diff --git a/Tag.cpp b/Tag.cpp
index 296ed1f..4ebf4f6 100644
--- a/Tag.cpp
+++ b/Tag.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "__for.h"
 #include "__if.h"
 #include "__ifrow.h"
+#include "__include.h"
 #include "__read.h"
 #include "__write.h"
 #include "__set.h"
@@ -132,6 +133,9 @@ namespace jet {
 	    } else if(ifTagName(in, "ifrow")) {
 	       __ifrow _ifrow(in, out, global);
 	       continue;
+	    } else if(ifTagName(in, "include")) {
+	       __include _include(in, out, global);
+	       continue;
 	    } else if(ifTagName(in, "jet")) {
 	       __jet _jet(in, out, global);
 	       continue;
diff --git a/__include.cpp b/__include.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be3b249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__include.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#include "__include.h"
+#include "Exception.h"
+#include "File.h"
+
+namespace jet {
+   
+   __include::__include(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::MString &out, Global &global) : Tag(in, out, global) {
+      if(!variableDefined("file"))
+	throw coreutils::Exception("file keyword must be specified.");
+      if(hasContainer)
+	throw coreutils::Exception("include tag should not have a container.");
+      coreutils::File file(file);
+      container = file.asZString();
+      processContainer(container);
+   }
+
+}
diff --git a/__include.h b/__include.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63363b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__include.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#ifndef ____include_h__
+#define ____include_h__
+
+#include "Tag.h"
+
+namespace jet {
+   
+   class __include : public Tag {
+   
+    public:
+      __include(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::MString &out, Global &global);
+      
+   };
+      
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/jet-2.0 b/jet-2.0
index 50831b3..1700e06 100755
Binary files a/jet-2.0 and b/jet-2.0 differ
diff --git a/test1.jet b/test1.jet
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bddbd46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test1.jet
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!./jet-2.0
+<jet>
+This is output
+</jet>
diff --git a/testinclude.jet b/testinclude.jet
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1a12cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testinclude.jet
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+This is from an include tag.
+<set name="include" value="yes" />
diff --git a/testjet.jet b/testjet.jet
index 78fbacd..d06ead7 100755
--- a/testjet.jet
+++ b/testjet.jet
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
  <set name="noeval" eval="no">this is the value store in #[name].</set>
  <set name="thename" eval="yes">this is the value store in #[name].</set>
  <set name="newname" scope="global">another container value</set>
+ <xinclude file="./testinclude.jet" />
+ include: $[include]
  >>>$[noeval]<<<
  >>>$[thename]<<<
  <set name="iz" value="data" />