diff --git a/py/test/collect.py b/py/test/collect.py
index ae6af6fd2..bf20d071b 100644
--- a/py/test/collect.py
+++ b/py/test/collect.py
@@ -429,35 +429,27 @@ class Directory(FSCollector):
 
     def consider(self, path):
         if path.check(file=1):
-            return self.consider_file(path)
+            res = self.consider_file(path)
         elif path.check(dir=1):
-            return self.consider_dir(path)
+            res = self.consider_dir(path)
+        if isinstance(res, list):
+            # throw out identical modules
+            l = []
+            for x in res:
+                if x not in l:
+                    l.append(x)
+            res = l 
+        return res
 
     def consider_file(self, path):
-        res = self._config.pytestplugins.call_each(
+        return self._config.pytestplugins.call_each(
             'pytest_collect_file', path=path, parent=self)
-        l = []
-        # throw out identical modules
-        for x in res:
-            if x not in l:
-                l.append(x)
-        return l
 
     def consider_dir(self, path, usefilters=None):
         if usefilters is not None:
             APIWARN("0.99", "usefilters argument not needed")
-        if not self.recfilter(path):
-            # check if cmdline specified this dir or a subdir
-            for arg in self._config.args:
-                if path == arg or arg.relto(path):
-                    break
-            else:
-                return
-        # not use self.Directory here as 
-        # dir/conftest.py shall be able to 
-        # define Directory(dir) already 
-        Directory = self._config.getvalue('Directory', path) 
-        return Directory(path, parent=self) 
+        return self._config.pytestplugins.call_each(
+            'pytest_collect_directory', path=path, parent=self)
 
 from py.__.test.runner import basic_run_report, forked_run_report
 class Item(Node): 
diff --git a/py/test/plugin/pytest_default.py b/py/test/plugin/pytest_default.py
index aa6e899a4..209fa3527 100644
--- a/py/test/plugin/pytest_default.py
+++ b/py/test/plugin/pytest_default.py
@@ -14,6 +14,20 @@ class DefaultPlugin:
            path in parent._config.args:
             if ext == ".py":
                 return parent.Module(path, parent=parent) 
+      
+    def pytest_collect_directory(self, path, parent):
+        if not parent.recfilter(path):
+            # check if cmdline specified this dir or a subdir
+            for arg in parent._config.args:
+                if path == arg or arg.relto(path):
+                    break
+            else:
+                return 
+        # not use parent.Directory here as we want
+        # dir/conftest.py to be able to 
+        # define Directory(dir) already 
+        Directory = parent._config.getvalue('Directory', path) 
+        return Directory(path, parent=parent)
 
     def pytest_addoption(self, parser):
         group = parser.addgroup("general", "general options")
diff --git a/py/test/testing/test_collect.py b/py/test/testing/test_collect.py
index 9498a1fa3..048de632d 100644
--- a/py/test/testing/test_collect.py
+++ b/py/test/testing/test_collect.py
@@ -153,6 +153,24 @@ class TestCollectPluginHooks:
         assert len(wascalled) == 1
         assert wascalled[0].ext == '.abc'
 
+    def test_pytest_collect_directory(self, testdir):
+        tmpdir = testdir.tmpdir
+        wascalled = []
+        class Plugin:
+            def pytest_collect_directory(self, path, parent):
+                wascalled.append(path.basename)
+                return parent.Directory(path, parent)
+        testdir.plugins.append(Plugin())
+        testdir.mkdir("hello")
+        testdir.mkdir("world")
+        evrec = testdir.inline_run()
+        assert "hello" in wascalled
+        assert "world" in wascalled
+        # make sure the directories do not get double-appended 
+        colreports = evrec.getnamed("collectionreport")
+        names = [rep.colitem.name for rep in colreports]
+        assert names.count("hello") == 1
+
 class TestCustomConftests:
     def test_non_python_files(self, testdir):
         testdir.makepyfile(conftest="""