diff --git a/src/components/config.cpp b/src/components/config.cpp
index a47050be..a94aaee2 100644
--- a/src/components/config.cpp
+++ b/src/components/config.cpp
@@ -72,34 +72,58 @@ void config::warn_deprecated(const string& section, const string& key, string re
  * Look for sections set up to inherit from a base section
  * and copy the missing parameters
  *
+ * Multiple sections can be specified, separated by a space.
+ *
  *   [sub/section]
- *   inherit = base/section
+ *   inherit = section1 section2
  */
 void config::copy_inherited() {
   for (auto&& section : m_sections) {
+    std::vector<string> inherit_sections;
+
+    // Collect all sections to be inherited
     for (auto&& param : section.second) {
-      if (param.first == "inherit") {
-        // Get name of base section
+      string key_name = param.first;
+      if (key_name == "inherit") {
         auto inherit = param.second;
-        if ((inherit = dereference<string>(section.first, param.first, inherit, inherit)).empty()) {
-          throw value_error("Invalid section \"\" defined for \"" + section.first + ".inherit\"");
+        inherit = dereference<string>(section.first, key_name, inherit, inherit);
+
+        std::vector<string> sections = string_util::split(std::move(inherit), ' ');
+
+        inherit_sections.insert(inherit_sections.end(), sections.begin(), sections.end());
+
+      } else if (key_name.find("inherit") == 0) {
+        // Legacy support for keys that just start with 'inherit'
+        m_log.warn(
+            "\"%s.%s\": Using anything other than 'inherit' for inheriting section keys is deprecated. "
+            "The 'inherit' key supports multiple section names separated by a space.",
+            section.first, key_name);
+
+        auto inherit = param.second;
+        inherit = dereference<string>(section.first, key_name, inherit, inherit);
+        if (inherit.empty() || m_sections.find(inherit) == m_sections.end()) {
+          throw value_error(
+              "Invalid section \"" + inherit + "\" defined for \"" + section.first + "." + key_name + "\"");
         }
 
-        // Find and validate base section
-        auto base_section = m_sections.find(inherit);
-        if (base_section == m_sections.end()) {
-          throw value_error("Invalid section \"" + inherit + "\" defined for \"" + section.first + ".inherit\"");
-        }
+        inherit_sections.push_back(std::move(inherit));
+      }
+    }
 
-        m_log.trace("config: Copying missing params (sub=\"%s\", base=\"%s\")", section.first, inherit);
+    for (const auto& base_name : inherit_sections) {
+      const auto base_section = m_sections.find(base_name);
+      if (base_section == m_sections.end()) {
+        throw value_error("Invalid section \"" + base_name + "\" defined for \"" + section.first + ".inherit\"");
+      }
 
-        /*
-         * Iterate the base and copy the parameters that haven't been defined
-         * for the sub-section
-         */
-        for (auto&& base_param : base_section->second) {
-          section.second.emplace(base_param.first, base_param.second);
-        }
+      m_log.trace("config: Inheriting keys from \"%s\" in \"%s\"", base_name, section.first);
+
+      /*
+       * Iterate the base and copy the parameters that haven't been defined
+       * yet.
+       */
+      for (auto&& base_param : base_section->second) {
+        section.second.emplace(base_param.first, base_param.second);
       }
     }
   }