diff --git a/cgitrc b/cgitrc
index 019781e..e7e731c 100644
--- a/cgitrc
+++ b/cgitrc
@@ -63,8 +63,11 @@
 #cache-root=/var/cache/cgit
 
 
+## Include another config-file
+#include=/var/cgit/repolist
+
 ##
-## Time-To-Live settings: specifies how long (in minutes) different pages 
+## Time-To-Live settings: specifies how long (in minutes) different pages
 ## should be cached (0 for instant expiration, -1 for immortal pages)
 ##
 
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@
 ## ttl for repo summary page
 #cache-repo-ttl=5
 
-## ttl for other dynamic pages 
+## ttl for other dynamic pages
 #cache-dynamic-ttl=5
 
 ## ttl for static pages (addressed by SHA-1)
diff --git a/parsing.c b/parsing.c
index 332d61c..8e15e5a 100644
--- a/parsing.c
+++ b/parsing.c
@@ -64,19 +64,21 @@ int read_config_line(FILE *f, char *line, const char **value, int bufsize)
 
 int cgit_read_config(const char *filename, configfn fn)
 {
-	int ret = 0, len;
+	static int nesting;
+	int len;
 	char line[256];
 	const char *value;
-	FILE *f = fopen(filename, "r");
+	FILE *f;
 
-	if (!f)
+	/* cancel the reading of yet another configfile after 16 invocations */
+	if (nesting++ > 16)
+		return -1;
+	if (!(f = fopen(filename, "r")))
 		return -1;
-
 	while((len = read_config_line(f, line, &value, sizeof(line))) > 0)
 		(*fn)(line, value);
-
 	fclose(f);
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 char *convert_query_hexchar(char *txt)
diff --git a/shared.c b/shared.c
index ffecac8..072bb6d 100644
--- a/shared.c
+++ b/shared.c
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ void cgit_global_config_cb(const char *name, const char *value)
 		cgit_repo->snapshots = atoi(value);
 	else if (cgit_repo && !strcmp(name, "repo.module-link"))
 		cgit_repo->module_link= xstrdup(value);
+	else if (!strcmp(name, "include"))
+		cgit_read_config(value, cgit_global_config_cb);
 }
 
 void cgit_repo_config_cb(const char *name, const char *value)