diff --git a/phing/tasks/local-sync.xml b/phing/tasks/local-sync.xml
index b51089fc7e..927c2001c0 100644
--- a/phing/tasks/local-sync.xml
+++ b/phing/tasks/local-sync.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@
     </if>
   </target>
 
+  <target name="local:sync:db:all" description="Iteratively synchronizes local database from remote for each multisite listed in multisite.name">
+    <foreach list="${multisite.name}" param="multisite.name" target="local:sync:db"/>
+  </target>
+  
+  <target name="local:sync:db:multisite" hidden="true">
+    <phingcall target="properties:load:multisite"/>
+    <phingcall target="local:sync:db"/>
+  </target>
+
   <target name="local:sync:db" description="Synchronize local database from remote (remote --> local)."
           depends="setup:drupal:settings">
     <drush command="cc drush"/>
diff --git a/phing/tasks/properties.xml b/phing/tasks/properties.xml
index a8c25d126a..8e2145cd2c 100644
--- a/phing/tasks/properties.xml
+++ b/phing/tasks/properties.xml
@@ -77,18 +77,7 @@
     </then>
   </if>
 
-  <if>
-    <!-- There is multisite config. Allow it to override default values. -->
-    <available file="${blt.config-files.multisite}" />
-    <then>
-      <property file="${blt.config-files.multisite}" logoutput="false" override="true"/>
-      <!--
-        Here we override drush.uri explicitly (which defaults to 'default')
-        in order to run commands against multisite.name.
-      -->
-      <property name="drush.uri" value="${multisite.name}" override="true"/>
-    </then>
-  </if>
+  <phingcall target="properties:load:multisite"/>
 
   <echo level="verbose">Executing commands against multisite "${multisite.name}"</echo>
 
@@ -102,6 +91,21 @@
     </then>
   </if>
 
+  <target name="properties:load:multisite" hidden="true" description="Loads configuration for specific multisite.">
+    <if>
+      <!-- There is multisite config. Allow it to override default values. -->
+      <available file="${blt.config-files.multisite}" />
+      <then>
+        <property file="${blt.config-files.multisite}" logoutput="false" override="true"/>
+        <!--
+          Here we override drush.uri explicitly (which defaults to 'default')
+          in order to run commands against multisite.name.
+        -->
+        <property name="drush.uri" value="${multisite.name}" override="true"/>
+      </then>
+    </if>
+  </target>
+
   <target name="echo-property" description="Echoes the value of a Phing property." hidden="true">
     <fail unless="property.name" message="property.name must be set!"/>
     <echo>${property.name}</echo>