diff --git a/fixtures/core_test/a.clj b/fixtures/core_test/a.clj
index 0cd8acf..ffaa67b 100644
--- a/fixtures/core_test/a.clj
+++ b/fixtures/core_test/a.clj
@@ -5,4 +5,6 @@
     d
     [z :as-alias z])
   (:import
-    [java.io File]))
+   [java.io File]))
+
+(def a nil)
diff --git a/fixtures/core_test/b.clj b/fixtures/core_test/b.clj
index 411c59a..bacf4ea 100644
--- a/fixtures/core_test/b.clj
+++ b/fixtures/core_test/b.clj
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-(ns b)
\ No newline at end of file
+(ns b)
+
+(def b nil)
diff --git a/fixtures/core_test/c.clj b/fixtures/core_test/c.clj
index 7b6340a..5a841ca 100644
--- a/fixtures/core_test/c.clj
+++ b/fixtures/core_test/c.clj
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 (ns c
-  (:require e))
\ No newline at end of file
+  (:require e))
+
+(def c nil)
diff --git a/fixtures/core_test/d.clj b/fixtures/core_test/d.clj
index bb98b0b..165a74f 100644
--- a/fixtures/core_test/d.clj
+++ b/fixtures/core_test/d.clj
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 (ns d
-  (:require e))
\ No newline at end of file
+  (:require e))
+
+(def d nil)
diff --git a/fixtures/core_test/e.clj b/fixtures/core_test/e.clj
index 62f86fb..978fd2c 100644
--- a/fixtures/core_test/e.clj
+++ b/fixtures/core_test/e.clj
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-(ns e)
\ No newline at end of file
+(ns e)
+
+(def e nil)
diff --git a/fixtures/core_test/f.clj b/fixtures/core_test/f.clj
index 6aaa368..88dc9b3 100644
--- a/fixtures/core_test/f.clj
+++ b/fixtures/core_test/f.clj
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 (ns f
-  (:require d g))
\ No newline at end of file
+  (:require d g))
+
+(def f nil)
diff --git a/fixtures/core_test/g.clj b/fixtures/core_test/g.clj
index 94720c1..6026927 100644
--- a/fixtures/core_test/g.clj
+++ b/fixtures/core_test/g.clj
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-(ns g)
\ No newline at end of file
+(ns g)
+
+(def g nil)
diff --git a/fixtures/core_test/h.clj b/fixtures/core_test/h.clj
index 986c3bd..e67e122 100644
--- a/fixtures/core_test/h.clj
+++ b/fixtures/core_test/h.clj
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 (ns h
-  (:require e))
\ No newline at end of file
+  (:require e))
+
+(def h nil)
diff --git a/fixtures/core_test/i.clj b/fixtures/core_test/i.clj
index 952a6bc..cbdb8ec 100644
--- a/fixtures/core_test/i.clj
+++ b/fixtures/core_test/i.clj
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 (ns i
   (:require j))
+
+(def i nil)
diff --git a/fixtures/core_test/j.clj b/fixtures/core_test/j.clj
index a2248ca..7034950 100644
--- a/fixtures/core_test/j.clj
+++ b/fixtures/core_test/j.clj
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 (ns j
   (:require k))
+
+(def j nil)
diff --git a/fixtures/core_test/k.clj b/fixtures/core_test/k.clj
index bb8ebc3..ae3f9df 100644
--- a/fixtures/core_test/k.clj
+++ b/fixtures/core_test/k.clj
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 (ns k)
+
+(def k nil)
diff --git a/fixtures/core_test/l.clj b/fixtures/core_test/l.clj
index 5ec33e3..79e2e56 100644
--- a/fixtures/core_test/l.clj
+++ b/fixtures/core_test/l.clj
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 (ns l)
+
+(def l nil)
diff --git a/src/clj_reload/core.clj b/src/clj_reload/core.clj
index 6656f04..a87a466 100644
--- a/src/clj_reload/core.clj
+++ b/src/clj_reload/core.clj
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
     [clj-reload.util :as util]
     [clojure.java.io :as io])
   (:import
-    [java.util.concurrent.locks ReentrantLock]))
+   [java.util.concurrent.locks ReentrantLock]
+   [java.io File]
+   [java.net URL]))
 
