diff --git a/src/xkbcomp/rules.c b/src/xkbcomp/rules.c
index 918fe318a..5bcfa22a3 100644
--- a/src/xkbcomp/rules.c
+++ b/src/xkbcomp/rules.c
@@ -978,6 +978,14 @@ matcher_match(struct matcher *m, struct scanner *s,
     switch (tok = gettok(m, s)) {
     case TOK_IDENTIFIER:
         matcher_include(m, s, include_depth, m->val.string);
+        goto include_statement_end;
+    default:
+        goto unexpected;
+    }
+
+include_statement_end:
+    switch (tok = gettok(m, s)) {
+    case TOK_END_OF_LINE:
         goto initial;
     default:
         goto unexpected;
diff --git a/test/data/rules/inc-no-newline b/test/data/rules/inc-no-newline
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..895c314b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/rules/inc-no-newline
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+! include %S/inc-dst-simple !include %S/inc-dst-simple ! layout = symbols
diff --git a/test/rules-file-includes.c b/test/rules-file-includes.c
index 006449c77..17438fd95 100644
--- a/test/rules-file-includes.c
+++ b/test/rules-file-includes.c
@@ -159,6 +159,12 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     };
     assert(test_rules(ctx, &test6));
 
+    struct test_data test7 = {
+      .rules = "inc-no-newline",
+      .should_fail = true,
+    };
+    assert(test_rules(ctx, &test7));
+
     xkb_context_unref(ctx);
     return 0;
 }