diff --git a/tasks/usemin.js b/tasks/usemin.js
index 21ad81b..d3946ce 100644
--- a/tasks/usemin.js
+++ b/tasks/usemin.js
@@ -110,15 +110,15 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     });
     var blockReplacements = options.blockReplacements || {};
 
-    debug('Looking at %s target', this.target);
-
+    var type = options.type;
     var patterns = [];
-    var type = this.target;
+
+    debug('Looking at %s target', type);
 
     // Check if we have a user defined pattern
-    if (options.patterns && options.patterns[this.target]) {
-      debug('Adding user defined patterns for %s', this.target);
-      patterns = options.patterns[this.target];
+    if (options.patterns && options.patterns[type]) {
+      debug('Adding user defined patterns for %s', type);
+      patterns = options.patterns[type];
     }
 
     // var locator = options.revmap ? grunt.file.readJSON(options.revmap) : function (p) { return grunt.file.expand({filter: 'isFile'}, p); };
@@ -158,11 +158,14 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
   });
 
   grunt.registerMultiTask('useminPrepare', 'Using HTML markup as the primary source of information', function () {
-    var options = this.options();
+    var options = this.options({
+      type: this.target
+    });
     // collect files
     var dest = options.dest || 'dist';
     var staging = options.staging || '.tmp';
     var root = options.root;
+    var type = options.type;
 
     if (!this.filesSrc.length) {
       grunt.fail.warn('No source file found.');
diff --git a/test/test-usemin-prepare.js b/test/test-usemin-prepare.js
index 0dee425..7a2358f 100644
--- a/test/test-usemin-prepare.js
+++ b/test/test-usemin-prepare.js
@@ -366,4 +366,67 @@ describe('useminPrepare', function () {
     assert.equal(options.foo, 'bar');
 
   });
+
+  describe('multiple target support', function () {
+    before(helpers.directory('temp'));
+
+    it('should honor type option', function () {
+      grunt.log.muted = true;
+      grunt.config.init();
+      grunt.config('useminPrepare', {
+        foohtml: {
+          files: {
+            src: ['index.html']
+          },
+          options: {
+            type: 'html'
+          }
+        }
+      });
+
+      grunt.file.copy(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/usemin.html'), 'index.html');
+      grunt.file.copy(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/style.css'), 'styles/main.css');
+      grunt.file.mkdir('scripts');
+      grunt.file.write('scripts/bar.js', 'bar');
+      grunt.file.write('scripts/baz.js', 'baz');
+      grunt.file.mkdir('scripts/vendor');
+      grunt.file.mkdir('scripts/vendor/bootstrap');
+      grunt.file.write('scripts/vendor/bootstrap/bootstrap-affix.js', 'bootstrap-affix');
+      grunt.file.write('scripts/vendor/bootstrap/bootstrap-alert.js', 'bootstrap-alert');
+
+      grunt.task.run('useminPrepare');
+      grunt.task.start();
+
+      // we only test that default flow has been applied
+      var concat = grunt.config('concat');
+      assert.equal(concat.generated.files.length, 2);
+
+      var uglify = grunt.config('uglify');
+      assert.equal(uglify.generated.files.length, 1);
+
+      var cssmin = grunt.config('cssmin');
+      assert.equal(cssmin.generated.files.length, 1);
+    });
+
+    it('should not warn if no type option provided and target not known', function () {
+      grunt.log.muted = true;
+      grunt.config.init();
+      grunt.config('useminPrepare', {
+        foohtml: 'index.html'
+      });
+
+      grunt.task.run('useminPrepare');
+      grunt.task.start();
+
+      // we only test that default flow has been applied
+      var concat = grunt.config('concat');
+      assert.equal(concat.generated.files.length, 2);
+
+      var uglify = grunt.config('uglify');
+      assert.equal(uglify.generated.files.length, 1);
+
+      var cssmin = grunt.config('cssmin');
+      assert.equal(cssmin.generated.files.length, 1);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/test-usemin.js b/test/test-usemin.js
index 561085a..0796111 100644
--- a/test/test-usemin.js
+++ b/test/test-usemin.js
@@ -353,4 +353,35 @@ describe('usemin', function () {
     // Check replace has performed its duty
     assert.ok(changed.match('<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles/main.css">'));
   });
+
+  it('should honor options.type', function () {
+    grunt.file.mkdir('build');
+    grunt.file.mkdir('build/images');
+    grunt.file.mkdir('build/images/misc');
+    grunt.file.write('build/images/test.23012.png', 'foo');
+    grunt.file.write('build/images/bar.23012.png', 'foo');
+    grunt.file.write('build/images/misc/test.2a436.png', 'foo');
+    grunt.file.copy(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/htmlprocessor_absolute.html'), 'build/index.html');
+
+    grunt.log.muted = true;
+    grunt.config.init();
+    grunt.config('usemin', {
+      foohtml: {
+        files: {
+          src: ['build/index.html']
+        },
+        options: {
+          type: 'html'
+        }
+      }
+    });
+    grunt.task.run('usemin');
+    grunt.task.start();
+
+    var changed = grunt.file.read('build/index.html');
+
+    assert.ok(changed.match(/<img src="\/images\/test\.23012\.png">/));
+    assert.ok(changed.match(/<img src="\/\/images\/bar\.23012\.png">/));
+    assert.ok(changed.match(/<img src="\/images\/misc\/test\.2a436\.png">/));
+  });
 });