diff --git a/syslog-ng/syslog-ng-lib.pl b/syslog-ng/syslog-ng-lib.pl
index c0fa58fdf..9b2c835e7 100755
--- a/syslog-ng/syslog-ng-lib.pl
+++ b/syslog-ng/syslog-ng-lib.pl
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ for(my $lnum=0; $lnum<@$lref; $lnum++) {
 	$line =~ s/#.*$//g;		# Remove hash comment
 	$line =~ s/\/\/.*$//g if ($line !~ /".*\/\/.*"/);
 	$line =~ s/\/\*.*\*\///g;	# Remove multi-line comment
-	if ($line =~ /^\@include\s+"(.*)"/) {
+	if ($line =~ /^\@include\s+"([^"]+)"/) {
 		# Found an include .. replace with contents of the file(s)
 		local $incs = $1;
 		if ($incs !~ /^\//) {
diff --git a/syslog/syslog-lib.pl b/syslog/syslog-lib.pl
index 10f46a4ed..67b673abe 100755
--- a/syslog/syslog-lib.pl
+++ b/syslog/syslog-lib.pl
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ foreach my $line (@lines) {
 			last if ($line !~ s/\\$//);
 			}
 		}
-	if ($line =~ /^\$IncludeConfig\s+(\S+)/) {
+	if ($line =~ /^\$IncludeConfig\s+(\S+)/ ||
+	    $line =~ /^include\(file="([^"]+)"/) {
 		# rsyslog include statement .. follow the money
 		foreach my $icfile (glob($1)) {
 			my $ic = &get_config($icfile);