diff --git a/system/core/Loader.php b/system/core/Loader.php
index 648b7cfc7c2..8b25b913011 100644
--- a/system/core/Loader.php
+++ b/system/core/Loader.php
@@ -915,6 +915,18 @@ protected function _ci_load($_ci_data)
 					break;
 				}
 
+				// checks if there is a directory with that name and a contained index.php. 
+				if(!file_exists($_ci_view_file.$_ci_file) && is_dir( str_replace('.php', '/', $_ci_view_file.$_ci_file)))
+				{
+					$_ci_file = str_replace('.php', '/', $_ci_view_file.$_ci_file).'index.php';
+					if(file_exists($_ci_file))
+					{
+						$_ci_path = $_ci_file;
+						$file_exists = TRUE;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+
 				if ( ! $cascade)
 				{
 					break;
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/general/views.rst b/user_guide_src/source/general/views.rst
index b84e8539956..d47879590fd 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/general/views.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/general/views.rst
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ directory name loading the view. Example::
 
 	$this->load->view('directory_name/file_name');
 
+Or just passing the directory name it will fetch a file from index.
+Example:
+
+	$this->load->view('directory_name');
+
+if you do not have a file with that name, it is the equivalent of:
+
+	$this->load->view('directory_name/index');
+
 Adding Dynamic Data to the View
 ===============================