diff --git a/src/h2load.cc b/src/h2load.cc
index bab93652..38fffc8a 100644
--- a/src/h2load.cc
+++ b/src/h2load.cc
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <thread>
 #include <future>
@@ -605,7 +606,9 @@ void print_version(std::ostream& out)
 namespace {
 void print_usage(std::ostream& out)
 {
-  out << R"(Usage: h2load [OPTIONS]... <URI>...
+  out << R"(
+Usage: h2load [OPTIONS]... <URI>...
+       h2load [OPTIONS]... <URI_LIST_FILE>
 benchmarking tool for HTTP/2 and SPDY server)" << std::endl;
 }
 } // namespace
@@ -623,6 +626,13 @@ void print_help(std::ostream& out)
                      host and port in the subsequent URIs, if present,
                      are  ignored.  Those  in the  first URI  are used
                      solely.
+  <URI_LIST_FILE>    Path of a file with multiple URIs  are  seperated
+                     by EOLs.    URIs are used  in this order for each
+                     client.   All URIs  are used,  then first  URI is
+                     used and  then 2nd URI,  and so on.   The scheme,
+                     host and port in the subsequent URIs, if present,
+                     are  ignored.  Those  in the  first URI  are used
+                     solely.
 Options:
   -n, --requests=<N> Number of requests. Default: )"
       << config.nreqs << R"(
@@ -857,9 +867,20 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   http_parser_url u;
   memset(&u, 0, sizeof(u));
   auto uri = argv[optind];
+
+  std::cout << uri << std::endl;
+
+  std::ifstream uri_file;
+  std::string line_uri;
+  if (std::ifstream(uri)) {
+    uri_file.open(uri, std::ifstream::in);
+    std::getline (uri_file, line_uri);
+    uri = (char *)line_uri.c_str();
+  }
+
   if(http_parser_parse_url(uri, strlen(uri), 0, &u) != 0 ||
      !util::has_uri_field(u, UF_SCHEMA) || !util::has_uri_field(u, UF_HOST)) {
-    std::cerr << "invalid URI: " << uri << std::endl;
+    std::cerr << "invalid URI/URI_LIST_FILE: " << uri << std::endl;
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
   }
 
@@ -889,6 +910,21 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     reqlines.push_back(get_reqline(uri, u));
   }
 
+  if (uri_file.is_open()) {
+    //load rest uris from URI_LIST_FILE
+    while(std::getline (uri_file, line_uri)) {
+      auto uri = (char *)line_uri.c_str();
+
+      if(http_parser_parse_url(uri, strlen(uri), 0, &u) != 0) {
+        std::cerr << "invalid URI in URI_LIST_FILE: " << uri << std::endl;
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+      }
+
+      reqlines.push_back(get_reqline(uri, u));
+    }
+    uri_file.close();
+  }
+
   if(config.max_concurrent_streams == -1) {
     config.max_concurrent_streams = reqlines.size();
   }