diff --git a/src/db/db/dbNetlistSpiceReader.cc b/src/db/db/dbNetlistSpiceReader.cc
index 50218d7d2..38773716b 100644
--- a/src/db/db/dbNetlistSpiceReader.cc
+++ b/src/db/db/dbNetlistSpiceReader.cc
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include "tlStream.h"
 #include "tlLog.h"
 #include "tlString.h"
+#include "tlFileUtils.h"
+#include "tlUri.h"
 
 #include <sstream>
 #include <cctype>
@@ -243,7 +245,20 @@ void NetlistSpiceReader::finish ()
 
 void NetlistSpiceReader::push_stream (const std::string &path)
 {
-  tl::InputStream *istream = new tl::InputStream (path);
+  tl::URI current_uri (mp_stream->source ());
+  tl::URI new_uri (path);
+
+  tl::InputStream *istream;
+  if (current_uri.scheme ().empty () && new_uri.scheme ().empty ()) {
+    if (tl::is_absolute (path)) {
+      istream = new tl::InputStream (path);
+    } else {
+      istream = new tl::InputStream (tl::combine_path (tl::dirname (mp_stream->source ()), path));
+    }
+  } else {
+    istream = new tl::InputStream (current_uri.resolved (new_uri).to_string ());
+  }
+
   m_streams.push_back (std::make_pair (istream, mp_stream.release ()));
   mp_stream.reset (new tl::TextInputStream (*istream));
 }
@@ -291,7 +306,7 @@ std::string NetlistSpiceReader::get_line ()
     }
 
     tl::Extractor ex (l.c_str ());
-    if (ex.test_without_case (".include")) {
+    if (ex.test_without_case (".include") || ex.test_without_case (".inc")) {
 
       std::string path = read_name_with_case (ex);
 