 ; Config :: {:dirs        [<string> ...]       - where to look for files
 ;            :files       #"<regex>"           - which files to scan, defaults to #".*\.cljc?"
@@ -268,17 +270,23 @@
   (dosync
     (alter @#'clojure.core/*loaded-libs* disj ns)))
 
-(defn- ns-load [ns file keeps]
+(defn- ns-load [ns file-or-url keeps]
   (util/log "Loading" ns #_"from" #_(util/file-path file))
   (try
     (if (empty? keeps)
-      (util/ns-load-file (slurp file) ns file)
-      (keep/ns-load-patched ns file keeps))
-    
+      (util/ns-load-file (slurp file-or-url) ns (if (instance? java.io.File file-or-url)
+                                                  (.getName ^File file-or-url)
+                                                  (.getFile ^URL  file-or-url)))
+      (if (instance? java.io.File file-or-url)
+        (keep/ns-load-patched ns file-or-url keeps)
+        (throw (ex-info "Can only use keeps with java.io.File" {:ns ns
+                                                                :file-or-url file-or-url
+                                                                :keeps keeps}))))
+
     (when-some [reload-hook (:reload-hook *config*)]
       (when-some [reload-fn (ns-resolve (find-ns ns) reload-hook)]
         (reload-fn)))
-    
+
     nil
     (catch Throwable t
       (util/log "  failed to load" ns t)
@@ -365,6 +373,57 @@
                  {:unloaded unloaded
                   :loaded   loaded})))))))))
 
+(defn reload-all
+
+  "Reload all loaded namespaces that contains at least one var, which matches
+  regex, and any other namespaces depending on them."
+
+  [regex]
+
+  (let [{:keys [no-unload no-reload]} *config*
+        ;; collect all loaded namespaces resources files paths set
+        all-paths (->> (all-ns)
+                       (reduce (fn [files ns]
+                                 (reduce (fn [files' ns-var]
+                                           (if-let [f-path (some-> ns-var meta :file)]
+                                             (conj files' f-path)
+                                             files'))
+                                         files
+                                         (vals (ns-interns ns))))
+                               #{}))
+
+        ;; build the namespaces map
+        namespaces (reduce (fn [nss path]
+                             (let [res (parse/read-resource path)]
+                               ;; throwables here are caused for example by reading
+                               ;; files which contains "#{`ns 'ns}". This is because
+                               ;; of reading with clj-reload.util/dummy-resolver
+                               (if-not (util/throwable? res)
+                                 (merge nss res)
+                                 nss)))
+                           {}
+                           all-paths)
+        reload?          #(and
+                           (not (:clj-reload/no-unload (:meta (namespaces %))))
+                           (not (:clj-reload/no-reload (:meta (namespaces %))))
+                           (not (no-unload %))
+                           (not (no-reload %)))
+        dependees  (parse/dependees namespaces)
+        topo-sort  (topo-sort-fn dependees)
+        matched-ns (->> (keys namespaces)
+                        (filterv (fn [ns] (re-matches regex (name ns))))
+                        (into #{}))
+        to-reload   (->> (parse/deep-dependees-set matched-ns dependees)
+                         topo-sort)
+        to-unload (reverse to-reload)]
+
+    (doseq [ns to-unload]
+      (ns-unload ns))
+
+    (doseq [ns to-reload]
+      (doseq [ns-files (get-in namespaces [ns :ns-files])]
+        (ns-load ns ns-files {})))))
+
 (defmulti keep-methods
   (fn [tag]
     tag))
diff --git a/src/clj_reload/keep.clj b/src/clj_reload/keep.clj
index ef70674..304f3b0 100644
--- a/src/clj_reload/keep.clj
+++ b/src/clj_reload/keep.clj
@@ -175,15 +175,15 @@
         (keep-patch ns sym keep)))))
 
