diff --git a/doc/make.texi b/doc/make.texi
index edceee76..18d4375e 100644
--- a/doc/make.texi
+++ b/doc/make.texi
@@ -1279,19 +1279,16 @@ makefile as has been traditionally done with other versions of
 @findex /usr/gnu/include
 @findex /usr/local/include
 @findex /usr/include
-If the specified name does not start with a slash, and the file is not
-found in the current directory, several other directories are searched.
+If the specified name does not start with a slash (or a drive letter and colon
+when GNU Make is compiled with MS-DOS / MS-Windows path support), and the file
+is not found in the current directory, several other directories are searched.
 First, any directories you have specified with the @samp{-I} or
-@samp{--include-dir} options are searched
-(@pxref{Options Summary, ,Summary of Options}).
-Then the following directories (if they exist)
-are searched, in this order:
-@file{@var{prefix}/include} (normally @file{/usr/local/include}
+@samp{--include-dir} options are searched (@pxref{Options Summary, ,Summary of
+Options}).  Then the following directories (if they exist) are searched, in
+this order: @file{@var{prefix}/include} (normally @file{/usr/local/include}
 @footnote{GNU Make compiled for MS-DOS and MS-Windows behaves as if
-@var{prefix} has been defined to be the root of the DJGPP tree
-hierarchy.})
-@file{/usr/gnu/include},
-@file{/usr/local/include}, @file{/usr/include}.
+@var{prefix} has been defined to be the root of the DJGPP tree hierarchy.})
+@file{/usr/gnu/include}, @file{/usr/local/include}, @file{/usr/include}.
 
 The @code{.INCLUDE_DIRS} variable will contain the current list of
 directories that make will search for included files.  @xref{Special
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 181fdc9e..a8fa6018 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1455,6 +1455,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
 #ifdef MAKE_LOAD
                            " load"
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_DOS_PATHS
+                           " dospaths"
+#endif
 #ifdef MAKE_MAINTAINER_MODE
                            " maintainer"
 #endif
diff --git a/src/makeint.h b/src/makeint.h
index fa56d3d2..906cb3b6 100644
--- a/src/makeint.h
+++ b/src/makeint.h
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ extern int unixy_shell;
 #define NONE_SET(_v,_m) (! ANY_SET ((_v),(_m)))
 #define ALL_SET(_v,_m)  (((_v)&(_m)) == (_m))
 
+/* Bitmasks for the STOPCHAR array.  */
 #define MAP_NUL         0x0001
 #define MAP_BLANK       0x0002  /* space, TAB */
 #define MAP_NEWLINE     0x0004
@@ -463,14 +464,13 @@ extern int unixy_shell;
 # define MAP_PATHSEP     MAP_SEMI
 #elif PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR == ','
 # define MAP_PATHSEP     MAP_COMMA
+
 #else
 # error "Unknown PATH_SEPARATOR_CHAR"
 #endif
 
 #define STOP_SET(_v,_m) ANY_SET(stopchar_map[(unsigned char)(_v)],(_m))
 
-/* True if C is a directory separator on the current system.  */
-#define ISDIRSEP(c)     STOP_SET((c),MAP_DIRSEP)
 /* True if C is whitespace but not newline.  */
 #define ISBLANK(c)      STOP_SET((c),MAP_BLANK)
 /* True if C is whitespace including newlines.  */
@@ -480,6 +480,18 @@ extern int unixy_shell;
 /* Move S past all whitespace (including newlines).  */
 #define NEXT_TOKEN(s)   while (ISSPACE (*(s))) ++(s)
 
+/* True if C is a directory separator on the current system.  */
+#define ISDIRSEP(c)     STOP_SET((c),MAP_DIRSEP)
+
+/* True if S starts with a drive specifier.  */
+#if defined(HAVE_DOS_PATHS)
+# define HAS_DRIVESPEC(_s) ((((_s)[0] >= 'a' && (_s)[0] <= 'z')          \
+                             || ((_s)[0] >= 'A' && (_s)[0] <= 'Z'))      \
+                            && (_s)[1] == ':')
+#else
+# define HAS_DRIVESPEC(_s) 0
+#endif
+
 /* We can't run setrlimit when using posix_spawn.  */
 #if defined(HAVE_SYS_RESOURCE_H) && defined(HAVE_GETRLIMIT) && defined(HAVE_SETRLIMIT) && !defined(USE_POSIX_SPAWN)
 # define SET_STACK_SIZE
diff --git a/src/read.c b/src/read.c
index 15f58ecf..b46b48fc 100644
--- a/src/read.c
+++ b/src/read.c
@@ -373,8 +373,9 @@ eval_makefile (const char *filename, unsigned short flags)
   /* If the makefile wasn't found and it's either a makefile from the
      'MAKEFILES' variable or an included makefile, search the included
      makefile search path for this makefile.  */
-  if (ebuf.fp == NULL && deps->error == ENOENT && (flags & RM_INCLUDED)
-      && *filename != '/' && include_directories)
+  if (ebuf.fp == NULL && deps->error == ENOENT && include_directories
+      && ANY_SET (flags, RM_INCLUDED)
+      && !HAS_DRIVESPEC (filename) && !ISDIRSEP (*filename))
     {
       const char **dir;
       for (dir = include_directories; *dir != NULL; ++dir)
diff --git a/tests/scripts/features/include b/tests/scripts/features/include
index 69d67181..7f216434 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/features/include
+++ b/tests/scripts/features/include
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#                                     -*-mode: perl; rm-trailing-spaces: nil-*-
+#                                                              -*-mode: perl-*-
 
 $description = "Test various forms of the GNU make 'include' command.";
 
@@ -462,4 +462,14 @@ run_make_with_options(undef, ['-E', '%:;@echo $@', '-E', 'all:;', '-E', '-includ
 $answer = "bizbaz\nbazbiz\nfoobar\nbarfoo\n$defaults\n#MAKE#: 'all' is up to date.\n";
 &compare_output(subst_make_string($answer), &get_logfile(1));
 
+# SV 63516
+if (exists $FEATURES{'dospaths'}) {
+    run_make_test(q!
+include C:__foobar
+%bar: ; @echo $@
+all: ;
+!,
+                  '', "C:__foobar\n#MAKE#: 'all' is up to date.");
+}
+
 1;