diff --git a/dendrite-config.yaml b/dendrite-config.yaml
index 6e2326595..394e27757 100644
--- a/dendrite-config.yaml
+++ b/dendrite-config.yaml
@@ -120,3 +120,7 @@ tracing:
     # for documtation.
     jaeger:
         disabled: true
+
+# A list of application service config files to use
+applicationservice:
+    app_service_config_files:
diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/common/config/appservice.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/common/config/appservice.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee513c9fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/common/config/appservice.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+// Copyright 2017 Andrew Morgan <andrew@amorgan.xyz>
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package config
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+)
+
+// ApplicationServiceNamespace is the namespace that a specific application
+// service has management over.
+type ApplicationServiceNamespace struct {
+	// Whether or not the namespace is managed solely by this application service
+	Exclusive bool `yaml:"exclusive"`
+	// A regex pattern that represents the namespace
+	Regex string `yaml:"regex"`
+}
+
+// ApplicationService represents a Matrix application service.
+// https://matrix.org/docs/spec/application_service/unstable.html
+type ApplicationService struct {
+	// User-defined, unique, persistent ID of the application service
+	ID string `yaml:"id"`
+	// Base URL of the application service
+	URL string `yaml:"url"`
+	// Application service token provided in requests to a homeserver
+	ASToken string `yaml:"as_token"`
+	// Homeserver token provided in requests to an application service
+	HSToken string `yaml:"hs_token"`
+	// Localpart of application service user
+	SenderLocalpart string `yaml:"sender_localpart"`
+	// Information about an application service's namespaces
+	Namespaces map[string][]interface{} `yaml:"namespaces"`
+}
+
+func loadAppservices(config *Dendrite) error {
+	// Iterate through and return all the Application Services
+	for _, configPath := range config.ApplicationService.ConfigFiles {
+		// Create a new application service
+		var appservice ApplicationService
+
+		// Create an absolute path from a potentially relative path
+		absPath, err := filepath.Abs(configPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// Read the application service's config file
+		configData, err := ioutil.ReadFile(absPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// Load the config data into our struct
+		if err = yaml.UnmarshalStrict(configData, &appservice); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// Append the parsed application service to the global config
+		config.Derived.ApplicationServices = append(
+			config.Derived.ApplicationServices, appservice)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/common/config/config.go b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/common/config/config.go
index f291a076d..2b8357648 100644
--- a/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/common/config/config.go
+++ b/src/github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/common/config/config.go
@@ -206,6 +206,13 @@ type Dendrite struct {
 		Jaeger jaegerconfig.Configuration `yaml:"jaeger"`
 	}
 
+	// Application Services
+	// https://matrix.org/docs/spec/application_service/unstable.html
+	ApplicationService struct {
+		// Configuration files for various application services
+		ConfigFiles []string `yaml:"app_service_config_files"`
+	}
+
 	// Any information derived from the configuration options for later use.
 	Derived struct {
 		Registration struct {
@@ -219,6 +226,10 @@ type Dendrite struct {
 			// registration in order to complete registration stages.
 			Params map[string]interface{} `json:"params"`
 		}
+
+		// Application Services parsed from their config files
+		// The paths of which were given above in the main config file
+		ApplicationServices []ApplicationService
 	}
 }
 
@@ -360,6 +371,14 @@ func (config *Dendrite) derive() {
 		config.Derived.Registration.Flows = append(config.Derived.Registration.Flows,
 			authtypes.Flow{Stages: []authtypes.LoginType{authtypes.LoginTypeDummy}})
 	}
+
+	// Load application service configuration files
+	fmt.Println(config.ApplicationService.ConfigFiles)
+	if len(config.ApplicationService.ConfigFiles) > 0 {
+		if err := loadAppservices(config); err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("Error loading AS config: ", err)
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 // setDefaults sets default config values if they are not explicitly set.