diff --git a/markdownlint-cli2.js b/markdownlint-cli2.js
index eaa10927..e762f844 100755
--- a/markdownlint-cli2.js
+++ b/markdownlint-cli2.js
@@ -69,19 +69,19 @@ const readConfig = (fs, dir, name, otherwise) => {
 };
 
 // Import or resolve/require a module ID with a custom directory in the path
-const importOrRequireResolve = async (dir, id) => {
+const importOrRequireResolve = async (dirs, id) => {
   if (typeof id === "string") {
     const expandId =
       markdownlintRuleHelpers.expandTildePath(id, require("node:os"));
     const errors = [];
     try {
-      return resolveAndRequire(dynamicRequire, expandId, dir);
+      return resolveAndRequire(dynamicRequire, expandId, dirs);
     } catch (error) {
       errors.push(error);
     }
     try {
       const fileUrlString =
-        pathToFileURL(pathDefault.resolve(dir, expandId)).toString();
+        pathToFileURL(pathDefault.resolve(dirs[0], expandId)).toString();
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-inline-comments
       const module = await import(/* webpackIgnore: true */ fileUrlString);
       return module.default;
@@ -98,31 +98,38 @@ const importOrRequireResolve = async (dir, id) => {
 };
 
 // Import or require an array of modules by ID
-const importOrRequireIds = (dir, ids, noRequire) => (
-  Promise.all(noRequire ? [] : ids.map((id) => importOrRequireResolve(dir, id)))
+const importOrRequireIds = (dirs, ids, noRequire) => (
+  Promise.all(
+    noRequire ? [] : ids.map((id) => importOrRequireResolve(dirs, id))
+  )
 );
 
 // Import or require an array of modules by ID (preserving parameters)
-const importOrRequireIdsAndParams = async (dir, idsAndParams, noRequire) => {
+const importOrRequireIdsAndParams = async (dirs, idsAndParams, noRequire) => {
   if (noRequire) {
     return [];
   }
   const ids = idsAndParams.map((entry) => entry[0]);
-  const modules = await importOrRequireIds(dir, ids);
+  const modules = await importOrRequireIds(dirs, ids, noRequire);
   const modulesAndParams = idsAndParams.
     map((entry, i) => [ modules[i], ...entry.slice(1) ]);
   return modulesAndParams;
 };
 
 // Import or require a JavaScript file and return the exported object
-const importOrRequireConfig = (fs, dir, name, noRequire, otherwise) => {
-  const id = pathPosix.join(dir, name);
-  return () => fs.promises.access(id).
-    then(
-      () => (noRequire ? {} : importOrRequireResolve(dir, id)),
-      otherwise
-    );
-};
+const importOrRequireConfig =
+  (fs, dir, name, modulePaths, noRequire, otherwise) => {
+    const id = pathPosix.join(dir, name);
+    return () => fs.promises.access(id).
+      then(
+        () => (
+          noRequire
+            ? {}
+            : importOrRequireResolve([ dir, ...modulePaths ], id)
+        ),
+        otherwise
+      );
+  };
 
 // Extend a config object if it has 'extends' property
 const getExtendedConfig = async (config, configPath, fs) => {
@@ -155,7 +162,7 @@ const readOptionsOrConfig = async (configPath, fs, noRequire) => {
     basename.endsWith(".markdownlint-cli2.mjs")
   ) {
     options = await (
-      importOrRequireConfig(fs, dirname, basename, noRequire, noop)()
+      importOrRequireConfig(fs, dirname, basename, [], noRequire, noop)()
     );
   } else if (
     basename.endsWith(".markdownlint.jsonc") ||
@@ -171,7 +178,7 @@ const readOptionsOrConfig = async (configPath, fs, noRequire) => {
     basename.endsWith(".markdownlint.mjs")
   ) {
     config = await (
-      importOrRequireConfig(fs, dirname, basename, noRequire, noop)()
+      importOrRequireConfig(fs, dirname, basename, [], noRequire, noop)()
     );
   } else {
     throw new Error(
@@ -272,129 +279,140 @@ $ markdownlint-cli2 "**/*.md" "#node_modules"`
 };
 
