diff --git a/lib/scanner.c b/lib/scanner.c
index 9dc3813..a2011da 100644
--- a/lib/scanner.c
+++ b/lib/scanner.c
@@ -928,9 +928,9 @@ static const flex_int32_t yy_rule_can_match_eol[49] =
 #include "grammar.h"
 #include "wincompat.h"
 #include "util.h"
-
+static int libconfig_yyread(char *buf, int max_size, FILE *input);
 #define YY_NO_INPUT /* Suppress generation of useless input() function */
-
+#define YY_INPUT(buf, result, max_size) ((result) = libconfig_yyread((buf), (max_size), yyin))
 #line 935 "scanner.c"
 
 #line 937 "scanner.c"
@@ -1634,6 +1634,15 @@ case YY_STATE_EOF(INCLUDE):
   const char *error = NULL;
   FILE *fp;
 
+  if(yyin && ferror(yyin))
+  {
+    yyextra->config->error_text = "input in flex scanner failed";
+    yyextra->config->error_file = libconfig_scanctx_current_filename(yyextra);
+    yyextra->config->error_line = libconfig_yyget_lineno(yyscanner);
+    clearerr(yyin);
+    return TOK_ERROR;
+  }
+
   fp = libconfig_scanctx_next_include_file(yyextra, &error);
   if(fp)
   {
@@ -2797,9 +2806,26 @@ void yyfree (void * ptr , yyscan_t yyscanner)
 
 #define YYTABLES_NAME "yytables"
 
-#line 265 "scanner.l"
+#line 276 "scanner.l"
+
+static int libconfig_yyread(char *buf, int max_size, FILE *input)
+{
+  int result;
 
+  errno = 0;
+  while((result = (int)fread(buf, 1, (size_t)max_size, input)) == 0
+        && ferror(input))
+  {
+    if(errno != EINTR)
+      break;
+    errno = 0;
+    clearerr(input);
+  }
+
+  return(result);
+}
 
+#line 293 "scanner.l"
 void *libconfig_yyalloc(size_t bytes, void *yyscanner)
 {
   return(libconfig_malloc(bytes));
diff --git a/lib/scanner.l b/lib/scanner.l
index 1baccd6..6c81a6f 100644
--- a/lib/scanner.l
+++ b/lib/scanner.l
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@
 #include "grammar.h"
 #include "wincompat.h"
 #include "util.h"
-
+static int libconfig_yyread(char *buf, int max_size, FILE *input);
 #define YY_NO_INPUT /* Suppress generation of useless input() function */
-
+#define YY_INPUT(buf, result, max_size) ((result) = libconfig_yyread((buf), (max_size), yyin))
 %}
 
 true              [Tt][Rr][Uu][Ee]
@@ -233,6 +233,15 @@ include_open ^[ \t]*@include[ \t]+\"
   const char *error = NULL;
   FILE *fp;
 
+  if(yyin && ferror(yyin))
+  {
+    yyextra->config->error_text = "input in flex scanner failed";
+    yyextra->config->error_file = libconfig_scanctx_current_filename(yyextra);
+    yyextra->config->error_line = libconfig_yyget_lineno(yyscanner);
+    clearerr(yyin);
+    return TOK_ERROR;
+  }
+
   fp = libconfig_scanctx_next_include_file(yyextra, &error);
   if(fp)
   {
@@ -264,6 +273,23 @@ include_open ^[ \t]*@include[ \t]+\"
 
 %%
 
+static int libconfig_yyread(char *buf, int max_size, FILE *input)
+{
+  int result;
+
+  errno = 0;
+  while((result = (int)fread(buf, 1, (size_t)max_size, input)) == 0
+        && ferror(input))
+  {
+    if(errno != EINTR)
+      break;
+    errno = 0;
+    clearerr(input);
+  }
+
+  return(result);
+}
+
 void *libconfig_yyalloc(size_t bytes, void *yyscanner)
 {
   return(libconfig_malloc(bytes));
diff --git a/tests/tests.c b/tests/tests.c
index eba7eae..99c8029 100644
--- a/tests/tests.c
+++ b/tests/tests.c
@@ -644,6 +644,18 @@ TT_TEST(SettingLookups)
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
+TT_TEST(IncludeReadError)
+{
+  config_t cfg;
+
+  config_init(&cfg);
+  TT_ASSERT_FALSE(config_read_string(&cfg, "@include \".\""));
+  TT_ASSERT_PTR_NOTNULL(config_error_text(&cfg));
+  config_destroy(&cfg);
+}
+
+/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
 TT_TEST(ReadStream)
 {
   config_t cfg;
@@ -767,6 +779,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   TT_SUITE_TEST(LibConfigTests, EscapedStrings);
   TT_SUITE_TEST(LibConfigTests, OverrideSetting);
   TT_SUITE_TEST(LibConfigTests, SettingLookups);
+  TT_SUITE_TEST(LibConfigTests, IncludeReadError);
   TT_SUITE_TEST(LibConfigTests, ReadStream);
   TT_SUITE_TEST(LibConfigTests, BinaryAndHex);
   TT_SUITE_RUN(LibConfigTests);