diff --git a/backend/src/lib/api-docs/constants.ts b/backend/src/lib/api-docs/constants.ts
index 996ef670a..ec855168e 100644
--- a/backend/src/lib/api-docs/constants.ts
+++ b/backend/src/lib/api-docs/constants.ts
@@ -631,7 +631,8 @@ export const FOLDERS = {
     workspaceId: "The ID of the project to list folders from.",
     environment: "The slug of the environment to list folders from.",
     path: "The path to list folders from.",
-    directory: "The directory to list folders from. (Deprecated in favor of path)"
+    directory: "The directory to list folders from. (Deprecated in favor of path)",
+    recursive: "Whether or not to fetch all folders from the specified base path, and all of its subdirectories."
   },
   GET_BY_ID: {
     folderId: "The ID of the folder to get details."
diff --git a/backend/src/server/routes/sanitizedSchemas.ts b/backend/src/server/routes/sanitizedSchemas.ts
index 77149eb1b..67bd26552 100644
--- a/backend/src/server/routes/sanitizedSchemas.ts
+++ b/backend/src/server/routes/sanitizedSchemas.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,19 @@ export const DefaultResponseErrorsSchema = {
   })
 };
 
+export const booleanSchema = z
+  .union([z.boolean(), z.string().trim()])
+  .transform((value) => {
+    if (typeof value === "string") {
+      // ie if not empty, 0 or false, return true
+      return Boolean(value) && Number(value) !== 0 && value.toLowerCase() !== "false";
+    }
+
+    return value;
+  })
+  .optional()
+  .default(true);
+
 export const sapPubSchema = SecretApprovalPoliciesSchema.merge(
   z.object({
     environment: z.object({
diff --git a/backend/src/server/routes/v1/dashboard-router.ts b/backend/src/server/routes/v1/dashboard-router.ts
index d976cbc1b..901723647 100644
--- a/backend/src/server/routes/v1/dashboard-router.ts
+++ b/backend/src/server/routes/v1/dashboard-router.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ import { secretsLimit } from "@app/server/config/rateLimiter";
 import { getTelemetryDistinctId } from "@app/server/lib/telemetry";
 import { getUserAgentType } from "@app/server/plugins/audit-log";
 import { verifyAuth } from "@app/server/plugins/auth/verify-auth";
-import { SanitizedDynamicSecretSchema, SanitizedTagSchema, secretRawSchema } from "@app/server/routes/sanitizedSchemas";
+import {
+  booleanSchema,
+  SanitizedDynamicSecretSchema,
+  SanitizedTagSchema,
+  secretRawSchema
+} from "@app/server/routes/sanitizedSchemas";
 import { AuthMode } from "@app/services/auth/auth-type";
 import { ResourceMetadataSchema } from "@app/services/resource-metadata/resource-metadata-schema";
 import { SecretsOrderBy } from "@app/services/secret/secret-types";
@@ -24,20 +29,6 @@ import { PostHogEventTypes } from "@app/services/telemetry/telemetry-types";
 
 const MAX_DEEP_SEARCH_LIMIT = 500; // arbitrary limit to prevent excessive results
 
-// handle querystring boolean values
-const booleanSchema = z
-  .union([z.boolean(), z.string().trim()])
-  .transform((value) => {
-    if (typeof value === "string") {
-      // ie if not empty, 0 or false, return true
-      return Boolean(value) && Number(value) !== 0 && value.toLowerCase() !== "false";
-    }
-
-    return value;
-  })
-  .optional()
-  .default(true);
-
 const parseSecretPathSearch = (search?: string) => {
   if (!search)
     return {
diff --git a/backend/src/server/routes/v1/secret-folder-router.ts b/backend/src/server/routes/v1/secret-folder-router.ts
index b0a22548a..5f8b553f5 100644
--- a/backend/src/server/routes/v1/secret-folder-router.ts
+++ b/backend/src/server/routes/v1/secret-folder-router.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import { readLimit, secretsLimit } from "@app/server/config/rateLimiter";
 import { verifyAuth } from "@app/server/plugins/auth/verify-auth";
 import { AuthMode } from "@app/services/auth/auth-type";
 
+import { booleanSchema } from "../sanitizedSchemas";
+
 export const registerSecretFolderRouter = async (server: FastifyZodProvider) => {
   server.route({
     url: "/",
@@ -347,11 +349,14 @@ export const registerSecretFolderRouter = async (server: FastifyZodProvider) =>
           .default("/")
           .transform(prefixWithSlash)
           .transform(removeTrailingSlash)
-          .describe(FOLDERS.LIST.directory)
+          .describe(FOLDERS.LIST.directory),
+        recursive: booleanSchema.default(false).describe(FOLDERS.LIST.recursive)
       }),
       response: {
         200: z.object({
-          folders: SecretFoldersSchema.array()
+          folders: SecretFoldersSchema.extend({
+            relativePath: z.string().optional()
+          }).array()
         })
       }
     },
diff --git a/backend/src/services/secret-folder/secret-folder-service.ts b/backend/src/services/secret-folder/secret-folder-service.ts
index 7afbb290f..d4f58a1d4 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/secret-folder/secret-folder-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/secret-folder/secret-folder-service.ts
@@ -401,7 +401,8 @@ export const secretFolderServiceFactory = ({
     orderBy,
     orderDirection,
     limit,
-    offset
+    offset,
+    recursive
   }: TGetFolderDTO) => {
     // folder list is allowed to be read by anyone
     // permission to check does user has access
@@ -420,6 +421,17 @@ export const secretFolderServiceFactory = ({
     const parentFolder = await folderDAL.findBySecretPath(projectId, environment, secretPath);
     if (!parentFolder) return [];
 
+    if (recursive) {
+      const recursiveFolders = await folderDAL.findByEnvsDeep({ parentIds: [parentFolder.id] });
+      // remove the parent folder
+      return recursiveFolders
+        .filter((folder) => folder.id !== parentFolder.id)
+        .map((folder) => ({
+          ...folder,
+          relativePath: folder.path
+        }));
+    }
+
     const folders = await folderDAL.find(
       {
         envId: env.id,
diff --git a/backend/src/services/secret-folder/secret-folder-types.ts b/backend/src/services/secret-folder/secret-folder-types.ts
index bbe4c7223..2a5681b5b 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/secret-folder/secret-folder-types.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/secret-folder/secret-folder-types.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export type TGetFolderDTO = {
   orderDirection?: OrderByDirection;
   limit?: number;
   offset?: number;
+  recursive?: boolean;
 } & TProjectPermission;
 
 export type TGetFolderByIdDTO = {