 // Get (creating if necessary) and process a directory's info object
-const getAndProcessDirInfo =
-  (fs, tasks, dirToDirInfo, dir, relativeDir, noRequire, allowPackageJson) => {
-    let dirInfo = dirToDirInfo[dir];
-    if (!dirInfo) {
-      dirInfo = {
-        dir,
-        relativeDir,
-        "parent": null,
-        "files": [],
-        "markdownlintConfig": null,
-        "markdownlintOptions": null
-      };
-      dirToDirInfo[dir] = dirInfo;
-
-      // Load markdownlint-cli2 object(s)
-      const markdownlintCli2Jsonc =
-        pathPosix.join(dir, ".markdownlint-cli2.jsonc");
-      const markdownlintCli2Yaml =
-        pathPosix.join(dir, ".markdownlint-cli2.yaml");
-      const packageJson = pathPosix.join(dir, "package.json");
-      tasks.push(
-        fs.promises.access(markdownlintCli2Jsonc).
-          then(
-            () => fs.promises.
-              readFile(markdownlintCli2Jsonc, utf8).
-              then(
-                (content) => getJsoncParse().
-                  then((jsoncParse) => jsoncParse(content))
-              ),
-            () => fs.promises.access(markdownlintCli2Yaml).
-              then(
-                () => fs.promises.
-                  readFile(markdownlintCli2Yaml, utf8).
-                  then(yamlParse),
+const getAndProcessDirInfo = (
+  fs,
+  tasks,
+  dirToDirInfo,
+  dir,
+  relativeDir,
+  noRequire,
+  allowPackageJson
+) => {
+  let dirInfo = dirToDirInfo[dir];
+  if (!dirInfo) {
+    dirInfo = {
+      dir,
+      relativeDir,
+      "parent": null,
+      "files": [],
+      "markdownlintConfig": null,
+      "markdownlintOptions": null
+    };
+    dirToDirInfo[dir] = dirInfo;
+
+    // Load markdownlint-cli2 object(s)
+    const markdownlintCli2Jsonc =
+      pathPosix.join(dir, ".markdownlint-cli2.jsonc");
+    const markdownlintCli2Yaml =
+      pathPosix.join(dir, ".markdownlint-cli2.yaml");
+    const packageJson = pathPosix.join(dir, "package.json");
+    tasks.push(
+      fs.promises.access(markdownlintCli2Jsonc).
+        then(
+          () => fs.promises.
+            readFile(markdownlintCli2Jsonc, utf8).
+            then(
+              (content) => getJsoncParse().
+                then((jsoncParse) => jsoncParse(content))
+            ),
+          () => fs.promises.access(markdownlintCli2Yaml).
+            then(
+              () => fs.promises.
+                readFile(markdownlintCli2Yaml, utf8).
+                then(yamlParse),
+              importOrRequireConfig(
+                fs,
+                dir,
+                ".markdownlint-cli2.cjs",
+                [],
+                noRequire,
                 importOrRequireConfig(
                   fs,
                   dir,
-                  ".markdownlint-cli2.cjs",
+                  ".markdownlint-cli2.mjs",
+                  [],
                   noRequire,
-                  importOrRequireConfig(
-                    fs,
-                    dir,
-                    ".markdownlint-cli2.mjs",
-                    noRequire,
-                    () => (allowPackageJson
-                      ? fs.promises.access(packageJson)
-                      // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-promise-reject-errors
-                      : Promise.reject()
-                    ).
-                      then(
-                        () => fs.promises.
-                          readFile(packageJson, utf8).
-                          then(
-                            (content) => getJsoncParse().
-                              then((jsoncParse) => jsoncParse(content)).
-                              then((obj) => obj[packageName])
-                          ),
-                        noop
-                      )
-                  )
+                  () => (allowPackageJson
+                    ? fs.promises.access(packageJson)
+                    // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-promise-reject-errors
+                    : Promise.reject()
+                  ).
+                    then(
+                      () => fs.promises.
+                        readFile(packageJson, utf8).
+                        then(
+                          (content) => getJsoncParse().
+                            then((jsoncParse) => jsoncParse(content)).
+                            then((obj) => obj[packageName])
+                        ),
+                      noop
+                    )
                 )
               )
-          ).
-          then((options) => {
-            dirInfo.markdownlintOptions = options;
-            return options &&
-              options.config &&
-              getExtendedConfig(
-                options.config,
-                // Just needs to identify a file in the right directory
-                markdownlintCli2Jsonc,
-                fs
-              ).
-                then((config) => {
-                  options.config = config;
-                });
-          })
-      );
+            )
+        ).
+        then((options) => {
+          dirInfo.markdownlintOptions = options;
+          return options &&
+            options.config &&
+            getExtendedConfig(
+              options.config,
+              // Just needs to identify a file in the right directory
+              markdownlintCli2Jsonc,
+              fs
+            ).
+              then((config) => {
+                options.config = config;
+              });
+        })
+    );
 
