diff --git a/crates/lib/actix_helpers/src/middleware/ip_filter/ip_ban_list/load_ip_ban_list_from_directory.rs b/crates/lib/actix_helpers/src/middleware/ip_filter/ip_ban_list/load_ip_ban_list_from_directory.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6d8f9f61c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/lib/actix_helpers/src/middleware/ip_filter/ip_ban_list/load_ip_ban_list_from_directory.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+use crate::middleware::ip_filter::ip_ban_list::ip_ban_list::IpBanList;
+use crate::middleware::ip_filter::ip_ban_list::load_ip_set_from_file::load_ip_set_from_file;
+use errors::AnyhowResult;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+pub fn load_ip_ban_list_from_directory<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> AnyhowResult<IpBanList> {
+  let ip_ban_list = IpBanList::new();
+  let paths = std::fs::read_dir(path)?;
+
+  for entry in paths {
+    let path = entry?.path();
+    let path_name = path.to_string_lossy().to_string();
+    let ip_set = load_ip_set_from_file(path)?;
+    ip_ban_list.add_set(path_name, ip_set)?;
+  }
+
+  Ok(ip_ban_list)
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+  use std::path::PathBuf;
+  use crate::middleware::ip_filter::ip_ban_list::load_ip_ban_list_from_directory::load_ip_ban_list_from_directory;
+
+  fn test_file(path_from_repo_root: &str) -> PathBuf {
+    // https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/environment-variables.html
+    let mut path = PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+    path.push(format!("../../../{}", path_from_repo_root));
+    path
+  }
+
+  #[test]
+  fn test_load_ip_ban_list_from_directory() {
+    let directory = test_file("test_data/text_files/ip_ban_example/");
+    let ip_set = load_ip_ban_list_from_directory(directory).unwrap();
+
+    // Comments are not included
+    assert_eq!(ip_set.contains_ip_address("# this is test data").unwrap(), false);
+
+    // IP addresses in both files are
+    assert_eq!(ip_set.contains_ip_address("127.0.0.1").unwrap(), true);
+    assert_eq!(ip_set.contains_ip_address("192.168.0.1").unwrap(), true);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/crates/lib/actix_helpers/src/middleware/ip_filter/ip_ban_list/load_ip_set_from_file.rs b/crates/lib/actix_helpers/src/middleware/ip_filter/ip_ban_list/load_ip_set_from_file.rs
index cb8e52aee3..97b37f6b98 100644
--- a/crates/lib/actix_helpers/src/middleware/ip_filter/ip_ban_list/load_ip_set_from_file.rs
+++ b/crates/lib/actix_helpers/src/middleware/ip_filter/ip_ban_list/load_ip_set_from_file.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ mod tests {
 
   #[test]
   fn test_load_ip_set_from_file() {
-    let filename = test_file("test_data/text_files/ip_addresses_and_comments.txt");
+    let filename = test_file("test_data/text_files/ip_ban_example/local_ip_addresses_and_comments.txt");
     let ip_set = load_ip_set_from_file(filename).unwrap();
 
     // Comments are not included
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ mod tests {
 
     // IP addresses in the file are.
     assert_eq!(ip_set.contains_ip_address("127.0.0.1"), true);
+    assert_eq!(ip_set.contains_ip_address("192.168.1.1"), false);
 
     // Length is expected
-    assert_eq!(ip_set.len(), 4);
+    assert_eq!(ip_set.len(), 2);
   }
 }
diff --git a/crates/lib/actix_helpers/src/middleware/ip_filter/ip_ban_list/mod.rs b/crates/lib/actix_helpers/src/middleware/ip_filter/ip_ban_list/mod.rs
index e81d8ec43d..0f80fd8232 100644
--- a/crates/lib/actix_helpers/src/middleware/ip_filter/ip_ban_list/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/lib/actix_helpers/src/middleware/ip_filter/ip_ban_list/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 pub mod ip_ban_list;
 pub mod ip_set;
+pub mod load_ip_ban_list_from_directory;
 pub mod load_ip_set_from_file;
diff --git a/test_data/text_files/ip_addresses_and_comments.txt b/test_data/text_files/ip_ban_example/local_ip_addresses_and_comments.txt
similarity index 61%
rename from test_data/text_files/ip_addresses_and_comments.txt
rename to test_data/text_files/ip_ban_example/local_ip_addresses_and_comments.txt
index de206bcf24..4a0556a281 100644
--- a/test_data/text_files/ip_addresses_and_comments.txt
+++ b/test_data/text_files/ip_ban_example/local_ip_addresses_and_comments.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,3 @@
 # local addresses
 127.0.0.1
 192.168.0.1
-
-# remote  addresses
-4.4.4.4
-8.8.8.8
-
diff --git a/test_data/text_files/ip_ban_example/remote_ip_addresses_and_comments.txt b/test_data/text_files/ip_ban_example/remote_ip_addresses_and_comments.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..602ebd5371
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_data/text_files/ip_ban_example/remote_ip_addresses_and_comments.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# this is test data
+
+# remote  addresses
+4.4.4.4
+8.8.4.4
+8.8.8.8
+