diff --git a/weboob/config.py b/weboob/config.py
index 581e35b7df77f607916ac20bc1b9d4544f85071b..186c6ebf607b823c0ef4ec4194ca58d80414fb73 100644
--- a/weboob/config.py
+++ b/weboob/config.py
@@ -43,6 +43,25 @@ def __init__(self, path):
         self.path = path
         self.sections = {}
 
+    def get(self, *args):
+        s = None
+        path = ''
+        for a in args:
+            if path: path += '.'
+            path += a
+            if not s:
+                try:
+                    s = self.sections[a]
+                except KeyError:
+                    s = self.sections[a] = Section(path)
+            else:
+                try:
+                    s = s.values[a]
+                except KeyError:
+                    s = s.values[a] = Section(path)
+
+        return s
+
     def load(self):
         parser = SafeConfigParser()
         parser.read(self.path)