diff --git a/ArchUnitNET/Loader/ArchLoader.cs b/ArchUnitNET/Loader/ArchLoader.cs
index 49895a72..93afeb37 100644
--- a/ArchUnitNET/Loader/ArchLoader.cs
+++ b/ArchUnitNET/Loader/ArchLoader.cs
@@ -38,9 +38,14 @@ public ArchLoader LoadAssemblies(params Assembly[] assemblies)
         }
 
         public ArchLoader LoadAssembliesIncludingDependencies(params Assembly[] assemblies)
+        {
+            return LoadAssembliesIncludingDependencies(assemblies, false);
+        }
+
+        public ArchLoader LoadAssembliesIncludingDependencies(IEnumerable<Assembly> assemblies, bool recursive)
         {
             var assemblySet = new HashSet<Assembly>(assemblies);
-            assemblySet.ForEach(assembly => LoadAssemblyIncludingDependencies(assembly));
+            assemblySet.ForEach(assembly => LoadAssemblyIncludingDependencies(assembly, recursive));
             return this;
         }
 
@@ -53,10 +58,11 @@ public ArchLoader LoadFilteredDirectory(string directory, string filter,
 
             var result = this;
             return assemblies.Aggregate(result,
-                (current, assembly) => current.LoadAssembly(assembly, false));
+                (current, assembly) => current.LoadAssembly(assembly, false, false));
         }
 
         public ArchLoader LoadFilteredDirectoryIncludingDependencies(string directory, string filter,
+            bool recursive = false,
             SearchOption searchOption = TopDirectoryOnly)
         {
             var path = Path.GetFullPath(directory);
@@ -65,67 +71,74 @@ public ArchLoader LoadFilteredDirectoryIncludingDependencies(string directory, s
 
             var result = this;
             return assemblies.Aggregate(result,
-                (current, assembly) => current.LoadAssembly(assembly, true));
+                (current, assembly) => current.LoadAssembly(assembly, true, recursive));
         }
 
         public ArchLoader LoadNamespacesWithinAssembly(Assembly assembly, params string[] namespc)
         {
             var nameSpaces = new HashSet<string>(namespc);
-            nameSpaces.ForEach(nameSpace => { LoadModule(assembly.Location, nameSpace, false); });
+            nameSpaces.ForEach(nameSpace => { LoadModule(assembly.Location, nameSpace, false, false); });
             return this;
         }
 
         public ArchLoader LoadAssembly(Assembly assembly)
         {
-            return LoadAssembly(assembly.Location, false);
+            return LoadAssembly(assembly.Location, false, false);
         }
 
-        public ArchLoader LoadAssemblyIncludingDependencies(Assembly assembly)
+        public ArchLoader LoadAssemblyIncludingDependencies(Assembly assembly, bool recursive = false)
         {
-            return LoadAssembly(assembly.Location, true);
+            return LoadAssembly(assembly.Location, true, recursive);
         }
 
-        private ArchLoader LoadAssembly(string fileName, bool includeDependencies)
+        private ArchLoader LoadAssembly(string fileName, bool includeDependencies, bool recursive)
         {
-            LoadModule(fileName, null, includeDependencies);
+            LoadModule(fileName, null, includeDependencies, recursive);
 
