diff --git a/lib/main.d.ts b/lib/main.d.ts
index af84746f..990b8cb0 100644
--- a/lib/main.d.ts
+++ b/lib/main.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // TypeScript Version: 3.0
 /// <reference types="node" />
-import type { URL } from 'node:url';
+import type { URL } from 'url';
 
 export interface DotenvParseOutput {
   [name: string]: string;
@@ -24,10 +24,12 @@ export interface DotenvConfigOptions {
    * Default: `path.resolve(process.cwd(), '.env')`
    *
    * Specify a custom path if your file containing environment variables is located elsewhere.
+   * Can also be an array of strings, specifying multiple paths.
    *
    * example: `require('dotenv').config({ path: '/custom/path/to/.env' })`
+   * example: `require('dotenv').config({ path: ['/path/to/first.env', '/path/to/second.env'] })`
    */
-  path?: string | URL;
+  path?: string | string[] | URL;
 
   /**
    * Default: `utf8`
diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index 84f81a1e..39d06714 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -150,14 +150,27 @@ function _instructions (result, dotenvKey) {
 }
 
 function _vaultPath (options) {
-  let dotenvPath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), '.env')
+  let possibleVaultPath = null
 
   if (options && options.path && options.path.length > 0) {
-    dotenvPath = options.path
+    if (Array.isArray(options.path)) {
+      for (const filepath of options.path) {
+        if (fs.existsSync(filepath)) {
+          possibleVaultPath = filepath.endsWith('.vault') ? filepath : `${filepath}.vault`
+        }
+      }
+    } else {
+      possibleVaultPath = options.path.endsWith('.vault') ? options.path : `${options.path}.vault`
+    }
+  } else {
+    possibleVaultPath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), '.env.vault')
+  }
+
+  if (fs.existsSync(possibleVaultPath)) {
+    return possibleVaultPath
   }
 
-  // Locate .env.vault
-  return dotenvPath.endsWith('.vault') ? dotenvPath : `${dotenvPath}.vault`
+  return null
 }
 
 function _resolveHome (envPath) {
@@ -224,7 +237,7 @@ function config (options) {
   }
 
   // dotenvKey exists but .env.vault file does not exist
-  if (!fs.existsSync(vaultPath)) {
+  if (!vaultPath) {
     _warn(`You set DOTENV_KEY but you are missing a .env.vault file at ${vaultPath}. Did you forget to build it?`)
 
     return DotenvModule.configDotenv(options)
diff --git a/tests/test-config-vault.js b/tests/test-config-vault.js
index 160ffa58..31136158 100644
--- a/tests/test-config-vault.js
+++ b/tests/test-config-vault.js
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ t.afterEach(() => {
   }
 })
 
+t.test('logs when no path is set', ct => {
+  ct.plan(1)
+
+  logStub = sinon.stub(console, 'log')
+
+  dotenv.config()
+  ct.ok(logStub.called)
+})
+
 t.test('logs', ct => {
   ct.plan(1)
 
@@ -43,7 +52,7 @@ t.test('logs when testPath calls to .env.vault directly (interpret what the user
   ct.ok(logStub.called)
 })
 
-t.test('warns if DOTENV_KEY exists but .env.vault does not', ct => {
+t.test('warns if DOTENV_KEY exists but .env.vault does not exist', ct => {
   ct.plan(1)
 
   logStub = sinon.stub(console, 'log')
@@ -56,6 +65,19 @@ t.test('warns if DOTENV_KEY exists but .env.vault does not', ct => {
   ct.end()
 })
 
+t.test('warns if DOTENV_KEY exists but .env.vault does not exist (set as array)', ct => {
+  ct.plan(1)
+
+  logStub = sinon.stub(console, 'log')
+
+  const existsSync = sinon.stub(fs, 'existsSync').returns(false) // make .env.vault not exist
+  dotenv.config({ path: [testPath] })
+  ct.ok(logStub.called)
+  existsSync.restore()
+
+  ct.end()
+})
+
 t.test('returns parsed object', ct => {
   ct.plan(1)
 
@@ -65,6 +87,24 @@ t.test('returns parsed object', ct => {
   ct.end()
 })
 
+t.test('returns parsed object (set path as array)', ct => {
+  ct.plan(1)
+
+  const env = dotenv.config({ path: [testPath] })
+  ct.same(env.parsed, { ALPHA: 'zeta' })
+
+  ct.end()
+})
+
+t.test('returns parsed object (set path as array with .vault extension)', ct => {
+  ct.plan(1)
+
+  const env = dotenv.config({ path: [`${testPath}.vault`] })
+  ct.same(env.parsed, { ALPHA: 'zeta' })
+
+  ct.end()
+})
+
 t.test('throws not found if .env.vault is empty', ct => {
   ct.plan(1)
 
diff --git a/tests/test-config.js b/tests/test-config.js
index b664ac1c..ea771ad8 100644
--- a/tests/test-config.js
+++ b/tests/test-config.js
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ t.test('takes string for path option', ct => {
   ct.equal(readFileSyncStub.args[0][0], testPath)
 })
 
+t.test('takes string for path option', ct => {
+  ct.plan(1)
+
+  const testPath = 'tests/.env'
+  dotenv.config({ path: testPath })
+
+  ct.equal(readFileSyncStub.args[0][0], testPath)
+})
+
 t.test('takes array for path option', ct => {
   ct.plan(1)