diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 83209995..954d9019 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
       special versions for the old behavior
     * IMPORTANT: renamed Startup and Quit autocmd events to VimperatorEnter and
       VimperatorLeave respectively
+    * add :runtime
     * add 'runtimepath'
     * allow ; hints to work in the multiline output widget
     * add :scriptnames
diff --git a/content/io.js b/content/io.js
index 94aa9209..f429c9dd 100644
--- a/content/io.js
+++ b/content/io.js
@@ -267,6 +267,36 @@ liberator.IO = function () //{{{
             liberator.io.writeFile(file, line);
         });
 
+    liberator.commands.add(["ru[ntime]"],
+        "Source the specified file from each directory in 'runtimepath'",
+        function (args, special)
+        {
+            // TODO: support backslash escaped whitespace in filenames
+            //     : wildcards/regexp
+            //     : unify with startup sourcing loop
+            let paths = args.arguments;
+            let runtimeDirs = liberator.options["runtimepath"].split(",");
+
+            outer:
+            for (let [,runtimeDir] in Iterator(runtimeDirs))
+            {
+                for (let [,path] in Iterator(paths))
+                {
+                    let file = liberator.io.getFile(joinPaths(runtimeDir, path));
+
+                    if (file.exists() && file.isReadable() && !file.isDirectory()) // XXX
+                    {
+                        liberator.io.source(file.path, false);
+
+                        if (!special)
+                            break outer;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        { argCount: "+" }
+    );
+
     liberator.commands.add(["scrip[tnames]"],
         "List all sourced script names",
         function ()
diff --git a/locale/en-US/index.txt b/locale/en-US/index.txt
index 35afb7f9..070dd3e9 100644
--- a/locale/en-US/index.txt
+++ b/locale/en-US/index.txt
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ section:Ex{nbsp}commands[ex-cmd-index,:index]
 ||:reload|| Reload current page +
 ||:reloadall|| Reload all tab pages +
 ||:restart|| Force undefined to restart +
+||:runtime|| Source the specified file from each directory in 'runtimepath' +
 ||:saveas|| Save current document to disk +
 ||:sbclose|| Close the sidebar window +
 ||:scriptnames|| List all sourced script names +
diff --git a/locale/en-US/repeat.txt b/locale/en-US/repeat.txt
index 04a233c0..91fea872 100644
--- a/locale/en-US/repeat.txt
+++ b/locale/en-US/repeat.txt
@@ -80,6 +80,16 @@ printed.
 ________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
+|:ru| |:runtime|
+||:ru[ntime][!]| {file} ...|| +
+________________________________________________________________________________
+Source the specified file from each directory in 'runtimepath'. Example: +
+[c]:runtime plugin/foobar.vimp[c] +
+Only the first found file is sourced. When [!] is given, all found files are
+sourced.
+________________________________________________________________________________
+
+
 |:scrip| |:scriptnames|
 ||:scrip[tnames]|| +
 ________________________________________________________________________________
diff --git a/vimperator.vim b/vimperator.vim
index 0dea2575..a13ce4f1 100644
--- a/vimperator.vim
+++ b/vimperator.vim
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ syn keyword vimperatorCommand ab[breviate] ab[clear] addo[ns] b[uffer] ba[ck] bd
     \ downl[oads] e[dit] ec[ho] echoe[rr] em[enu] exe[cute] exu[sage] fini[sh] files fo[rward] fw h[elp] ha[rdcopy] hist[ory] hs
     \ ia[bbrev] iabc[lear] im[ap] imapc[lear] ino[remap] iuna[bbrev] iu[nmap] javas[cript] ju[mps] js let ls macros ma[rk] map
     \ mapc[lear] marks mkv[imperatorrc] no[remap] noh[lsearch] norm[al] o[pen] pa[geinfo] pagest[yle] pc[lose] pl[ay]
-    \ pref[erences] prefs pw[d] q[uit] qa[ll] qma[rk] qmarks quita[ll] re[draw] re[load] reloada[ll] res[tart] run sav[eas] sb[ar]
-    \ sb[open] sbcl[ose] scrip[tnames] se[t] setg[lobal] setl[ocal] sideb[ar] so[urce] st[op] tN[ext] t[open] tab tabde[tach]
-    \ tabd[uplicate] tabN[ext] tabc[lose] tabe[dit] tabfir[st] tabl[ast] tabm[ove] tabn[ext] tabnew tabo[nly] tabopen
+    \ pref[erences] prefs pw[d] q[uit] qa[ll] qma[rk] qmarks quita[ll] re[draw] re[load] reloada[ll] res[tart] run ru[ntime]
+    \ sav[eas] sb[ar] sb[open] sbcl[ose] scrip[tnames] se[t] setg[lobal] setl[ocal] sideb[ar] so[urce] st[op] tN[ext] t[open] tab
+    \ tabde[tach] tabd[uplicate] tabN[ext] tabc[lose] tabe[dit] tabfir[st] tabl[ast] tabm[ove] tabn[ext] tabnew tabo[nly] tabopen
     \ tabp[revious] tabr[ewind] tabs time tn[ext] tp[revious] u[ndo] una[bbreviate] undoa[ll] unl[et] unm[ap] ve[rsion]
     \ vie[wsource] viu[sage] w[rite] wc[lose] win[open] winc[lose] wine[dit] wo[pen] wqa[ll] wq xa[ll] zo[om]
 	\ contained