diff --git a/config/alfresco/content-services-context.xml b/config/alfresco/content-services-context.xml
index ee35b6722f..781b59b8e8 100644
--- a/config/alfresco/content-services-context.xml
+++ b/config/alfresco/content-services-context.xml
@@ -145,13 +145,17 @@
 
     <bean id="mimetypeConfigService" class="org.springframework.extensions.config.xml.XMLConfigService" init-method="init">
         <constructor-arg>
-            <bean class="org.springframework.extensions.config.source.UrlConfigSource">
-                <constructor-arg>
+            <bean class="org.alfresco.util.ResourceFinderConfigSource">
+                <property name="resourceFinder">
+                    <ref bean="resourceFinder" />
+                </property>
+                <property name="locations">
                     <list>
                         <value>classpath:alfresco/mimetype/mimetype-map.xml</value>
                         <value>classpath:alfresco/mimetype/mimetype-map-openoffice.xml</value>
+                        <value>classpath*:alfresco/extension/mimetype/*-map.xml</value>
                     </list>
-                </constructor-arg>
+                </property>
             </bean>
         </constructor-arg>
     </bean>
diff --git a/config/alfresco/extension/mimetype-map-extension-context.xml.sample b/config/alfresco/extension/mimetype-map-extension-context.xml.sample
deleted file mode 100644
index 39d87c8488..0000000000
--- a/config/alfresco/extension/mimetype-map-extension-context.xml.sample
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
-<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC '-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN' 'http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd'>
-
-<beans>
-   
-    <bean id="mimetypeConfigService" class="org.springframework.extensions.config.xml.XMLConfigService" init-method="init">
-        <constructor-arg>
-            <bean class="org.springframework.extensions.config.source.UrlConfigSource">
-                <constructor-arg>
-                    <list>
-                        <value>classpath:alfresco/mimetype/mimetype-map.xml</value>
-                        <value>classpath:alfresco/mimetype/mimetype-map-openoffice.xml</value>
-                        <value>classpath:alfresco/extension/mimetypes-extension.xml</value>
-                    </list>
-                </constructor-arg>
-            </bean>
-        </constructor-arg>
-    </bean>
-
-
-</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/alfresco/extension/mimetypes-extension.xml.sample b/config/alfresco/extension/mimetype/mimetypes-extension-map.xml.sample
similarity index 100%
rename from config/alfresco/extension/mimetypes-extension.xml.sample
rename to config/alfresco/extension/mimetype/mimetypes-extension-map.xml.sample
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/util/ResourceFinderConfigSource.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/util/ResourceFinderConfigSource.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..372fd5b174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/util/ResourceFinderConfigSource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2012 Alfresco Software Limited.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Alfresco
+ *
+ * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package org.alfresco.util;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.alfresco.error.AlfrescoRuntimeException;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.extensions.config.ConfigDeployment;
+import org.springframework.extensions.config.ConfigSource;
+import org.springframework.extensions.config.source.UrlConfigSource;
+
+/**
+ * A Spring {@link ConfigSource} that is powered by a {@link ResourceFinder}.
+ * This allows for the loading of resources with wildcards, which 
+ *  {@link UrlConfigSource} does not.
+ * 
+ * @author Nick Burch
+ * @since 4.0.1
+ */
+public class ResourceFinderConfigSource implements ConfigSource
+{
+    private static Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(ResourceFinderConfigSource.class);
+    
+    /** The ResourceFinder to look up with */
+    private ResourceFinder resourceFinder;
+    /** The Resource Paths to search */
+    private List<String> locations;
+    
+    public void setResourceFinder(ResourceFinder resourceFinder)
+    {
+        this.resourceFinder = resourceFinder;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Sets the locations, of the form classpath*:/some/path.xml
+     */
+    public void setLocations(List<String> locations)
+    {
+        this.locations = locations;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<ConfigDeployment> getConfigDeployments()
+    {
+        List<ConfigDeployment> configs = new ArrayList<ConfigDeployment>();
+        
+        String[] locs = locations.toArray(new String[locations.size()]);
+        
+        Resource[] resources;
+        try
+        {
+            resources = resourceFinder.getResources(locs);
+        }
+        catch(IOException e)
+        {
+            throw new AlfrescoRuntimeException("Unable to find resources", e);
+        }
+        
+        for (Resource resource : resources)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                configs.add(new ConfigDeployment(resource.getDescription(), resource.getInputStream()));
+                
+                if (logger.isDebugEnabled())
+                {
+                    logger.debug("Loaded resource " + resource);
+                }
+            }
+            catch(IOException e)
+            {
+                logger.warn("Skipping unreadable resource " + resource, e);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        return configs;
+    }
+}