-      // Load markdownlint object(s)
-      const readConfigs =
+    // Load markdownlint object(s)
+    const readConfigs =
+      readConfig(
+        fs,
+        dir,
+        ".markdownlint.jsonc",
         readConfig(
           fs,
           dir,
-          ".markdownlint.jsonc",
+          ".markdownlint.json",
           readConfig(
             fs,
             dir,
-            ".markdownlint.json",
+            ".markdownlint.yaml",
             readConfig(
               fs,
               dir,
-              ".markdownlint.yaml",
-              readConfig(
+              ".markdownlint.yml",
+              importOrRequireConfig(
                 fs,
                 dir,
-                ".markdownlint.yml",
+                ".markdownlint.cjs",
+                [],
+                noRequire,
                 importOrRequireConfig(
                   fs,
                   dir,
-                  ".markdownlint.cjs",
+                  ".markdownlint.mjs",
+                  [],
                   noRequire,
-                  importOrRequireConfig(
-                    fs,
-                    dir,
-                    ".markdownlint.mjs",
-                    noRequire,
-                    noop
-                  )
+                  noop
                 )
               )
             )
           )
-        );
-      tasks.push(
-        readConfigs().
-          then((config) => {
-            dirInfo.markdownlintConfig = config;
-          })
+        )
       );
-    }
-    return dirInfo;
-  };
+    tasks.push(
+      readConfigs().
+        then((config) => {
+          dirInfo.markdownlintConfig = config;
+        })
+    );
+  }
+  return dirInfo;
+};
 
 // Get base markdownlint-cli2 options object
 const getBaseOptions = async (
@@ -448,86 +466,97 @@ const getBaseOptions = async (
 };
 
 // Enumerate files from globs and build directory infos
-const enumerateFiles =
-  // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
-  async (fs, baseDirSystem, baseDir, globPatterns, dirToDirInfo, noErrors, noRequire) => {
-    const tasks = [];
-    const globbyOptions = {
-      "absolute": true,
-      "cwd": baseDir,
-      "dot": true,
-      "expandDirectories": false,
-      fs
-    };
-    if (noErrors) {
-      globbyOptions.suppressErrors = true;
-    }
-    // Special-case literal files
-    const literalFiles = [];
-    const filteredGlobPatterns = globPatterns.filter(
-      (globPattern) => {
-        if (globPattern.startsWith(":")) {
-          literalFiles.push(
-            posixPath(pathDefault.resolve(baseDirSystem, globPattern.slice(1)))
-          );
-          return false;
-        }
-        return true;
+const enumerateFiles = async (
+  fs,
+  baseDirSystem,
+  baseDir,
+  globPatterns,
+  dirToDirInfo,
+  noErrors,
+  noRequire
+) => {
+  const tasks = [];
+  const globbyOptions = {
+    "absolute": true,
+    "cwd": baseDir,
+    "dot": true,
+    "expandDirectories": false,
+    fs
+  };
+  if (noErrors) {
+    globbyOptions.suppressErrors = true;
+  }
+  // Special-case literal files
+  const literalFiles = [];
+  const filteredGlobPatterns = globPatterns.filter(
+    (globPattern) => {
+      if (globPattern.startsWith(":")) {
+        literalFiles.push(
+          posixPath(pathDefault.resolve(baseDirSystem, globPattern.slice(1)))
+        );
+        return false;
       }
-    ).map((globPattern) => globPattern.replace(/^\\:/u, ":"));
-    const baseMarkdownlintOptions = dirToDirInfo[baseDir].markdownlintOptions;
-    const globsForIgnore =
-      (baseMarkdownlintOptions.globs || []).
-        filter((glob) => glob.startsWith("!"));
-    const filteredLiteralFiles =
-      ((literalFiles.length > 0) && (globsForIgnore.length > 0))
-        ? removeIgnoredFiles(baseDir, literalFiles, globsForIgnore)
-        : literalFiles;
-    // Manually expand directories to avoid globby call to dir-glob.sync
-    const expandedDirectories = await Promise.all(
-      filteredGlobPatterns.map((globPattern) => {
-        const barePattern =
-          globPattern.startsWith("!")
-            ? globPattern.slice(1)
-            : globPattern;
-        const globPath = (
-          pathPosix.isAbsolute(barePattern) ||
-          pathDefault.isAbsolute(barePattern)
-        )
-          ? barePattern
-          : pathPosix.join(baseDir, barePattern);
-        return fs.promises.stat(globPath).
-          then((stats) => (stats.isDirectory()
-            ? pathPosix.join(globPattern, "**")
-            : globPattern)).
-          catch(() => globPattern);
-      })
-    );
-    // Process glob patterns
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-inline-comments
-    const { globby } = await import(/* webpackMode: "eager" */ "globby");
-    const files = [
-      ...await globby(expandedDirectories, globbyOptions),
-      ...filteredLiteralFiles
-    ];
-    for (const file of files) {
-      const dir = pathPosix.dirname(file);
-      const dirInfo = getAndProcessDirInfo(
-        fs,
-        tasks,
-        dirToDirInfo,
-        dir,
-        null,
-        noRequire,
-        false
-      );
-      dirInfo.files.push(file);
+      return true;
     }
-    await Promise.all(tasks);
-  };
+  ).map((globPattern) => globPattern.replace(/^\\:/u, ":"));
+  const baseMarkdownlintOptions = dirToDirInfo[baseDir].markdownlintOptions;
+  const globsForIgnore =
+    (baseMarkdownlintOptions.globs || []).
+      filter((glob) => glob.startsWith("!"));
+  const filteredLiteralFiles =
+    ((literalFiles.length > 0) && (globsForIgnore.length > 0))
+      ? removeIgnoredFiles(baseDir, literalFiles, globsForIgnore)
+      : literalFiles;
+  // Manually expand directories to avoid globby call to dir-glob.sync
+  const expandedDirectories = await Promise.all(
+    filteredGlobPatterns.map((globPattern) => {
+      const barePattern =
+        globPattern.startsWith("!")
+          ? globPattern.slice(1)
+          : globPattern;
+      const globPath = (
+        pathPosix.isAbsolute(barePattern) ||
+        pathDefault.isAbsolute(barePattern)
+      )
+        ? barePattern
+        : pathPosix.join(baseDir, barePattern);
+      return fs.promises.stat(globPath).
+        then((stats) => (stats.isDirectory()
+          ? pathPosix.join(globPattern, "**")
+          : globPattern)).
+        catch(() => globPattern);
+    })
+  );
+  // Process glob patterns
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-inline-comments
+  const { globby } = await import(/* webpackMode: "eager" */ "globby");
+  const files = [
+    ...await globby(expandedDirectories, globbyOptions),
+    ...filteredLiteralFiles
+  ];
+  for (const file of files) {
+    const dir = pathPosix.dirname(file);
+    const dirInfo = getAndProcessDirInfo(
+      fs,
+      tasks,
+      dirToDirInfo,
+      dir,
+      null,
+      noRequire,
+      false
+    );
+    dirInfo.files.push(file);
+  }
+  await Promise.all(tasks);
+};
 
