diff --git a/UserManual.md b/UserManual.md
index 8590dcea335ad99731661b093fb5c38074de34dd..e5474a3f6dec5318a4ff823d89d91ef03f75f87b 100644
--- a/UserManual.md
+++ b/UserManual.md
@@ -143,8 +143,10 @@ directives are supported, `<!--#include ...>` and
three path specifications:
<!--#include virtual="path"> Path is relative to web server root
- <!--#include file="path"> Path is relative to web server working dir
- <!--#include "path"> Path is relative to current document
+ <!--#include abspath="path"> Path is absolute or relative to
+ web server working dir
+ <!--#include file="path">, Path is relative to current document
+ <!--#include "path">
The `include` directive may be used to include the contents of a file or the
result of running a CGI script. The `exec` directive is used to execute a
diff --git a/mongoose.c b/mongoose.c
index 54bee01dedd891349f0a5edf085232e2aa399f26..89ed4144dce5421c1b6e98972e6d2d874e4e19f6 100644
--- a/mongoose.c
+++ b/mongoose.c
@@ -3611,11 +3611,12 @@ static void do_ssi_include(struct mg_connection *conn, const char *ssi,
// File name is relative to the webserver root
(void) mg_snprintf(conn, path, sizeof(path), "%s%c%s",
conn->ctx->config[DOCUMENT_ROOT], '/', file_name);
- } else if (sscanf(tag, " file=\"%[^\"]\"", file_name) == 1) {
+ } else if (sscanf(tag, " abspath=\"%[^\"]\"", file_name) == 1) {
// File name is relative to the webserver working directory
// or it is absolute system path
(void) mg_snprintf(conn, path, sizeof(path), "%s", file_name);
- } else if (sscanf(tag, " \"%[^\"]\"", file_name) == 1) {
+ } else if (sscanf(tag, " file=\"%[^\"]\"", file_name) == 1 ||
+ sscanf(tag, " \"%[^\"]\"", file_name) == 1) {
// File name is relative to the currect document
(void) mg_snprintf(conn, path, sizeof(path), "%s", ssi);
if ((p = strrchr(path, '/')) != NULL) {
diff --git a/test/ssi1.shtml b/test/ssi1.shtml
index 0dd64a2e7f5af0ddff7841f965bb94659ffd0460..9bffef9c1e271944de50478f26b5653c6e3a50e6 100644
--- a/test/ssi1.shtml
+++ b/test/ssi1.shtml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<html><pre>
ssi_begin
-<!--#include file="Makefile" -->
+<!--#include file="../Makefile" -->
ssi_end
</pre></html>
diff --git a/test/ssi5.shtml b/test/ssi5.shtml
index de3e49b80adf9a8786697aa002febebc6d9ab839..1db2a7823db5545f7a9dd33d686f4758ac63e837 100644
--- a/test/ssi5.shtml
+++ b/test/ssi5.shtml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<html><pre>
ssi_begin
-<!--#include file="/etc/passwd" -->
+<!--#include abspath="/etc/passwd" -->
ssi_end
</pre></html>
diff --git a/test/ssi6.shtml b/test/ssi6.shtml
index 2fd8b51088f31bbd22855fabdab3425443699cf2..4359baafafad3c4b99566dd3945f847a4037db40 100644
--- a/test/ssi6.shtml
+++ b/test/ssi6.shtml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<html><pre>
ssi_begin
-<!--#include file="c:\boot.ini" -->
+<!--#include abspath="c:\boot.ini" -->
ssi_end
</pre></html>
diff --git a/test/ssi9.shtml b/test/ssi9.shtml
index 92030759f02f97b02b027fc14fae402c9f63c43c..4e837782612f079786b822b03d396953539f6515 100644
--- a/test/ssi9.shtml
+++ b/test/ssi9.shtml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
ssi_begin
-<!--#include file="Makefile" -->
+<!--#include file="../Makefile" -->
ssi_end
diff --git a/test/test.pl b/test/test.pl
index 45d1865b46adbe59137facdb9795b1df43057e83..d455741e50a4db179c7ae3417fad91aa7e1e66a5 100644
--- a/test/test.pl
+++ b/test/test.pl
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ unless (scalar(@ARGV) > 0 and $ARGV[0] eq "basic_tests") {
my $abs_path = on_windows() ? 'ssi6.shtml' : 'ssi5.shtml';
my $word = on_windows() ? 'boot loader' : 'root';
o("GET /$abs_path HTTP/1.0\n\n",
- "ssi_begin.+$word.+ssi_end", 'SSI #include file= (absolute)');
+ "ssi_begin.+$word.+ssi_end", 'SSI #include abspath');
o("GET /ssi7.shtml HTTP/1.0\n\n",
'ssi_begin.+Unit test.+ssi_end', 'SSI #include "..."');
o("GET /ssi8.shtml HTTP/1.0\n\n",