7 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/compiler/nimconf.nim b/compiler/nimconf.nim
index 01a79c1e3..1691e7ccf 100644
--- a/compiler/nimconf.nim
+++ b/compiler/nimconf.nim
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ proc loadConfigs*(cfg: RelativeFile; cache: IdentCache; conf: ConfigRef; idgen:
 
   if optSkipProjConfigFile notin conf.globalOptions:
     readConfigFile(pd / cfg)
+    if cfg == DefaultConfig:
+      runNimScriptIfExists(pd / DefaultConfigNims)
 
     if conf.projectName.len != 0:
       # new project wide config file:
@@ -289,8 +291,6 @@ proc loadConfigs*(cfg: RelativeFile; cache: IdentCache; conf: ConfigRef; idgen:
         projectConfig = changeFileExt(conf.projectFull, "nim.cfg")
       readConfigFile(projectConfig)
 
-    if cfg == DefaultConfig:
-      runNimScriptIfExists(pd / DefaultConfigNims)
 
   let scriptFile = conf.projectFull.changeFileExt("nims")
   let scriptIsProj = scriptFile == conf.projectFull
diff --git a/tests/misc/trunner.nim b/tests/misc/trunner.nim
index 530561cd9..874ad66d6 100644
--- a/tests/misc/trunner.nim
+++ b/tests/misc/trunner.nim
@@ -224,6 +224,25 @@ sub/mmain.idx""", context
     let cmd = fmt"{nim} r -b:cpp --hints:off --nimcache:{nimcache} --warningAsError:ProveInit {file}"
     check execCmdEx(cmd) == ("witness\n", 0)
 
+  block: # config.nims, nim.cfg, hintConf, bug #16557
+    let cmd = fmt"{nim} r {defaultHintsOff} --hint:conf tests/newconfig/bar/mfoo.nim"
+    let (outp, exitCode) = execCmdEx(cmd, options = {poStdErrToStdOut})
+    doAssert exitCode == 0
+    let dir = getCurrentDir()
+    let files = """
+config/nim.cfg
+config/config.nims
+tests/config.nims
+tests/newconfig/bar/nim.cfg
+tests/newconfig/bar/config.nims
+tests/newconfig/bar/mfoo.nim.cfg
+tests/newconfig/bar/mfoo.nims""".splitLines
+    var expected = ""
+    for a in files:
+      let b = dir / a
+      expected.add &"Hint: used config file '{b}' [Conf]\n"
+    doAssert outp == expected, outp & "\n" & expected
+
   block: # nim --eval
     let opt = "--hints:off"
     check fmt"""{nim} {opt} --eval:"echo defined(nimscript)"""".execCmdEx == ("true\n", 0)
diff --git a/tests/newconfig/bar/config.nims b/tests/newconfig/bar/config.nims
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/newconfig/bar/config.nims
diff --git a/tests/newconfig/bar/mfoo.nim b/tests/newconfig/bar/mfoo.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/newconfig/bar/mfoo.nim
diff --git a/tests/newconfig/bar/mfoo.nim.cfg b/tests/newconfig/bar/mfoo.nim.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/newconfig/bar/mfoo.nim.cfg
diff --git a/tests/newconfig/bar/mfoo.nims b/tests/newconfig/bar/mfoo.nims
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/newconfig/bar/mfoo.nims
diff --git a/tests/newconfig/bar/nim.cfg b/tests/newconfig/bar/nim.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/newconfig/bar/nim.cfg