diff --git a/docs/content/ref/registry.consul.kvpath.md b/docs/content/ref/registry.consul.kvpath.md
index 62223e7ac..452d9f498 100644
--- a/docs/content/ref/registry.consul.kvpath.md
+++ b/docs/content/ref/registry.consul.kvpath.md
@@ -8,6 +8,26 @@ The consul KV path is watched for changes which get appended to
 the routing table. This allows for manual overrides and weighted
 round-robin routes.
 
+As of version 1.5.7 fabio will treat the kv path as a prefix and
+combine the values of the key itself and all its subkeys in 
+alphabetical order.
+
+To see all updates you may want to set [`-log.routes.format`](/ref/log.routes.format/)
+to `all`.
+
+You can modify the content of the routes with the `consul` tool or via
+the [Consul API](https://www.consul.io/api/index.html):
+
+```
+consul put fabio/config "route add svc /maint http://5.6.7.8:5000\nroute add svc / http://1.2.3.4:5000\n"
+
+# fabio >= 1.5.7 supports prefix match
+consul put fabio/config/maint    "route add svc /maint http://5.6.7.8:5000"
+consul put fabio/config/catchall "route add svc / http://1.2.3.4:5000"
+
+consul delete fabio/config/maint
+```
+
 The default is
 
 	registry.consul.kvpath = /fabio/config
diff --git a/fabio.properties b/fabio.properties
index 578d764ad..b8ce0c74b 100644
--- a/fabio.properties
+++ b/fabio.properties
@@ -577,7 +577,9 @@
 #
 # The consul KV path is watched for changes which get appended to
 # the routing table. This allows for manual overrides and weighted
-# round-robin routes.
+# round-robin routes. The key itself (e.g. fabio/config) and all
+# subkeys (e.g. fabio/config/foo and fabio/config/bar) are combined
+# in alphabetical order.
 #
 # The default is
 #
diff --git a/registry/consul/kv.go b/registry/consul/kv.go
index af2c13942..020b4ac47 100644
--- a/registry/consul/kv.go
+++ b/registry/consul/kv.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func watchKV(client *api.Client, path string, config chan string) {
 	var lastValue string
 
 	for {
-		value, index, err := getKV(client, path, lastIndex)
+		value, index, err := listKV(client, path, lastIndex)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Printf("[WARN] consul: Error fetching config from %s. %v", path, err)
 			time.Sleep(time.Second)
@@ -30,6 +30,23 @@ func watchKV(client *api.Client, path string, config chan string) {
 	}
 }
 
+func listKV(client *api.Client, path string, waitIndex uint64) (string, uint64, error) {
+	q := &api.QueryOptions{RequireConsistent: true, WaitIndex: waitIndex}
+	kvpairs, meta, err := client.KV().List(path, q)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", 0, err
+	}
+	if len(kvpairs) == 0 {
+		return "", meta.LastIndex, nil
+	}
+	var s []string
+	for _, kvpair := range kvpairs {
+		val := "# --- " + kvpair.Key + "\n" + strings.TrimSpace(string(kvpair.Value))
+		s = append(s, val)
+	}
+	return strings.Join(s, "\n\n"), meta.LastIndex, nil
+}
+
 func getKV(client *api.Client, key string, waitIndex uint64) (string, uint64, error) {
 	q := &api.QueryOptions{RequireConsistent: true, WaitIndex: waitIndex}
 	kvpair, meta, err := client.KV().Get(key, q)