diff --git a/src/pacman/conf.c b/src/pacman/conf.c
index f9edf75b..d8222752 100644
--- a/src/pacman/conf.c
+++ b/src/pacman/conf.c
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ config_t *config = NULL;
 #define BOLDWHITE     "\033[1;37m"
 #define GREY46        "\033[38;5;243m"

+/* limit for glob input variable */
+#define GLOB_LIMIT 2000
+
 void enable_colors(int colors)
 {
        colstr_t *colstr = &config->colstr;
@@ -1042,6 +1045,13 @@ static int process_include(const char *value, void *data,
                return 1;
        }

+       if(strlen(value) > GLOB_LIMIT) {
+               pm_printf(ALPM_LOG_ERROR,
+                               ("config file %s, line %d, directive '%s': value too long\n"),
+                               file, linenum, "Include");
+               return 1;
+       }
+
        if(section->depth >= config_max_recursion) {
                pm_printf(ALPM_LOG_ERROR,
                                _("config parsing exceeded max recursion depth of %d.\n"),