 // Enumerate (possibly missing) parent directories and update directory infos
-const enumerateParents = async (fs, baseDir, dirToDirInfo, noRequire) => {
+const enumerateParents = async (
+  fs,
+  baseDir,
+  dirToDirInfo,
+  noRequire
+) => {
   const tasks = [];
 
   // Create a lookup of baseDir and parents
@@ -571,136 +600,144 @@ const enumerateParents = async (fs, baseDir, dirToDirInfo, noRequire) => {
 };
 
 // Create directory info objects by enumerating file globs
-const createDirInfos =
-  // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
-  async (fs, baseDirSystem, baseDir, globPatterns, dirToDirInfo, optionsOverride, noErrors, noRequire) => {
-    await enumerateFiles(
-      fs,
-      baseDirSystem,
-      baseDir,
-      globPatterns,
-      dirToDirInfo,
-      noErrors,
-      noRequire
-    );
-    await enumerateParents(
-      fs,
-      baseDir,
-      dirToDirInfo,
-      noRequire
-    );
+const createDirInfos = async (
+  fs,
+  baseDirSystem,
+  baseDir,
+  globPatterns,
+  modulePaths,
+  dirToDirInfo,
+  optionsOverride,
+  noErrors,
+  noRequire
+) => {
+  await enumerateFiles(
+    fs,
+    baseDirSystem,
+    baseDir,
+    globPatterns,
+    dirToDirInfo,
+    noErrors,
+    noRequire
+  );
+  await enumerateParents(
+    fs,
+    baseDir,
+    dirToDirInfo,
+    noRequire
+  );
 
