diff --git a/es-core/src/ThemeData.cpp b/es-core/src/ThemeData.cpp
index 628f085a7..cf2548089 100644
--- a/es-core/src/ThemeData.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/ThemeData.cpp
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ void ThemeData::parseIncludes(const pugi::xml_node& root)
 
 	for(pugi::xml_node node = root.child("include"); node; node = node.next_sibling("include"))
 	{
-		const char* relPath = node.text().get();
+		std::string relPath = resolvePlaceholders(node.text().as_string());
 		std::string path = Utils::FileSystem::resolveRelativePath(relPath, mPaths.back(), true);
 		if(!ResourceManager::getInstance()->fileExists(path))
 			throw error << "Included file \"" << relPath << "\" not found! (resolved to \"" << path << "\")";