diff --git a/contrib/ChangeLog b/contrib/ChangeLog
index 1583757d1fb3..467313571817 100644
--- a/contrib/ChangeLog
+++ b/contrib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-05-31  Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>
+
+	* texi2pod.pl: Correct handling of absolute @include.
+
 2006-05-02  Daniel Jacobowitz  <dan@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* texi2pod.pl: Handle -I.
diff --git a/contrib/texi2pod.pl b/contrib/texi2pod.pl
index 57d1d5bcd632..ed0d102a1a59 100755
--- a/contrib/texi2pod.pl
+++ b/contrib/texi2pod.pl
@@ -239,8 +239,10 @@ while(<$inf>) {
 
 	# Try cwd and $ibase, then explicit -I paths.
 	$done = 0;
-	foreach $path (".", $ibase, @ipath) {
-	    open($inf, "<" . $path . "/" . $file) and ($done = 1, last);
+	foreach $path ("", $ibase, @ipath) {
+	    $mypath = $file;
+	    $mypath = $path . "/" . $mypath if ($path ne "");
+	    open($inf, "<" . $mypath) and ($done = 1, last);
 	}
 	die "cannot find $file" if !$done;
 	next;