-    // Merge file lists with identical configuration
-    const dirs = Object.keys(dirToDirInfo);
-    dirs.sort((a, b) => b.length - a.length);
-    const dirInfos = [];
-    const noConfigDirInfo =
-      // eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/consistent-function-scoping
-      (dirInfo) => (
-        dirInfo.parent &&
-        !dirInfo.markdownlintConfig &&
-        !dirInfo.markdownlintOptions
-      );
-    const tasks = [];
-    for (const dir of dirs) {
-      const dirInfo = dirToDirInfo[dir];
-      if (noConfigDirInfo(dirInfo)) {
-        if (dirInfo.parent) {
-          appendToArray(dirInfo.parent.files, dirInfo.files);
-        }
-        dirToDirInfo[dir] = null;
-      } else {
-        const { markdownlintOptions, relativeDir } = dirInfo;
-        if (markdownlintOptions && markdownlintOptions.customRules) {
-          tasks.push(
-            importOrRequireIds(
-              relativeDir || dir,
-              markdownlintOptions.customRules,
-              noRequire
-            ).then((customRules) => {
-              // Expand nested arrays (for packages that export multiple rules)
-              markdownlintOptions.customRules = customRules.flat();
-            })
-          );
-        }
-        if (markdownlintOptions && markdownlintOptions.markdownItPlugins) {
-          tasks.push(
-            importOrRequireIdsAndParams(
-              relativeDir || dir,
-              markdownlintOptions.markdownItPlugins,
-              noRequire
-            ).then((markdownItPlugins) => {
-              markdownlintOptions.markdownItPlugins = markdownItPlugins;
-            })
-          );
-        }
-        dirInfos.push(dirInfo);
+  // Merge file lists with identical configuration
+  const dirs = Object.keys(dirToDirInfo);
+  dirs.sort((a, b) => b.length - a.length);
+  const dirInfos = [];
+  const noConfigDirInfo =
+    // eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/consistent-function-scoping
+    (dirInfo) => (
+      dirInfo.parent &&
+      !dirInfo.markdownlintConfig &&
+      !dirInfo.markdownlintOptions
+    );
+  const tasks = [];
+  for (const dir of dirs) {
+    const dirInfo = dirToDirInfo[dir];
+    if (noConfigDirInfo(dirInfo)) {
+      if (dirInfo.parent) {
+        appendToArray(dirInfo.parent.files, dirInfo.files);
       }
-    }
-    await Promise.all(tasks);
-    for (const dirInfo of dirInfos) {
-      while (dirInfo.parent && !dirToDirInfo[dirInfo.parent.dir]) {
-        dirInfo.parent = dirInfo.parent.parent;
+      dirToDirInfo[dir] = null;
+    } else {
+      const { markdownlintOptions, relativeDir } = dirInfo;
+      if (markdownlintOptions && markdownlintOptions.customRules) {
+        tasks.push(
+          importOrRequireIds(
+            [ relativeDir || dir, ...modulePaths ],
+            markdownlintOptions.customRules,
+            noRequire
+          ).then((customRules) => {
+            // Expand nested arrays (for packages that export multiple rules)
+            markdownlintOptions.customRules = customRules.flat();
+          })
+        );
       }
+      if (markdownlintOptions && markdownlintOptions.markdownItPlugins) {
+        tasks.push(
+          importOrRequireIdsAndParams(
+            [ relativeDir || dir, ...modulePaths ],
+            markdownlintOptions.markdownItPlugins,
+            noRequire
+          ).then((markdownItPlugins) => {
+            markdownlintOptions.markdownItPlugins = markdownItPlugins;
+          })
+        );
+      }
+      dirInfos.push(dirInfo);
+    }
+  }
+  await Promise.all(tasks);
+  for (const dirInfo of dirInfos) {
+    while (dirInfo.parent && !dirToDirInfo[dirInfo.parent.dir]) {
+      dirInfo.parent = dirInfo.parent.parent;
     }
+  }
 
-    // Verify dirInfos is simplified
-    // if (
-    //   dirInfos.filter(
-    //     (di) => di.parent && !dirInfos.includes(di.parent)
-    //   ).length > 0
-    // ) {
-    //   throw new Error("Extra parent");
-    // }
-    // if (
-    //   dirInfos.filter(
-    //     (di) => !di.parent && (di.dir !== baseDir)
-    //   ).length > 0
-    // ) {
-    //   throw new Error("Missing parent");
-    // }
-    // if (
-    //   dirInfos.filter(
-    //     (di) => di.parent &&
-    //     !((di.markdownlintConfig ? 1 : 0) ^ (di.markdownlintOptions ? 1 : 0))
-    //   ).length > 0
-    // ) {
-    //   throw new Error("Missing object");
-    // }
-    // if (dirInfos.filter((di) => di.dir === "/").length > 0) {
-    //   throw new Error("Includes root");
-    // }
-
-    // Merge configuration by inheritance
-    for (const dirInfo of dirInfos) {
-      let markdownlintOptions = dirInfo.markdownlintOptions || {};
-      let { markdownlintConfig } = dirInfo;
-      let parent = dirInfo;
-      // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-destructuring
-      while ((parent = parent.parent)) {
-        if (parent.markdownlintOptions) {
-          markdownlintOptions = mergeOptions(
-            parent.markdownlintOptions,
-            markdownlintOptions
-          );
-        }
-        if (
-          !markdownlintConfig &&
-          parent.markdownlintConfig &&
-          !markdownlintOptions.config
-        ) {
-          // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-destructuring
-          markdownlintConfig = parent.markdownlintConfig;
-        }
+  // Verify dirInfos is simplified
+  // if (
+  //   dirInfos.filter(
+  //     (di) => di.parent && !dirInfos.includes(di.parent)
+  //   ).length > 0
+  // ) {
+  //   throw new Error("Extra parent");
+  // }
+  // if (
+  //   dirInfos.filter(
+  //     (di) => !di.parent && (di.dir !== baseDir)
+  //   ).length > 0
+  // ) {
+  //   throw new Error("Missing parent");
+  // }
+  // if (
+  //   dirInfos.filter(
+  //     (di) => di.parent &&
+  //     !((di.markdownlintConfig ? 1 : 0) ^ (di.markdownlintOptions ? 1 : 0))
+  //   ).length > 0
+  // ) {
+  //   throw new Error("Missing object");
+  // }
+  // if (dirInfos.filter((di) => di.dir === "/").length > 0) {
+  //   throw new Error("Includes root");
+  // }
+
+  // Merge configuration by inheritance
+  for (const dirInfo of dirInfos) {
+    let markdownlintOptions = dirInfo.markdownlintOptions || {};
+    let { markdownlintConfig } = dirInfo;
+    let parent = dirInfo;
+    // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-destructuring
+    while ((parent = parent.parent)) {
+      if (parent.markdownlintOptions) {
+        markdownlintOptions = mergeOptions(
+          parent.markdownlintOptions,
+          markdownlintOptions
+        );
+      }
+      if (
+        !markdownlintConfig &&
+        parent.markdownlintConfig &&
+        !markdownlintOptions.config
+      ) {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-destructuring
+        markdownlintConfig = parent.markdownlintConfig;
       }
-      dirInfo.markdownlintOptions = mergeOptions(
-        markdownlintOptions,
-        optionsOverride
-      );
-      dirInfo.markdownlintConfig = markdownlintConfig;
     }
-    return dirInfos;
-  };
+    dirInfo.markdownlintOptions = mergeOptions(
+      markdownlintOptions,
+      optionsOverride
+    );
+    dirInfo.markdownlintConfig = markdownlintConfig;
+  }
+  return dirInfos;
+};
 