 (defn ns-load-patched [ns ^File file keeps]
-  (try    
+  (try
     (let [content (patch-file (slurp file) (patch-fn ns keeps))]
-      (util/ns-load-file content ns file))
-    
-    ;; check 
+      (util/ns-load-file content ns (.getName file)))
+
+    ;; check
     (@#'clojure.core/throw-if (not (find-ns ns))
       "namespace '%s' not found after loading '%s'"
       ns (.getPath file))
-      
+
     (finally
       ;; drop everything in stash
       (remove-ns 'clj-reload.stash)
diff --git a/src/clj_reload/parse.clj b/src/clj_reload/parse.clj
index 53eda07..7f69024 100644
--- a/src/clj_reload/parse.clj
+++ b/src/clj_reload/parse.clj
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   (:require
     [clj-reload.util :as util]
     [clojure.string :as str]
-    [clojure.walk :as walk])
+    [clojure.walk :as walk]
+    [clojure.java.io :as io])
   (:import
     [java.io File]))
 
@@ -70,56 +71,67 @@
   "Returns {<symbol> NS} or Exception"
   ([file]
    (with-open [rdr (util/file-reader file)]
-     (try
-       (read-file rdr file)
-       (catch Exception e
-         (util/log "Failed to read" (.getPath ^File file) (.getMessage e))
-         (ex-info (str "Failed to read" (.getPath ^File file)) {:file file} e)))))
+     (read-file rdr file)))
   ([rdr file]
-   (loop [ns   nil
-          nses {}]
-     (let [form (util/read-form rdr)
-           tag  (when (list? form)
-                  (first form))]
-       (cond
-         (= :clj-reload.util/eof form)
-         nses
-         
-         (= 'ns tag)
-         (let [[ns requires] (parse-ns-form form)
-               requires      (disj requires ns)]
-           (recur ns (update nses ns util/assoc-some
-                       :meta     (meta ns)
-                       :requires requires
-                       :ns-files (util/some-set file))))
-          
-         (= 'in-ns tag)
-         (let [[_ ns] (expand-quotes form)]
-           (recur ns (update nses ns util/assoc-some 
-                       :in-ns-files (util/some-set file))))
-        
-         (and (nil? ns) (#{'require 'use} tag))
-         (throw (ex-info (str "Unexpected " tag " before ns definition in " file) {:form form}))
-        
-         (#{'require 'use} tag)
-         (let [requires' (parse-require-form (expand-quotes form))
-               requires' (disj requires' ns)]
-           (recur ns (update-in nses [ns :requires] util/intos requires')))
-        
-         (or
+   (try
+     (loop [ns   nil
+           nses {}]
+      (let [form (util/read-form rdr)
+            tag  (when (list? form)
+                   (first form))]
+        (cond
+          (= :clj-reload.util/eof form)
+          nses
+
+          (= 'ns tag)
+          (let [[ns requires] (parse-ns-form form)
+                requires      (disj requires ns)]
+            (recur ns (update nses ns util/assoc-some
+                              :meta     (meta ns)
+                              :requires requires
+                              :ns-files (util/some-set file))))
+
+          (= 'in-ns tag)
+          (let [[_ ns] (expand-quotes form)]
+            (recur ns (update nses ns util/assoc-some
+                              :in-ns-files (util/some-set file))))
+
+          (and (nil? ns) (#{'require 'use} tag))
+          (throw (ex-info (str "Unexpected " tag " before ns definition in " file) {:form form}))
+
+          (#{'require 'use} tag)
+          (let [requires' (parse-require-form (expand-quotes form))
+                requires' (disj requires' ns)]
+            (recur ns (update-in nses [ns :requires] util/intos requires')))
+
+          (or
            (= 'defonce tag)
            (:clj-reload/keep (meta form))
            (and
-             (list? form)
-             (:clj-reload/keep (meta (second form)))))
-         (let [[_ name] form]
-           (recur ns (assoc-in nses [ns :keep name] {:tag  tag
-                                                     :form form})))
-        
-         :else
-         (recur ns nses))))))
+            (list? form)
+            (:clj-reload/keep (meta (second form)))))
+          (let [[_ name] form]
+            (recur ns (assoc-in nses [ns :keep name] {:tag  tag
+                                                      :form form})))
+
+          :else
+          (recur ns nses))))
+     (catch Exception e
+         (util/log "Failed to read" (.getPath file) (.getMessage e))
+         (ex-info (str "Failed to read" (.getPath file)) {:file file} e)))))
+
+(defn read-resource
 
