--- a/cwvreg.py	Wed Jun 03 09:15:20 2009 +0200
+++ b/cwvreg.py	Wed Jun 03 16:52:24 2009 +0200
@@ -114,7 +114,12 @@
 
     def register_objects(self, path, force_reload=None):
         """overriden to remove objects requiring a missing interface"""
-        if super(CubicWebRegistry, self).register_objects(path, force_reload):
+        extrapath = {}
+        for cubesdir in self.config.cubes_search_path():
+            if cubesdir != self.config.CUBES_DIR:
+                extrapath[cubesdir] = 'cubes'
+        if super(CubicWebRegistry, self).register_objects(path, force_reload,
+                                                          extrapath):
             self.initialization_completed()
             # call vreg_initialization_completed on appobjects and print
             # registry content

--- a/vregistry.py	Wed Jun 03 09:15:20 2009 +0200
+++ b/vregistry.py	Wed Jun 03 16:52:24 2009 +0200
@@ -31,19 +31,20 @@
 from cubicweb import RegistryNotFound, ObjectNotFound, NoSelectableObject
 
 
-def _toload_info(path, _toload=None):
+def _toload_info(path, extrapath, _toload=None):
     """return a dictionary of <modname>: <modpath> and an ordered list of
     (file, module name) to load
     """
     from logilab.common.modutils import modpath_from_file
     if _toload is None:
+        assert isinstance(path, list)
         _toload = {}, []
     for fileordir in path:
         if isdir(fileordir) and exists(join(fileordir, '__init__.py')):
             subfiles = [join(fileordir, fname) for fname in listdir(fileordir)]
-            _toload_info(subfiles, _toload)
+            _toload_info(subfiles, extrapath, _toload)
         elif fileordir[-3:] == '.py':
-            modname = '.'.join(modpath_from_file(fileordir))
+            modname = '.'.join(modpath_from_file(fileordir, extrapath))
             _toload[0][modname] = fileordir
             _toload[1].append((fileordir, modname))
     return _toload
@@ -313,13 +314,13 @@
 
     # intialization methods ###################################################
 
-    def init_registration(self, path):
+    def init_registration(self, path, extrapath):
         # compute list of all modules that have to be loaded
-        self._toloadmods, filemods = _toload_info(path)
+        self._toloadmods, filemods = _toload_info(path, extrapath)
         self._loadedmods = {}
         return filemods
 
-    def register_objects(self, path, force_reload=None):
+    def register_objects(self, path, force_reload=None, extrapath=None):
         if force_reload is None:
             force_reload = self.config.mode == 'dev'
         elif not force_reload:
@@ -339,7 +340,7 @@
         if CW_SOFTWARE_ROOT in sys.path:
             sys.path.remove(CW_SOFTWARE_ROOT)
         # load views from each directory in the application's path
-        filemods = self.init_registration(path)
+        filemods = self.init_registration(path, extrapath)
         change = False
         for filepath, modname in filemods:
             if self.load_file(filepath, modname, force_reload):