--- a/configmix/ini.py	Thu Mar 10 11:11:17 2016 +0100
+++ b/configmix/ini.py	Thu Mar 10 13:06:31 2016 +0100
@@ -13,11 +13,19 @@
     from configparser import SafeConfigParser, NoSectionError, NoOptionError
 except ImportError:
     from ConfigParser import SafeConfigParser, NoSectionError, NoOptionError
+try:
+    from collections import OrderedDict as DictImpl
+except ImportError:
+    try:
+        from ordereddict import OrderedDict as DictImpl
+    except ImportError:
+        DictImpl = dict
 
 from .compat import PY2
 
 
-__all__ = ["INIConfigParser", "NoSectionError", "NoOptionError"]
+__all__ = ["INIConfigParser", "NoSectionError", "NoOptionError",
+           "load"]
 
 
 class INIConfigParser(SafeConfigParser):
@@ -92,3 +100,24 @@
 
     _BOOL_CVT = {'1': True, 'yes': True, 'true': True, 'on': True,
                  '0': False, 'no': False, 'false': False, 'off': False}
+
+
+def load(filename, extract=["config"]):
+    """Load a single INI file and read/interpolate the sections given in
+    `extract`.
+
+    Flattens the given sections into the resulting dictionary.
+
+    """
+    conf = DictImpl()
+    ini = INIConfigParser(filename)
+    for sect in extract:
+        try:
+            cfg = ini.options(sect)
+        except NoSectionError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            for option in cfg:
+                value = ini.getx(sect, option)
+                conf[option] = value
+    return conf