-(defn dependees 
+  "Like read-file but will read any resource from res-path.
+  Returns the same as `read-file`."
+
+  [res-path]
+
+  (if-let [f-url (io/resource res-path)]
+    (let [rdr (util/string-reader (slurp (io/reader f-url)))]
+      (read-file rdr f-url))))
+
+(defn dependees
   "Inverts the requies graph. Returns {ns -> #{downstream-ns ...}}"
   [namespaces]
   (let [*m (volatile! (transient {}))]
@@ -130,6 +142,16 @@
         (vswap! *m util/update! to util/conjs from)))
     (persistent! @*m)))
 
+(defn deep-dependees-set
+  "Given a set of some initial namespaces and a dependees map like the one
+  calculated by `dependees`, return a set off all trasitively reached namespaces
+  including those on the initial set (initial-nss)."
+  [initial-nss ns-dependees]
+  (->> initial-nss
+       (mapcat (fn [ns]
+                 (deep-dependees-set (get ns-dependees ns) ns-dependees) ))
+       (reduce conj initial-nss)))
+
 (defn transitive-closure
   "Starts from starts, expands using dependees {ns -> #{downsteram-ns ...}},
    returns #{ns ...}"
diff --git a/src/clj_reload/util.clj b/src/clj_reload/util.clj
index 702be4f..0948592 100644
--- a/src/clj_reload/util.clj
+++ b/src/clj_reload/util.clj
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@
   (LineNumberingPushbackReader.
     (StringReader. s)))
 
-(defn ns-load-file [content ns ^File file]
-  (let [[_ ext] (re-matches #".*\.([^.]+)" (.getName file))
+(defn ns-load-file [content ns file-name]
+  (let [[_ ext] (re-matches #".*\.([^.]+)" file-name)
         path    (-> ns str (str/replace #"\-" "_") (str/replace #"\." "/") (str "." ext))]
-    (Compiler/load (StringReader. content) path (.getName file))))
+    (Compiler/load (StringReader. content) path file-name)))
 
 (defn loader-classpath []
   (->> (clojure.lang.RT/baseLoader)
diff --git a/test/clj_reload/core_test.clj b/test/clj_reload/core_test.clj
index cfa6abf..52d6515 100644
--- a/test/clj_reload/core_test.clj
+++ b/test/clj_reload/core_test.clj
@@ -59,6 +59,28 @@
     (is (= '["Unloading" i f a j h d c l k e "Loading" e k l c d h j a f i] (modify opts 'e 'k 'l)))
     (is (= '["Unloading" i f a j h d c l k g e b "Loading" b e g k l c d h j a f i] (modify opts 'a 'b 'c 'd 'e 'f 'g 'h 'i 'j 'k 'l)))))
 
+(deftest reload-all-regex-test
+  (let [*reloads (atom [])]
+    (apply tu/init '[b e c d h g a f k j i l])
+    (binding [util/*log-fn* (fn [& [x :as log-line]]
+                              (when (#{"Loading" "Unloading" } x)
+                                (swap! *reloads conj log-line)))]
+      (reload/reload-all #"^e$")
+      (is (= '[("Unloading" f)
+               ("Unloading" a)
+               ("Unloading" h)
+               ("Unloading" d)
+               ("Unloading" c)
+               ("Unloading" e)
+               ("Loading" e)
+               ("Loading" c)
+               ("Loading" d)
+               ("Loading" h)
+               ("Loading" a)
+               ("Loading" f)]
+
+             @*reloads)))))
+
 (deftest return-value-ok-test
   (tu/init 'a 'f 'h)
   (is (= {:unloaded '[]