diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 2a9f0d5..2e06a52 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -175,11 +175,10 @@ function matcher(cols){
           debug('adding new collection through metadata: %s', key);
       });
     }
-    else {
-      for (var key in matchers){
-        var m = matchers[key];
-        if (m && m.match(file)) matches.push(key);
-      }
+
+    for (var key in matchers){
+      var m = matchers[key];
+      if (m && m.match(file)) matches.push(key);
     }
 
     data.collection = unique(matches);
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index b7a0715..c816eea 100644
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -283,4 +283,22 @@ describe('metalsmith-collections', function(){
       });
   });
 
+  it('should allow collections by pattern and front matter', function (done) {
+    var metalsmith = Metalsmith('test/fixtures/multi');
+    metalsmith
+      .use(collections({ articles: {}, posts: {}, drafts: {}, blog: '*.md' }))
+      .build(function(err){
+        if (err) return done(err);
+        var m = metalsmith.metadata();
+        assert.equal(3, m.blog.length);
+        assert.equal(2, m.articles.length);
+        assert.equal(1, m.drafts.length);
+        assert.equal(1, m.posts.length);
+        assert.equal(m.collections.blog, m.blog);
+        assert.equal(m.collections.articles, m.articles);
+        assert.equal(m.collections.drafts, m.drafts);
+        assert.equal(m.collections.posts, m.posts);
+        done();
+      });
+  });
 });