dd 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/ConfigServerConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/ConfigServerConfiguration.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class ConfigServerConfiguration {
 
 		@Bean
 		public EnvironmentRepository environmentRepository() {
-			return new SVNKitEnvironmentRepository(environment);
+			return new SvnKitEnvironmentRepository(environment);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/JGitEnvironmentRepository.java b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/JGitEnvironmentRepository.java
index 6ad3b19f..43543012 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/JGitEnvironmentRepository.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/JGitEnvironmentRepository.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ import static org.springframework.util.StringUtils.hasText;
  * @author Dave Syer
  *
  */
-public class JGitEnvironmentRepository extends AbstractSCMEnvironmentRepository {
+public class JGitEnvironmentRepository extends AbstractScmEnvironmentRepository {
 
 	private static Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(JGitEnvironmentRepository.class);
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/SVNKitEnvironmentRepository.java b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/SvnKitEnvironmentRepository.java
similarity index 93%
rename from spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/SVNKitEnvironmentRepository.java
rename to spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/SvnKitEnvironmentRepository.java
index 848c66b9..e4a2effc 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/SVNKitEnvironmentRepository.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/SvnKitEnvironmentRepository.java
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ import static org.springframework.util.StringUtils.hasText;
  * @author Michael Prankl
  */
 @ConfigurationProperties("spring.cloud.config.server.svn")
-public class SVNKitEnvironmentRepository extends AbstractSCMEnvironmentRepository {
+public class SvnKitEnvironmentRepository extends AbstractScmEnvironmentRepository {
 
-	private static Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(SVNKitEnvironmentRepository.class);
+	private static Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(SvnKitEnvironmentRepository.class);
 
 	@Override
 	public Environment findOne(String application, String profile, String label) {
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public class SVNKitEnvironmentRepository extends AbstractSCMEnvironmentRepositor
 
 	}
 
-	public SVNKitEnvironmentRepository(ConfigurableEnvironment environment) {
+	public SvnKitEnvironmentRepository(ConfigurableEnvironment environment) {
 		super(environment);
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/JGitEnvironmentRepositoryTests.java b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/JGitEnvironmentRepositoryTests.java
index 1875b562..5b667c7b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/JGitEnvironmentRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/JGitEnvironmentRepositoryTests.java
@@ -72,6 +72,18 @@ public class JGitEnvironmentRepositoryTests {
 				.getPropertySources().get(0).getName());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void nestedPattern() throws IOException {
+		String uri = ConfigServerTestUtils.prepareLocalRepo("another-config-repo");
+		repository.setUri(uri);
+		repository.setSearchPaths(new String[] {"sub*"});
+		repository.findOne("bar", "staging", "master");
+		Environment environment = repository.findOne("bar", "staging", "master");
+		assertEquals(2, environment.getPropertySources().size());
+		assertEquals(repository.getUri() + "/sub/application.yml", environment
+				.getPropertySources().get(0).getName());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void branch() {
 		repository.setBasedir(basedir);
diff --git a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/SVNKitEnvironmentRepositoryTests.java b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/SVNKitEnvironmentRepositoryTests.java
index 69253059..c25bc4df 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/SVNKitEnvironmentRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-config-server/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/config/server/SVNKitEnvironmentRepositoryTests.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.cloud.config.environment.Environment;
 import org.springframework.cloud.config.server.ConfigServerTestUtils;
-import org.springframework.cloud.config.server.SVNKitEnvironmentRepository;
+import org.springframework.cloud.config.server.SvnKitEnvironmentRepository;
 import org.springframework.core.env.StandardEnvironment;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 public class SVNKitEnvironmentRepositoryTests {
 
 	private StandardEnvironment environment = new StandardEnvironment();
-	private SVNKitEnvironmentRepository repository = new SVNKitEnvironmentRepository(
+	private SvnKitEnvironmentRepository repository = new SvnKitEnvironmentRepository(
 			environment);
 
 	private File basedir = new File("target/config");