diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 86fd49b3..e17e5816 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-01-25 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
+	* files.c (open_file), nanorc.c (parse_include): Don't get_full_path on 
+	  included rc files, due to it potentially impacting the ability
+	  to read files in nano's cwd().  Fixes Savnanah bug #25297 reported by Mike 
+	  Frysinger)
+
 2009-01-24 Chris Allegretta <chrisa@asty.org>
 	* First pass at some caching of caching color info.  Right now it's only for
 	  multi-line regexes but this may not be enough to increase performance.
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index 10c3a798..0f599c9c 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ void read_file(FILE *f, const char *filename, bool undoable)
  * return value.  *f is set to the opened file. */
 int open_file(const char *filename, bool newfie, FILE **f)
 {
-    struct stat fileinfo;
+    struct stat fileinfo, fileinfo2;
     int fd;
     char *full_filename;
 
@@ -613,10 +613,21 @@ int open_file(const char *filename, bool newfie, FILE **f)
     /* Get the specified file's full path. */
     full_filename = get_full_path(filename);
 
-    if (full_filename == NULL)
+    /* Okay, if we can't stat the path due to a component's
+       permissions, just try the relative one */
+    if (full_filename == NULL 
+	|| (stat(full_filename, &fileinfo) == -1 && stat(filename, &fileinfo2) != -1))
 	full_filename = mallocstrcpy(NULL, filename);
 
     if (stat(full_filename, &fileinfo) == -1) {
+	/* Well, maybe we can open the file even if the OS
+	   says its not there */
+        if ((fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY)) != -1) {
+	    statusbar(_("Reading File"));
+	    free(full_filename);
+	    return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (newfie) {
 	    statusbar(_("New File"));
 	    return -2;
diff --git a/src/rcfile.c b/src/rcfile.c
index a12c8014..582015c9 100644
--- a/src/rcfile.c
+++ b/src/rcfile.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ void parse_include(char *ptr)
 {
     struct stat rcinfo;
     FILE *rcstream;
-    char *option, *full_option, *nanorc_save = nanorc;
+    char *option, *nanorc_save = nanorc;
     size_t lineno_save = lineno;
 
     option = ptr;
@@ -478,33 +478,28 @@ void parse_include(char *ptr)
 	option++;
     ptr = parse_argument(ptr);
 
-    /* Get the specified file's full path. */
-    full_option = get_full_path(option);
-
-    if (full_option == NULL)
-	full_option = mallocstrcpy(NULL, option);
+    /* Can't get the specified file's full path cause it may screw up
+	our cwd depending on the parent dirs' permissions, (see Savannah bug 25297) */
 
     /* Don't open directories, character files, or block files. */
-    if (stat(full_option, &rcinfo) != -1) {
+    if (stat(option, &rcinfo) != -1) {
 	if (S_ISDIR(rcinfo.st_mode) || S_ISCHR(rcinfo.st_mode) ||
 		S_ISBLK(rcinfo.st_mode)) {
 	    rcfile_error(S_ISDIR(rcinfo.st_mode) ?
 		_("\"%s\" is a directory") :
 		_("\"%s\" is a device file"), option);
-	    goto cleanup_include;
 	}
     }
 
     /* Open the new syntax file. */
-    if ((rcstream = fopen(full_option, "rb")) == NULL) {
+    if ((rcstream = fopen(option, "rb")) == NULL) {
 	rcfile_error(_("Error reading %s: %s"), option,
 		strerror(errno));
-	goto cleanup_include;
     }
 
     /* Use the name and line number position of the new syntax file
      * while parsing it, so we can know where any errors in it are. */
-    nanorc = full_option;
+    nanorc = option;
     lineno = 0;
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
@@ -522,8 +517,6 @@ void parse_include(char *ptr)
     nanorc = nanorc_save;
     lineno = lineno_save;
 
-  cleanup_include:
-    free(full_option);
 }
 
 /* Return the short value corresponding to the color named in colorname,