diff --git a/src/db/unit_tests/dbNetlistReaderTests.cc b/src/db/unit_tests/dbNetlistReaderTests.cc
index c39e477a6..3a66a4468 100644
--- a/src/db/unit_tests/dbNetlistReaderTests.cc
+++ b/src/db/unit_tests/dbNetlistReaderTests.cc
@@ -294,3 +294,42 @@ TEST(7_GlobalNets)
     "end;\n"
   );
 }
+
+TEST(8_Include)
+{
+  db::Netlist nl;
+
+  std::string path = tl::combine_path (tl::combine_path (tl::combine_path (tl::testsrc (), "testdata"), "algo"), "nreader8.cir");
+
+  db::NetlistSpiceReader reader;
+  tl::InputStream is (path);
+  reader.read (is, nl);
+
+  EXPECT_EQ (nl.to_string (),
+    "circuit INVX1 ('1'='1','2'='2','3'='3','4'='4','5'='5','6'='6');\n"
+    "  device MLVPMOS $1 (S='1',G='5',D='2',B='4') (L=0.25,W=1.5,AS=0,AD=0,PS=0,PD=0);\n"
+    "  device MLVNMOS $2 (S='3',G='5',D='2',B='6') (L=0.25,W=0.95,AS=0,AD=0,PS=0,PD=0);\n"
+    "end;\n"
+    "circuit ND2X1 ('1'='1','2'='2','3'='3','4'='4','5'='5','6'='6','7'='7');\n"
+    "  device MLVPMOS $1 (S='2',G='6',D='1',B='4') (L=0.25,W=1.5,AS=0,AD=0,PS=0,PD=0);\n"
+    "  device MLVPMOS $2 (S='1',G='5',D='2',B='4') (L=0.25,W=1.5,AS=0,AD=0,PS=0,PD=0);\n"
+    "  device MLVNMOS $3 (S='3',G='6',D='8',B='7') (L=0.25,W=0.95,AS=0,AD=0,PS=0,PD=0);\n"
+    "  device MLVNMOS $4 (S='8',G='5',D='2',B='7') (L=0.25,W=0.95,AS=0,AD=0,PS=0,PD=0);\n"
+    "end;\n"
+    "circuit RINGO ('11'='11','12'='12','13'='13','14'='14','15'='15');\n"
+    "  subcircuit ND2X1 $1 ('1'='12','2'='1','3'='15','4'='12','5'='11','6'='14','7'='15');\n"
+    "  subcircuit INVX1 $2 ('1'='12','2'='2','3'='15','4'='12','5'='1','6'='15');\n"
+    "  subcircuit INVX1 $3 ('1'='12','2'='3','3'='15','4'='12','5'='2','6'='15');\n"
+    "  subcircuit INVX1 $4 ('1'='12','2'='4','3'='15','4'='12','5'='3','6'='15');\n"
+    "  subcircuit INVX1 $5 ('1'='12','2'='5','3'='15','4'='12','5'='4','6'='15');\n"
+    "  subcircuit INVX1 $6 ('1'='12','2'='6','3'='15','4'='12','5'='5','6'='15');\n"
+    "  subcircuit INVX1 $7 ('1'='12','2'='7','3'='15','4'='12','5'='6','6'='15');\n"
+    "  subcircuit INVX1 $8 ('1'='12','2'='8','3'='15','4'='12','5'='7','6'='15');\n"
+    "  subcircuit INVX1 $9 ('1'='12','2'='9','3'='15','4'='12','5'='8','6'='15');\n"
+    "  subcircuit INVX1 $10 ('1'='12','2'='10','3'='15','4'='12','5'='9','6'='15');\n"
+    "  subcircuit INVX1 $11 ('1'='12','2'='11','3'='15','4'='12','5'='10','6'='15');\n"
+    "  subcircuit INVX1 $12 ('1'='12','2'='13','3'='15','4'='12','5'='11','6'='15');\n"
+    "end;\n"
+  );
+}
+
diff --git a/testdata/algo/nreader8.cir b/testdata/algo/nreader8.cir
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a655897d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/algo/nreader8.cir
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+
+.include "nreader8a.cir"
+.include ../algo/nreader8b.cir
+.inc nreader8c.cir
+
diff --git a/testdata/algo/nreader8a.cir b/testdata/algo/nreader8a.cir
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..929d24588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/algo/nreader8a.cir
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.subckt INVX1 1 2 3 4 5 6
+  .include nreader8x.cir
+.ends 
+
diff --git a/testdata/algo/nreader8b.cir b/testdata/algo/nreader8b.cir
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddd4bee8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/algo/nreader8b.cir
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+.subckt ND2X1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
+  m$1 2 6 1 4 MLVPMOS L=0.25um W=1.5um
+  m$2 1 5 2 4 MLVPMOS L=0.25um W=1.5um 
+  m$3 3 6 8 7 MLVNMOS L=0.25um W=0.95um 
+  m$4 8 5 2 7 MLVNMOS L=0.25um W=0.95um 
+.ends ND2X1
+
diff --git a/testdata/algo/nreader8c.cir b/testdata/algo/nreader8c.cir
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb91dbfa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/algo/nreader8c.cir
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.subckt RINGO 11 12 13 14 15
+  x$1 12 1 15 12 11 14 15 ND2X1
+  x$2 12 2 15 12 1 15 INVX1
+  x$3 12 3 15 12 2 15 INVX1
+  x$4 12 4 15 12 3 15 INVX1
+  x$5 12 5 15 12 4 15 INVX1
+  x$6 12 6 15 12 5 15 INVX1
+  x$7 12 7 15 12 6 15 INVX1
+  x$8 12 8 15 12 7 15 INVX1
+  x$9 12 9 15 12 8 15 INVX1
+  x$10 12 10 15 12 9 15 INVX1
+  x$11 12 11 15 12 10 15 INVX1
+  x$12 12 13 15 12 11 15 INVX1
+.ends RINGO
+
diff --git a/testdata/algo/nreader8x.cir b/testdata/algo/nreader8x.cir
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3a8e9ced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/algo/nreader8x.cir
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+m$1 1 5 2 4 mlvpmos w=1.5um l=0.25um 
+m$2 3 5 2 6 mlvnmos w=0.95um l=0.25um
+