diff -r 82136b377981 -r e2d838bc1cfc Doc/packaging/setupcfg.rst
--- a/Doc/packaging/setupcfg.rst	Thu Jun 09 12:31:51 2011 -0400
+++ b/Doc/packaging/setupcfg.rst	Thu Jun 09 12:45:46 2011 -0400
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 
 
 commands
-   Defined Packaging command. A command is defined by its fully
+   Defines a Packaging command. A command is defined by its fully
    qualified name. *optional*, *multi*
 
    Examples::
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
           package.setup.BdistDeb
 
 compilers
-   Defined Packaging compiler. A compiler is defined by its fully
+   Defines a Packaging compiler. A compiler is defined by its fully
    qualified name. *optional*, *multi*
 
    Example::
@@ -176,15 +176,17 @@
       compilers =
           hotcompiler.SmartCCompiler
 
-setup_hook
-   defines a callable that will be called right after the
+setup_hooks
+   Defines a callable that will be called right after the
    :file:`setup.cfg` file is read. The callable receives the configuration
-   in form of a mapping and can make some changes to it. *optional*
+   in form of a mapping and can make some changes to it. Multiple values will
+   be called in the order specified.
+   *optional*, *multi*
 
    Example::
 
       [global]
-      setup_hook = package.setup.customize_dist
+      setup_hooks = package.setup.customize_dist
 
 
 Metadata
diff -r 82136b377981 -r e2d838bc1cfc Lib/packaging/config.py
--- a/Lib/packaging/config.py	Thu Jun 09 12:31:51 2011 -0400
+++ b/Lib/packaging/config.py	Thu Jun 09 12:45:46 2011 -0400
@@ -65,13 +65,15 @@
     """
     def __init__(self, dist):
         self.dist = dist
-        self.setup_hook = None
+        self.setup_hooks = None
 
-    def run_hook(self, config):
-        if self.setup_hook is None:
+    def run_hooks(self, config):
+        if self.setup_hooks is None:
             return
+
         # the hook gets only the config
-        self.setup_hook(config)
+        for hook in self.setup_hooks:
+            hook(config)
 
     def find_config_files(self):
         """Find as many configuration files as should be processed for this
@@ -131,17 +133,23 @@
         for section in parser.sections():
             content[section] = dict(parser.items(section))
 
-        # global:setup_hook is called *first*
+        # global:setup_hooks is called *first*
         if 'global' in content:
-            if 'setup_hook' in content['global']:
-                setup_hook = content['global']['setup_hook']
+            if 'setup_hooks' in content['global']:
+                setup_hooks = content['global']['setup_hooks']
+                setup_hooks = split_multiline(setup_hooks)
+
+                if setup_hooks:
+                    self.setup_hooks = []
+
                 try:
-                    self.setup_hook = resolve_name(setup_hook)
+                    for hook in setup_hooks:
+                        self.setup_hooks.append(resolve_name(hook))
                 except ImportError as e:
                     logger.warning('could not import setup_hook: %s',
                             e.args[0])
                 else:
-                    self.run_hook(content)
+                    self.run_hooks(content)
 
         metadata = self.dist.metadata
 
diff -r 82136b377981 -r e2d838bc1cfc Lib/packaging/tests/test_config.py
--- a/Lib/packaging/tests/test_config.py	Thu Jun 09 12:31:51 2011 -0400
+++ b/Lib/packaging/tests/test_config.py	Thu Jun 09 12:45:46 2011 -0400
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 compilers =
     packaging.tests.test_config.DCompiler
 
-setup_hook = %(setup-hook)s
+setup_hooks = %(setup-hooks)s
 
 
 
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
 
     def write_setup(self, kwargs=None):
         opts = {'description-file': 'README', 'extra-files': '',
-                'setup-hook': 'packaging.tests.test_config.hook'}
+                'setup-hooks': 'packaging.tests.test_config.hook'}
         if kwargs:
             opts.update(kwargs)
         self.write_file('setup.cfg', SETUP_CFG % opts, encoding='utf-8')
@@ -319,13 +319,23 @@
         self.assertEqual(ext.language, 'cxx')
 
     def test_missing_setuphook_warns(self):
-        self.write_setup({'setup-hook': 'this.does._not.exist'})
+        self.write_setup({'setup-hooks': 'this.does._not.exist'})
         self.write_file('README', 'yeah')
         dist = self.get_dist()
         logs = self.get_logs(logging.WARNING)
         self.assertEqual(1, len(logs))
         self.assertIn('could not import setup_hook', logs[0])
 
+    def test_multiple_setuphooks(self):
+        self.write_setup({
+            'setup-hooks': 'packaging.tests.test_config.hook\n'
+                           '  packaging.tests.test_config.hook'
+        })
+        self.write_file('README', 'yeah')
+        dist = self.get_dist()
+        # The hook should have run twice, appending .dev1 to the version twice
+        self.assertEqual(dist.metadata['Version'], '0.6.4.dev1.dev1')
+
     def test_metadata_requires_description_files_missing(self):
         self.write_setup({'description-file': 'README\n  README2'})
         self.write_file('README', 'yeah')
diff -r 82136b377981 -r e2d838bc1cfc Lib/packaging/tests/test_util.py
--- a/Lib/packaging/tests/test_util.py	Thu Jun 09 12:31:51 2011 -0400
+++ b/Lib/packaging/tests/test_util.py	Thu Jun 09 12:45:46 2011 -0400
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@
 
     def test_cfg_to_args(self):
         opts = {'description-file': 'README', 'extra-files': '',
-                'setup-hook': 'packaging.tests.test_config.hook'}
+                'setup-hooks': 'packaging.tests.test_config.hook'}
         self.write_file('setup.cfg', SETUP_CFG % opts)
         self.write_file('README', 'loooong description')