diff --git a/lib/bundler/settings.rb b/lib/bundler/settings.rb
index 33493b5f251..ef8fa4b7b11 100644
--- a/lib/bundler/settings.rb
+++ b/lib/bundler/settings.rb
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ def all
     def local_overrides
       repos = {}
       all.each do |k|
-        if k =~ /\.local$/
-          repos[$`] = self[k]
+        if k =~ /^local\./
+          repos[$'] = self[k]
         end
       end
       repos
diff --git a/spec/install/git_spec.rb b/spec/install/git_spec.rb
index 1ac64f76b71..048880bab59 100644
--- a/spec/install/git_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/install/git_spec.rb
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
         gem "rack", :git => "#{lib_path('rack-0.8')}", :branch => "master"
       G
 
-      bundle %|config rack.local #{lib_path('local-rack')}|
+      bundle %|config local.rack #{lib_path('local-rack')}|
       bundle :install
       out.should =~ /at #{lib_path('local-rack')}/
 
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
         gem "rack", :git => "#{lib_path('rack-0.8')}", :branch => "master"
       G
 
-      bundle %|config rack.local #{lib_path('local-rack')}|
+      bundle %|config local.rack #{lib_path('local-rack')}|
       run "require 'rack'"
       out.should == "LOCAL"
     end
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
         s.add_dependency "nokogiri", "1.4.2"
       end
 
-      bundle %|config rack.local #{lib_path('local-rack')}|
+      bundle %|config local.rack #{lib_path('local-rack')}|
       run "require 'rack'"
 
       lockfile1 = File.read(bundled_app("Gemfile.lock"))
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
       FileUtils.cp_r("#{lib_path('rack-0.8')}/.", lib_path('local-rack'))
       update_git "rack", "0.8", :path => lib_path('local-rack')
 
-      bundle %|config rack.local #{lib_path('local-rack')}|
+      bundle %|config local.rack #{lib_path('local-rack')}|
       bundle :install
 
       lockfile1 = File.read(bundled_app("Gemfile.lock"))
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@
         gem "rack", :git => "#{lib_path('rack-0.8')}", :branch => "master"
       G
 
-      bundle %|config rack.local #{lib_path('local-rack')}|
+      bundle %|config local.rack #{lib_path('local-rack')}|
       bundle :install
       out.should =~ /Cannot use local override for rack-0.8 because #{Regexp.escape(lib_path('local-rack').to_s)} does not exist/
     end
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
         gem "rack", :git => "#{lib_path('rack-0.8')}"
       G
 
-      bundle %|config rack.local #{lib_path('local-rack')}|
+      bundle %|config local.rack #{lib_path('local-rack')}|
       bundle :install
       out.should =~ /because :branch is not specified in Gemfile/
     end
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
         gem "rack", :git => "#{lib_path('rack-0.8')}", :branch => "master"
       G
 
-      bundle %|config rack.local #{lib_path('local-rack')}|
+      bundle %|config local.rack #{lib_path('local-rack')}|
       bundle :install
       out.should =~ /is using branch another but Gemfile specifies master/
     end
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@
         gem "rack", :git => "#{lib_path('rack-0.8')}", :branch => "master"
       G
 
-      bundle %|config rack.local #{lib_path('local-rack')}|
+      bundle %|config local.rack #{lib_path('local-rack')}|
       bundle :install
       out.should =~ /The Gemfile lock is pointing to revision \w+/
     end