diff --git a/doc/config.md b/doc/config.md
index 404cfd1..11c2c1b 100644
--- a/doc/config.md
+++ b/doc/config.md
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ direct subproject directory (containing a `project.clj` file) such as
 `apps/app-a`, or end with a wildcard `*` to indicate that all child directories
 should be searched for projects, like `libs/*`. Note that this only works with a
 single level of wildcard matching at the end of the path.
+If you would like to search recursively you can indicate that using `lib/**`
+and it will search for all subdirectories containing a `project.clj` file.
 
 ## Config Inheritance
 
diff --git a/example/libs/subdir/lib-c/.gitignore b/example/libs/subdir/lib-c/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e04714b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/libs/subdir/lib-c/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/target
+/classes
+/checkouts
+pom.xml
+pom.xml.asc
+*.jar
+*.class
+/.lein-*
+/.nrepl-port
diff --git a/example/libs/subdir/lib-c/project.clj b/example/libs/subdir/lib-c/project.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b9d421
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/libs/subdir/lib-c/project.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+(defproject lein-monolith.example/lib-c "MONOLITH-SNAPSHOT"
+  :description "Example lib depending on lib-a."
+  :monolith/inherit [:aliases]
+
+  :dependencies
+  [[org.clojure/clojure "1.10.1"]
+   [lein-monolith.example/lib-a "MONOLITH-SNAPSHOT"]])
diff --git a/example/libs/subdir/lib-c/src/lib_c/core.clj b/example/libs/subdir/lib-c/src/lib_c/core.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f97582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/libs/subdir/lib-c/src/lib_c/core.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+(ns lib-c.core)
+
+
+(defn foo
+  "I don't do a whole lot."
+  [x]
+  (println x "Hello, World!"))
diff --git a/example/project.clj b/example/project.clj
index 9f36cd9..c1cded4 100644
--- a/example/project.clj
+++ b/example/project.clj
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
     :unstable #(= (first (:version %)) \0)}
 
    :project-dirs
-   ["apps/app-a"
-    "libs/*"
+   ["apps/*"
+    "libs/**"
     "not-found"]}
 
   :env
diff --git a/src/lein_monolith/config.clj b/src/lein_monolith/config.clj
index 6d59597..10e46d4 100644
--- a/src/lein_monolith/config.clj
+++ b/src/lein_monolith/config.clj
@@ -82,11 +82,31 @@
 
 ;; ## Subproject Configuration
 
+(defn- project-dir?
+  "Given a directory returns true if it contains a `project.clj` file"
+  [dir]
+  (.exists (io/file dir "project.clj")))
+
+
+(defn- all-projects
+  "Given a directory recursively search for all sub directories that contain
+  a `project.clj` file and return that list."
+  [dir]
+  (let [subdirs (->> (.listFiles dir)
+                     (filter #(.isDirectory ^File %)))
+        grouped (group-by project-dir? subdirs)
+        top-projects (get grouped true)
+        all-subdir-project (mapcat all-projects (get grouped false))]
+    (concat top-projects all-subdir-project)))
+
+
 (defn- pick-directories
   "Given a path, use it to find directories. If the path names a directory,
   return a vector containing it. If the path ends in `/*` and the parent is a
   directory, return a sequence of directories which are children of the parent.
-  Otherwise, returns nil."
+  If the path end in `/**` and the parent is a directory, returns a sequence
+  of directories searched recursively which are project (contains project.clj
+  file). Otherwise, returns nil."
   [^File file]
   (cond
     (.isDirectory file)
@@ -97,6 +117,9 @@
          (.listFiles)
          (filter #(.isDirectory ^File %)))
 
+    (and (= "**" (.getName file)) (.isDirectory (.getParentFile file)))
+    (all-projects (.getParentFile file))
+
     :else nil))
 
 
diff --git a/test/example-tests.sh b/test/example-tests.sh
index 7b65f2a..f67f55f 100755
--- a/test/example-tests.sh
+++ b/test/example-tests.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ test_monolith lint
 test_monolith deps
 test_monolith deps-of app-a
 test_monolith deps-on lib-a
+test_monolith deps-of lib-c
 test_monolith with-all pprint :dependencies :source-paths :test-paths
 test_monolith each pprint :version
 test_monolith each :in lib-a pprint :root :compile-path
diff --git a/test/lein_monolith/monolith_test.clj b/test/lein_monolith/monolith_test.clj
index c095311..c826088 100644
--- a/test/lein_monolith/monolith_test.clj
+++ b/test/lein_monolith/monolith_test.clj
@@ -45,12 +45,14 @@
           "dev-resources"
           "libs/lib-a/resources"
           "libs/lib-b/resources"
+          "libs/subdir/lib-c/resources"
           "resources"]
          (relativize-pprint-output :resource-paths)))
 
   (is (= ["apps/app-a/src"
           "libs/lib-a/src"
           "libs/lib-b/src"
+          "libs/subdir/lib-c/src"
           "src"]
          (relativize-pprint-output :source-paths)))
 
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@
           "libs/lib-a/test/unit"
           "libs/lib-b/test/integration"
           "libs/lib-b/test/unit"
+          "libs/subdir/lib-c/test/integration"
+          "libs/subdir/lib-c/test/unit"
           "test/integration"
           "test/unit"]
          (relativize-pprint-output :test-paths))))