 // Lint files in groups by shared configuration
 const lintFiles = async (fs, dirInfos, fileContents) => {
@@ -820,6 +857,7 @@ const outputSummary = async (
   relativeDir,
   summary,
   outputFormatters,
+  modulePaths,
   logMessage,
   logError
 ) => {
@@ -832,8 +870,9 @@ const outputSummary = async (
       logError
     };
     const dir = relativeDir || baseDir;
+    const dirs = [ dir, ...modulePaths ];
     const formattersAndParams = outputFormatters
-      ? await importOrRequireIdsAndParams(dir, outputFormatters)
+      ? await importOrRequireIdsAndParams(dirs, outputFormatters)
       : [ [ require("markdownlint-cli2-formatter-default") ] ];
     await Promise.all(formattersAndParams.map((formatterAndParams) => {
       const [ formatter, ...formatterParams ] = formatterAndParams;
@@ -937,12 +976,15 @@ const main = async (params) => {
     logMessage(`Finding: ${globPatterns.join(" ")}`);
   }
   // Create linting tasks
+  const modulePaths = (baseMarkdownlintOptions.modulePaths || []).
+    map((path) => pathDefault.resolve(baseDir, path));
   const dirInfos =
     await createDirInfos(
       fs,
       baseDirSystem,
       baseDir,
       globPatterns,
+      modulePaths,
       dirToDirInfo,
       optionsOverride,
       noErrors,
@@ -973,7 +1015,13 @@ const main = async (params) => {
     (optionsOverride && optionsOverride.outputFormatters) ||
     baseMarkdownlintOptions.outputFormatters;
   const errorsPresent = await outputSummary(
-    baseDir, relativeDir, summary, outputFormatters, logMessage, logError
+    baseDir,
+    relativeDir,
+    summary,
+    outputFormatters,
+    modulePaths,
+    logMessage,
+    logError
   );
   // Return result
   return errorsPresent ? 1 : 0;
diff --git a/resolve-and-require.js b/resolve-and-require.js
index 668157ac..3f169919 100644
--- a/resolve-and-require.js
+++ b/resolve-and-require.js
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
  * Wrapper for calling Node's require.resolve/require with an additional path.
  * @param {Object} req Node's require implementation (or equivalent).
  * @param {String} id Package identifier to require.
- * @param {String} dir Directory to include when resolving paths.
+ * @param {String[]} dirs Directories to include when resolving paths.
  * @returns {Object} Exported module content.
  */
-const resolveAndRequire = (req, id, dir) => {
+const resolveAndRequire = (req, id, dirs) => {
   const resolvePaths = req.resolve.paths ? req.resolve.paths("") : [];
-  const paths = [ dir, ...resolvePaths ];
+  const paths = [ ...dirs, ...resolvePaths ];
   const resolved = req.resolve(id, { paths });
   return req(resolved);
 };
diff --git a/schema/markdownlint-cli2-config-schema.json b/schema/markdownlint-cli2-config-schema.json
index 48e7afb4..bd9e4109 100644
--- a/schema/markdownlint-cli2-config-schema.json
+++ b/schema/markdownlint-cli2-config-schema.json
@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@
         "minItems": 1
       }
     },
+    "modulePaths": {
+      "description": "Additional paths to resolve module locations from (only valid at the root)",
+      "type": "array",
+      "default": [],
+      "items": {
+        "description": "Path to resolve module locations from",
+        "type": "string",
+        "minLength": 1
+      }
+    },
     "noInlineConfig": {
       "description": "Whether to disable support of HTML comments within Markdown content",
       "type": "boolean",
diff --git a/test/markdownlint-cli2-test-cases.js b/test/markdownlint-cli2-test-cases.js
index 5f1a093b..5bce13a5 100644
--- a/test/markdownlint-cli2-test-cases.js
+++ b/test/markdownlint-cli2-test-cases.js
@@ -1176,6 +1176,13 @@ const testCases = ({
     "post": deleteDirectory
   });
 
