--- a/files.c	Tue Jun 11 11:00:01 2013 -0400
+++ b/files.c	Tue Jun 11 11:13:58 2013 -0400
@@ -340,19 +340,29 @@
 
 	assert(place != NULL);
 
-	num = incdirarray_num(path);
-	for (i=0; i<num; i++) {
-		id = incdirarray_get(path, i);
-		file = mkfilename(id->name, name);
-		fd = file_tryopen(file);
+	if (name[0] == '/') {
+		fd = file_tryopen(name);
 		if (fd >= 0) {
-			pf = place_addfile(place, file, id->issystem);
-			file_read(pf, fd, file, false);
-			dostrfree(file);
+			pf = place_addfile(place, name, true);
+			file_read(pf, fd, name, false);
 			close(fd);
 			return;
 		}
-		dostrfree(file);
+	} else {
+		num = incdirarray_num(path);
+		for (i=0; i<num; i++) {
+			id = incdirarray_get(path, i);
+			file = mkfilename(id->name, name);
+			fd = file_tryopen(file);
+			if (fd >= 0) {
+				pf = place_addfile(place, file, id->issystem);
+				file_read(pf, fd, file, false);
+				dostrfree(file);
+				close(fd);
+				return;
+			}
+			dostrfree(file);
+		}
 	}
 	complain(place, "Include file %s not found", name);
 	complain_fail();