diff --git a/src/app/atom-package.coffee b/src/app/atom-package.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11d322461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/atom-package.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Package = require 'package'
+fs = require 'fs'
+
+module.exports =
+class AtomPackage extends Package
+  constructor: ->
+    super
+    @module = require(@path)
+    @module.name = @name
+
+  load: ->
+    try
+      rootView.activatePackage(@module)
+      extensionKeymapPath = require.resolve(fs.join(@name, "src/keymap"), verifyExistence: false)
+      require extensionKeymapPath if fs.exists(extensionKeymapPath)
+    catch e
+      console.error "Failed to load package named '#{name}'", e.stack
diff --git a/src/app/atom.coffee b/src/app/atom.coffee
index bee54e049..4e1ae3904 100644
--- a/src/app/atom.coffee
+++ b/src/app/atom.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 TextMateBundle = require("text-mate-bundle")
 fs = require 'fs'
 _ = require 'underscore'
+Package = require 'package'
+TextMatePackage = require 'text-mate-package'
 
 messageIdCounter = 1
 originalSendMessageToBrowserProcess = atom.sendMessageToBrowserProcess
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@ _.extend atom,
     _.unique(allPackageNames)
 
   getAvailableTextMateBundles: ->
-    @getAvailablePackages().filter (packageName) => @isTextMateBundle(packageName)
+    @getAvailablePackages().filter (packageName) => TextMatePackage.testName(packageName)
 
   loadPackages: (packageNames=@getAvailablePackages()) ->
     disabledPackages = config.get("core.disabledPackages") ? []
@@ -26,20 +28,7 @@ _.extend atom,
       @loadPackage(packageName) unless _.contains(disabledPackages, packageName)
 
   loadPackage: (name) ->
-    try
-      if @isTextMateBundle(name)
-        TextMateBundle.load(name)
-      else
-        packagePath = require.resolve(name, verifyExistence: false)
-        throw new Error("No package found named '#{name}'") unless packagePath
-        packagePath = fs.directory(packagePath)
-        packageModule = require(packagePath)
-        packageModule.name = name
-        rootView.activatePackage(packageModule)
-        extensionKeymapPath = require.resolve(fs.join(name, "src/keymap"), verifyExistence: false)
-        require extensionKeymapPath if fs.exists(extensionKeymapPath)
-    catch e
-      console.error "Failed to load package named '#{name}'", e.stack
+    Package.forName(name).load()
 
   open: (args...) ->
     @sendMessageToBrowserProcess('open', args)
@@ -104,6 +93,3 @@ _.extend atom,
     if name is 'reply'
       [messageId, callbackIndex] = data.shift()
       @pendingBrowserProcessCallbacks[messageId]?[callbackIndex]?(data...)
-
-  isTextMateBundle: (packageName) ->
-    /(\.|_|-)tmbundle$/.test(packageName)
diff --git a/src/app/package.coffee b/src/app/package.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..793fcb86a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/package.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+fs = require 'fs'
+
+module.exports =
+class Package
+  @forName: (name) ->
+    AtomPackage = require 'atom-package'
+    TextMatePackage = require 'text-mate-package'
+
+    if TextMatePackage.testName(name)
+      new TextMatePackage(name)
+    else
+      new AtomPackage(name)
+
+  constructor: (@name) ->
+    @path = require.resolve(@name, verifyExistence: false)
+    throw new Error("No package found named '#{@name}'") unless @path
+    @path = fs.directory(@path) unless fs.isDirectory(@path)
+
+  load: ->
+    # WIP: Going to load scoped properties into `syntax` global here
+    @getScopedProperties()
diff --git a/src/app/text-mate-package.coffee b/src/app/text-mate-package.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2479640e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/text-mate-package.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+Package = require 'package'
+TextMateBundle = require 'text-mate-bundle'
+fs = require 'fs'
+plist = require 'plist'
+
+module.exports =
+class TextMatePackage extends Package
+  @testName: (packageName) ->
+    /(\.|_|-)tmbundle$/.test(packageName)
+
+  @translateScopeSelector: (scopeSelector) ->
+    scopeSelector.split(', ').map((commaFragment) ->
+      commaFragment.split(' ').map((spaceFragment) ->
+        spaceFragment.split('.').map((dotFragment) ->
+          '.' + dotFragment
+        ).join('')
+      ).join(' ')
+    ).join(', ')
+
+  load: ->
+    TextMateBundle.load(@name)
+    super
+
+  constructor: ->
+    super
+    @preferencesPath = fs.join(@path, "Preferences")
+    @syntaxesPath = fs.join(@path, "Syntaxes")
+
+  getScopedProperties: ->
+    scopedProperties = []
+    if fs.exists(@preferencesPath)
+      for preferencePath in fs.list(@preferencesPath)
+        plist.parseString fs.read(preferencePath), (e, data) ->
+          if e
+            console.warn "Failed to parse preference at path '#{preferencePath}'", e.stack
+          else
+            { scope, settings } = data[0]
+            selector = TextMatePackage.translateScopeSelector(scope)
+            scopedProperties.push({selector: selector, properties: settings})
+    scopedProperties