diff --git a/lib/compiler.js b/lib/compiler.js
index 70e7f65..63e4c99 100644
--- a/lib/compiler.js
+++ b/lib/compiler.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ var toposort = require('toposort');
 var ConfigLoader = require('./config-loader');
 var debug = require('debug')('loopback:boot:compiler');
 var Module = require('module');
+var _ = require('lodash');
 
 /**
  * Gather all bootstrap-related configuration data and compile it into
@@ -61,6 +62,10 @@ module.exports = function compile(options) {
     bootScripts = bootScripts.concat(findScripts(dir));
   });
 
+  // de-dedup boot scripts -ERS
+  // https://github.com/strongloop/loopback-boot/issues/64
+  bootScripts = _.uniq(bootScripts);
+
   var modelsMeta = modelsConfig._meta || {};
   delete modelsConfig._meta;
 
diff --git a/test/compiler.test.js b/test/compiler.test.js
index edc128e..c5a952d 100644
--- a/test/compiler.test.js
+++ b/test/compiler.test.js
@@ -405,6 +405,18 @@ describe('compiler', function() {
       expect(instructions.files.boot).to.eql([initJs]);
     });
 
+    it('should remove duplicate scripts', function() {
+      appdir.createConfigFilesSync();
+      var initJs = appdir.writeFileSync('custom-boot/init.js',
+        'module.exports = function(app) { app.fnCalled = true; };');
+      var instructions = boot.compile({
+        appRootDir: appdir.PATH,
+        bootDirs:[path.dirname(initJs)],
+        bootScripts: [initJs]
+      });
+      expect(instructions.files.boot).to.eql([initJs]);
+    });
+
     it('ignores models/ subdirectory', function() {
       appdir.createConfigFilesSync();
       appdir.writeFileSync('models/my-model.js', '');