+  testCase({
+    "name": "modulePaths",
+    "args": [ "**/*.md" ],
+    "exitCode": 1,
+    "usesRequire": true
+  });
+
 };
 
 module.exports = testCases;
diff --git a/test/markdownlint-cli2-test.js b/test/markdownlint-cli2-test.js
index cfde663e..ec77b24e 100644
--- a/test/markdownlint-cli2-test.js
+++ b/test/markdownlint-cli2-test.js
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ test("validateMarkdownlintConfigSchema", async (t) => {
 });
 
 test("validateMarkdownlintCli2ConfigSchema", async (t) => {
-  t.plan(84);
+  t.plan(85);
 
   // Validate schema
   const { addSchema, validate } =
diff --git a/test/modulePaths/.markdownlint-cli2.jsonc b/test/modulePaths/.markdownlint-cli2.jsonc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e93eb42f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/modulePaths/.markdownlint-cli2.jsonc
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "customRules": [
+    "markdownlint-rule-sample-commonjs"
+  ],
+  "markdownItPlugins": [
+    [ "custom-markdown-it-plugin" ]
+  ],
+  "outputFormatters": [
+    [ "output-formatter-sample-commonjs" ]
+  ],
+  "modulePaths": [
+    "../invalid",
+    "../customRules",
+    "../markdownItPlugins/module",
+    "../no-config",
+    "../outputFormatters-module"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/test/modulePaths/dir/about.md b/test/modulePaths/dir/about.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56d31c78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/modulePaths/dir/about.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#  About  #
+
+Text text text
+1. List
+3. List
+3. List
diff --git a/test/modulePaths/dir/hr.md b/test/modulePaths/dir/hr.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7a141621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/modulePaths/dir/hr.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# hr
+
+---
diff --git a/test/modulePaths/dir/link.md b/test/modulePaths/dir/link.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..88b7f3b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/modulePaths/dir/link.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Heading
+
+Text [ link ](https://example.com)
diff --git a/test/modulePaths/dir/subdir/info.md b/test/modulePaths/dir/subdir/info.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fc9dba79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/modulePaths/dir/subdir/info.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## Information
+Text ` code1` text `code2 ` text
+
diff --git a/test/modulePaths/viewme.md b/test/modulePaths/viewme.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d60ebf5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/modulePaths/viewme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Title
+
+> Tagline 
+
+
+# Description
+
+Text text text
+Text text text
+Text text text
+
+##  Summary
+
+Text text text
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/resolve-and-require-test.js b/test/resolve-and-require-test.js
index 96edff00..49038b38 100644
--- a/test/resolve-and-require-test.js
+++ b/test/resolve-and-require-test.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ test("built-in module", (t) => {
   t.plan(1);
   t.deepEqual(
     require("node:fs"),
-    resolveAndRequire(require, "fs", __dirname)
+    resolveAndRequire(require, "fs", [ __dirname ])
   );
 });
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ test("locally-installed module", (t) => {
   t.plan(1);
   t.deepEqual(
     require("markdownlint"),
-    resolveAndRequire(require, "markdownlint", __dirname)
+    resolveAndRequire(require, "markdownlint", [ __dirname ])
   );
 });
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ test("relative (to __dirname) path to module", (t) => {
     resolveAndRequire(
       require,
       "./customRules/node_modules/markdownlint-rule-sample-commonjs",
-      __dirname
+      [ __dirname ]
     )
   );
 });
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ test("module in alternate node_modules", (t) => {
     resolveAndRequire(
       require,
       "markdownlint-rule-sample-commonjs",
-      path.join(__dirname, "customRules")
+      [ path.join(__dirname, "customRules") ]
     )
   );
 });
@@ -67,7 +67,35 @@ test("module in alternate node_modules and no require.resolve.paths", (t) => {
     resolveAndRequire(
