diff --git a/packages/neutrino/bin/neutrino b/packages/neutrino/bin/neutrino
index d5eaa6f..f2649a4 100755
--- a/packages/neutrino/bin/neutrino
+++ b/packages/neutrino/bin/neutrino
@@ -63,35 +63,10 @@ function run(command, presets) {
   const api = new Neutrino(Object.assign(options, { config }));
 
   // Grab all presets and merge them into a single webpack-chain config instance
-  presets.forEach(preset => {
-    const paths = [
-      join(cwd, preset),
-      join(cwd, 'node_modules', preset),
-      preset
-    ];
-
-    for (let i = 0; i < paths.length; i += 1) {
-      try {
-        return api.use(require(paths[i]));
-      } catch (exception) {
-        if (/Cannot find module/.test(exception.message)) {
-          continue;
-        }
-
-        exception.message = `Neutrino was unable to load the module '${preset}'. ` +
-          `Ensure this module exports a function and is free from errors.\n${exception.message}`;
-        throw exception;
-      }
-    }
-
-    throw new Error(`Neutrino cannot find a module with the name or path '${preset}'. ` +
-      `Ensure this module can be found relative to the root of the project.`);
-  });
+  api.import(presets);
 
   // Also grab any Neutrino config from package.json and merge it into the config at a higher precedence
-  if (Object.keys(config).length) {
-    api.config.merge(config);
-  }
+  api.use(() => api.config.merge(config));
 
   if (args.inspect) {
     return inspect(api.getWebpackOptions());
diff --git a/packages/neutrino/package.json b/packages/neutrino/package.json
index 6049f82..9a65625 100644
--- a/packages/neutrino/package.json
+++ b/packages/neutrino/package.json
@@ -31,5 +31,9 @@
     "webpack-chain": "^3.0.0",
     "webpack-dev-server": "^2.4.1",
     "yargs": "^6.6.0"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "fs-extra": "^2.1.2",
+    "pify": "^2.3.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/neutrino/src/neutrino.js b/packages/neutrino/src/neutrino.js
index 75d510e..2da8f0c 100644
--- a/packages/neutrino/src/neutrino.js
+++ b/packages/neutrino/src/neutrino.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const webpack = require('webpack');
 const Config = require('webpack-chain');
 const ora = require('ora');
 const merge = require('deepmerge');
+const requireMiddleware = require('./requireMiddleware');
 
 const normalizePath = (path, root) => (isAbsolute(path) ? path : join(root, path));
 
@@ -27,6 +28,14 @@ class Neutrino extends EventEmitter {
     preset(this, options);
   }
 
+  import(middleware) {
+    this.require(middleware).forEach(middleware => this.use(middleware));
+  }
+
+  require(middleware) {
+    return requireMiddleware(middleware, this.options);
+  }
+
   /* eslint-disable no-console */
   handleErrors(err, stats) {
     if (err) {
diff --git a/packages/neutrino/src/requireMiddleware.js b/packages/neutrino/src/requireMiddleware.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc1b777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/neutrino/src/requireMiddleware.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* eslint-disable global-require*/
+const { join } = require('path');
+
+const castToArray = val => (Array.isArray(val) ? val : [val]);
+
+function requirePath(path, middleware) {
+  try {
+    return require(path);
+  } catch (exception) {
+    if (!/Cannot find module/.test(exception.message)) {
+      exception.message = `Neutrino was unable to load the module '${middleware}'. ` +
+        `Ensure this module exports a function and is free from errors.\n${exception.message}`;
+      throw exception;
+    }
+
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = function requireMiddleware(middleware, options = {}) {
+  const root = options.root || process.cwd();
+
+  return castToArray(middleware).map((middleware) => {
+    const path = [
+      join(root, middleware),
+      join(root, 'node_modules', middleware)
+    ].find(path => requirePath(path));
+
+    if (!path) {
+      throw new Error(`Neutrino cannot find a module with the name or path '${middleware}'. ` +
+        'Ensure this module can be found relative to the root of the project.');
+    }
+
+    return require(path);
+  });
+};
diff --git a/packages/neutrino/test/api_test.js b/packages/neutrino/test/api_test.js
index 0c7aee9..cabdae5 100644
--- a/packages/neutrino/test/api_test.js
+++ b/packages/neutrino/test/api_test.js
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ test('events handle multiple promise resolutions', async t => {
   t.deepEqual(values, ['alpha', 'beta', 'gamma']);
 });
 
+test('import middleware for use', t => {
+  const api = new Neutrino({ root: __dirname });
+
+  api.import('fixtures/middleware');
+
+  t.notDeepEqual(api.getWebpackOptions(), {});
+});
+
 test('creates a Webpack config', t => {
   const api = new Neutrino();
 
diff --git a/packages/neutrino/test/fixtures/middleware.js b/packages/neutrino/test/fixtures/middleware.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4aae09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/neutrino/test/fixtures/middleware.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module.exports = (api) => api.config.module
+  .rule('compile')
+  .test(/\.js$/);
diff --git a/packages/neutrino/test/requireMiddleware_test.js b/packages/neutrino/test/requireMiddleware_test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..681b31c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/neutrino/test/requireMiddleware_test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { join } from 'path';
+import { outputFile as fsOutputFile, remove as fsRemove } from 'fs-extra';
+import pify from 'pify';
+import test from 'ava';
+import requireMiddleware from '../src/requireMiddleware';
+
+const cwd = process.cwd();
+const outputFile = pify(fsOutputFile);
+const remove = pify(fsRemove);
+
+const rootPath = join(__dirname, 'test-module');
+const rootMiddlewarePath = join(rootPath, 'middleware.js');
+const errorMiddlewarePath = join(rootPath, 'errorMiddleware.js');
+const modulePath = join(rootPath, 'node_modules', 'mymodule');
+const moduleMiddlewarePath = join(modulePath, 'index.js');
+
+test.before(async (t) => {
+  await Promise.all([
+    outputFile(rootMiddlewarePath, 'module.exports = "root"'),
+    outputFile(errorMiddlewarePath, '[;'),
+    outputFile(moduleMiddlewarePath, 'module.exports = "mymodule"')
+  ])
+  process.chdir(rootPath);
+});
+
+test.after.always(async (t) => {
+  await remove(rootPath);
+  process.chdir(cwd);
+});
+
+test('requires middleware relative to root', t => {
+  t.is(requireMiddleware('middleware')[0], 'root');
+});
+
+test('requires middleware from root/node_modules', t => {
+  t.is(requireMiddleware('mymodule')[0], 'mymodule');
+});
+
+test('throws if middleware contains error', t => {
+  t.throws(() => requireMiddleware('errorMiddleware'));
+});
+
+test('throws if middleware cannot be found', t => {
+  t.throws(() => requireMiddleware('notExistent'));
+});