             return this;
         }
 
-        private void LoadModule(string fileName, string nameSpace, bool includeDependencies)
+        private void LoadModule(string fileName, string nameSpace, bool includeDependencies, bool recursive)
         {
             try
             {
                 var module = ModuleDefinition.ReadModule(fileName,
-                    new ReaderParameters {AssemblyResolver = _assemblyResolver});
+                    new ReaderParameters { AssemblyResolver = _assemblyResolver });
+                var processedAssemblies = new List<AssemblyNameReference> { module.Assembly.Name };
+                var resolvedModules = new List<ModuleDefinition>();
                 _assemblyResolver.AddLib(module.Assembly);
                 _archBuilder.AddAssembly(module.Assembly, false);
                 foreach (var assemblyReference in module.AssemblyReferences)
                 {
-                    try
+                    if (includeDependencies && recursive)
                     {
-                        _assemblyResolver.AddLib(assemblyReference);
-                        if (includeDependencies)
-                        {
-                            _archBuilder.AddAssembly(
-                                _assemblyResolver.Resolve(assemblyReference) ??
-                                throw new AssemblyResolutionException(assemblyReference), false);
-                        }
+                        AddReferencedAssembliesRecursively(assemblyReference, processedAssemblies, resolvedModules);
                     }
-                    catch (AssemblyResolutionException)
+                    else
                     {
-                        //Failed to resolve assembly, skip it
+                        try
+                        {
+                            processedAssemblies.Add(assemblyReference);
+                            _assemblyResolver.AddLib(assemblyReference);
+                            if (includeDependencies)
+                            {
+                                var assemblyDefinition = _assemblyResolver.Resolve(assemblyReference) ??
+                                                         throw new AssemblyResolutionException(assemblyReference);
+                                _archBuilder.AddAssembly(assemblyDefinition, false);
+                                resolvedModules.AddRange(assemblyDefinition.Modules);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        catch (AssemblyResolutionException)
+                        {
+                            //Failed to resolve assembly, skip it
+                        }
                     }
                 }
 
                 _archBuilder.LoadTypesForModule(module, nameSpace);
-                if (includeDependencies)
+                foreach (var moduleDefinition in resolvedModules)
                 {
-                    foreach (var moduleDefinition in module.AssemblyReferences.SelectMany(reference =>
-                        _assemblyResolver.Resolve(reference)?.Modules))
-                    {
-                        _archBuilder.LoadTypesForModule(moduleDefinition, null);
-                    }
+                    _archBuilder.LoadTypesForModule(moduleDefinition, null);
                 }
             }
             catch (BadImageFormatException)
@@ -133,5 +146,32 @@ private void LoadModule(string fileName, string nameSpace, bool includeDependenc
                 // invalid file format of DLL or executable, therefore ignored
             }
         }
+
+        private void AddReferencedAssembliesRecursively(AssemblyNameReference currentAssemblyReference,
+            ICollection<AssemblyNameReference> processedAssemblies, List<ModuleDefinition> resolvedModules)
+        {
+            if (processedAssemblies.Contains(currentAssemblyReference))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            processedAssemblies.Add(currentAssemblyReference);
+            try
+            {
+                _assemblyResolver.AddLib(currentAssemblyReference);
+                var assemblyDefinition = _assemblyResolver.Resolve(currentAssemblyReference) ??
+                                         throw new AssemblyResolutionException(currentAssemblyReference);
+                _archBuilder.AddAssembly(assemblyDefinition, false);
+                resolvedModules.AddRange(assemblyDefinition.Modules);
+                foreach (var reference in assemblyDefinition.Modules.SelectMany(m => m.AssemblyReferences))
+                {
+                    AddReferencedAssembliesRecursively(reference, processedAssemblies, resolvedModules);
+                }
+            }
+            catch (AssemblyResolutionException)
+            {
+                //Failed to resolve assembly, skip it
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/ArchUnitNETTests/Loader/ArchLoaderTests.cs b/ArchUnitNETTests/Loader/ArchLoaderTests.cs
index 7a4b6f10..e67b8b11 100644
--- a/ArchUnitNETTests/Loader/ArchLoaderTests.cs
+++ b/ArchUnitNETTests/Loader/ArchLoaderTests.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 // 	SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 using System.Linq;
+using ArchUnitNET.Loader;
+using ArchUnitNETTests.Domain.Dependencies.Members;
 using Xunit;
 using static ArchUnitNETTests.StaticTestArchitectures;
 
@@ -22,5 +24,15 @@ public void LoadAssemblies()
             Assert.NotEmpty(ArchUnitNETTestArchitectureWithDependencies.Assemblies);
             Assert.NotEmpty(ArchUnitNETTestAssemblyArchitectureWithDependencies.Assemblies);
         }
+
+        [Fact(Skip = "This takes very long.")]
+        public void LoadAssembliesIncludingRecursiveDependencies()
+        {
+            var archUnitNetTestArchitectureWithRecursiveDependencies =
+                new ArchLoader().LoadAssembliesIncludingDependencies(new[] { typeof(BaseClass).Assembly }, true)
+                    .Build();
+
+            Assert.True(archUnitNetTestArchitectureWithRecursiveDependencies.Assemblies.Count() > 100);
+        }
     }
 }
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