       require,
       "markdownlint-rule-sample-commonjs",
-      path.join(__dirname, "customRules")
+      [ path.join(__dirname, "customRules") ]
+    )
+  );
+});
+
+test("module local, relative, and in alternate node_modules", (t) => {
+  t.plan(3);
+  const dirs = [
+    __dirname,
+    path.join(__dirname, "customRules")
+  ];
+  t.deepEqual(
+    require("markdownlint"),
+    resolveAndRequire(require, "markdownlint", dirs)
+  );
+  t.deepEqual(
+    require("./customRules/node_modules/markdownlint-rule-sample-commonjs"),
+    resolveAndRequire(
+      require,
+      "./customRules/node_modules/markdownlint-rule-sample-commonjs",
+      dirs
+    )
+  );
+  t.deepEqual(
+    require("./customRules/node_modules/markdownlint-rule-sample-commonjs"),
+    resolveAndRequire(
+      require,
+      "markdownlint-rule-sample-commonjs",
+      dirs
     )
   );
 });
diff --git a/test/snapshots/markdownlint-cli2-test-exec.js.md b/test/snapshots/markdownlint-cli2-test-exec.js.md
index bc75c062..2e700e90 100644
--- a/test/snapshots/markdownlint-cli2-test-exec.js.md
+++ b/test/snapshots/markdownlint-cli2-test-exec.js.md
@@ -7190,3 +7190,35 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
       Summary: 2 error(s)␊
       `,
     }
+
+## modulePaths (exec)
+
+> Snapshot 1
+
+    {
+      exitCode: 1,
+      formatterCodeQuality: '',
+      formatterJson: '',
+      formatterJunit: '',
+      formatterSarif: '',
+      stderr: `cjs: dir/about.md 1 MD021/no-multiple-space-closed-atx␊
+      cjs: dir/about.md 4 MD032/blanks-around-lists␊
+      cjs: dir/about.md 5 MD029/ol-prefix␊
+      cjs: dir/hr.md 3 sample-rule-commonjs␊
+      cjs: dir/subdir/info.md 1 MD022/blanks-around-headings/blanks-around-headers␊
+      cjs: dir/subdir/info.md 1 MD041/first-line-heading/first-line-h1␊
+      cjs: dir/subdir/info.md 2 MD038/no-space-in-code␊
+      cjs: dir/subdir/info.md 2 MD038/no-space-in-code␊
+      cjs: dir/subdir/info.md 4 MD012/no-multiple-blanks␊
+      cjs: viewme.md 3 MD009/no-trailing-spaces␊
+      cjs: viewme.md 5 MD012/no-multiple-blanks␊
+      cjs: viewme.md 6 MD025/single-title/single-h1␊
+      cjs: viewme.md 12 MD019/no-multiple-space-atx␊
+      cjs: viewme.md 14 MD047/single-trailing-newline␊
+      `,
+      stdout: `markdownlint-cli2 vX.Y.Z (markdownlint vX.Y.Z)␊
+      Finding: **/*.md␊
+      Linting: 5 file(s)␊
+      Summary: 14 error(s)␊
+      `,
+    }
diff --git a/test/snapshots/markdownlint-cli2-test-exec.js.snap b/test/snapshots/markdownlint-cli2-test-exec.js.snap
index ca23f486..dae4f494 100644
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diff --git a/test/snapshots/markdownlint-cli2-test-main.js.md b/test/snapshots/markdownlint-cli2-test-main.js.md
index 0b103a89..b5acede4 100644
--- a/test/snapshots/markdownlint-cli2-test-main.js.md
+++ b/test/snapshots/markdownlint-cli2-test-main.js.md
@@ -5265,3 +5265,35 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
       Summary: 2 error(s)␊
       `,
     }
+
+## modulePaths (main)
+
+> Snapshot 1
+
+    {
+      exitCode: 1,
+      formatterCodeQuality: '',
+      formatterJson: '',
+      formatterJunit: '',
+      formatterSarif: '',
+      stderr: `cjs: dir/about.md 1 MD021/no-multiple-space-closed-atx␊
+      cjs: dir/about.md 4 MD032/blanks-around-lists␊
+      cjs: dir/about.md 5 MD029/ol-prefix␊
+      cjs: dir/hr.md 3 sample-rule-commonjs␊
+      cjs: dir/subdir/info.md 1 MD022/blanks-around-headings/blanks-around-headers␊
+      cjs: dir/subdir/info.md 1 MD041/first-line-heading/first-line-h1␊
+      cjs: dir/subdir/info.md 2 MD038/no-space-in-code␊
+      cjs: dir/subdir/info.md 2 MD038/no-space-in-code␊
+      cjs: dir/subdir/info.md 4 MD012/no-multiple-blanks␊
+      cjs: viewme.md 3 MD009/no-trailing-spaces␊
+      cjs: viewme.md 5 MD012/no-multiple-blanks␊
+      cjs: viewme.md 6 MD025/single-title/single-h1␊
+      cjs: viewme.md 12 MD019/no-multiple-space-atx␊
+      cjs: viewme.md 14 MD047/single-trailing-newline␊
+      `,
+      stdout: `markdownlint-cli2 vX.Y.Z (markdownlint vX.Y.Z)␊
+      Finding: **/*.md␊
+      Linting: 5 file(s)␊
+      Summary: 14 error(s)␊
+      `,
+    }
diff --git a/test/snapshots/markdownlint-cli2-test-main.js.snap b/test/snapshots/markdownlint-cli2-test-main.js.snap
index 60adceb8..1aead3bc 100644
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