diff --git a/apps/openmw/main.cpp b/apps/openmw/main.cpp
index 0ca9dd6d9..5c2ba2f80 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/main.cpp
@@ -207,15 +207,7 @@ bool parseOptions (int argc, char** argv, OMW::Engine& engine, Files::Configurat
     std::string local(variables["data-local"].as<std::string>());
     if (!local.empty())
     {
-        std::cout << "Ignoring data-local (currently not supported)" << std::endl;
-//        dataDirs.push_back(Files::PathContainer::value_type(local));
-    }
-
-    if (dataDirs.size()>1)
-    {
-        dataDirs.resize (1);
-        std::cout << "Ignoring all but the first data path (multiple data paths currently not supported)"
-            << std::endl;
+        dataDirs.push_back(Files::PathContainer::value_type(local));
     }
 
     cfgMgr.processPaths(dataDirs);
diff --git a/files/openmw.cfg b/files/openmw.cfg
index 0af096e6a..c79369d05 100644
--- a/files/openmw.cfg
+++ b/files/openmw.cfg
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+data="?global?"data"
 data="?mw?Data Files"
+data-local="?local?data"
 resources=${MORROWIND_RESOURCE_FILES}