diff --git a/system/helpers/directory_helper.php b/system/helpers/directory_helper.php
index 791cf0d..7de6a3c 100644
--- a/system/helpers/directory_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/directory_helper.php
@@ -36,32 +36,30 @@
  *
  * @access	public
  * @param	string	path to source
- * @param	bool	whether to limit the result to the top level only
+ * @param	int		depth of directories to traverse (0 = fully recursive, 1 = current dir, etc)
  * @return	array
  */	
 if ( ! function_exists('directory_map'))
 {
-	function directory_map($source_dir, $top_level_only = FALSE, $hidden = FALSE)
-	{	
+	function directory_map($source_dir, $directory_depth = 0, $hidden = FALSE)
+	{
 		if ($fp = @opendir($source_dir))
 		{
-			$source_dir = rtrim($source_dir, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;		
-			$filedata = array();
-			
+			$filedata	= array();
+			$new_depth	= $directory_depth - 1;
+			$source_dir	= rtrim($source_dir, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR).DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;		
+						
 			while (FALSE !== ($file = readdir($fp)))
 			{
-				if (($hidden == FALSE && strncmp($file, '.', 1) == 0) OR ($file == '.' OR $file == '..'))
+				// Remove '.', '..', and hidden files [optional]
+				if ( ! trim($file, '.') OR ($hidden == FALSE && $file[0] == '.'))
 				{
 					continue;
 				}
-				
-				if ($top_level_only == FALSE && @is_dir($source_dir.$file))
+
+				if (($directory_depth < 1 OR $new_depth > 0) && @is_dir($source_dir.$file))
 				{
-					$temp_array = array();
-				
-					$temp_array = directory_map($source_dir.$file.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $top_level_only, $hidden);
-				
-					$filedata[$file] = $temp_array;
+					$filedata[$file] = directory_map($source_dir.$file.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, $new_depth, $hidden);
 				}
 				else
 				{
@@ -72,10 +70,8 @@
 			closedir($fp);
 			return $filedata;
 		}
-		else
-		{
-			return FALSE;
-		}
+
+		return FALSE;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index 93a7025..4758d49 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
 			<li>Deprecated the <kbd>dohash()</kbd> function in favour of <kbd>do_hash()</kbd> for naming consistency.</li>
 			<li>Non-backwards compatible change made to <kbd>get_dir_file_info()</kbd> in the <a href="helpers/file_helper.html">File Helper</a>.  No longer recurses
 				by default so as to encourage responsible use (this function can cause server performance issues when used without caution).</li>
+			<li>Modified the second parameter of <kbd>directory_map()</kbd> in the <a href="helpers/directory_helper.html">Directory Helper</a> to accept an integer to specify recursion depth.</li>
 		</ul>
 	</li>
 </ul>
diff --git a/user_guide/helpers/directory_helper.html b/user_guide/helpers/directory_helper.html
index eae2c52..3b70799 100644
--- a/user_guide/helpers/directory_helper.html
+++ b/user_guide/helpers/directory_helper.html
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@
 
 <p class="important"><strong>Note:</strong> Paths are almost always relative to your main index.php file.</p>
 
-<p>Sub-folders contained within the directory will be mapped as well.  If you wish to map
-only the top level directory set the second parameter to <var>true</var> (boolean):</p>
+<p>Sub-folders contained within the directory will be mapped as well.  If you wish to control the recursion depth,
+you can do so using the second parameter (integer). A depth of 1 will only map the top level directory:</p>
 
-<code>$map = directory_map('./mydirectory/', TRUE);</code>
+<code>$map = directory_map('./mydirectory/', 1);</code>
 
 <p>By default, hidden files will not be included in the returned array.  To override this behavior, 
 you may set a third parameter to <var>true</var> (boolean):</p>