diff --git a/lib/cmock_config.rb b/lib/cmock_config.rb
index 2fcc305..99e1f91 100644
--- a/lib/cmock_config.rb
+++ b/lib/cmock_config.rb
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class CMockConfig
       end
     end
     options[:unity_helper_path] ||= options[:unity_helper]
+    options[:unity_helper_path] = [options[:unity_helper_path]] if options[:unity_helper_path].is_a? String
     options[:plugins].compact!
     options[:plugins].map! {|p| p.to_sym}
     @options = options
@@ -85,8 +86,11 @@ class CMockConfig
   end
 
   def load_unity_helper
-    return File.new(@options[:unity_helper_path]).read if (@options[:unity_helper_path])
-    return nil
+    return nil unless (@options[:unity_helper_path])
+
+    return @options[:unity_helper_path].inject("") do |unity_helper, filename|
+      unity_helper + "\n" + File.new(filename).read
+    end
   end
 
   def standard_treat_as_map