diff --git a/Text/Wiki/Parse/Embed.php b/Text/Wiki/Parse/Embed.php
index 82d5c1376b6..a7faae02d8d 100755
--- a/Text/Wiki/Parse/Embed.php
+++ b/Text/Wiki/Parse/Embed.php
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ class Text_Wiki_Parse_Embed extends Text_Wiki_Parse {
 		'base' => '/path/to/scripts/'
 	);
 	
+	var $file = null;
+
+	var $output = null;
+
+	var $vars = null;
+
+
 	/**
 	* 
 	* The regular expression used to find source text matching this
@@ -37,7 +44,7 @@ class Text_Wiki_Parse_Embed extends Text_Wiki_Parse {
 	* 
 	*/
 	
-	var $regex = '/(\[\[embed )(.+?)(\]\])/i';
+	var $regex = '/(\[\[embed )(.+?)( .+?)?(\]\])/i';
 	
 	
 	/**
@@ -57,12 +64,25 @@ class Text_Wiki_Parse_Embed extends Text_Wiki_Parse {
 	
 	function process(&$matches)
 	{	
-    	$file = $this->getConf('base') . $matches[2];
-    	ob_start();
-    	include($file);
-    	$options = array('text' => ob_get_contents());
-    	ob_end_clean();
-		return $this->wiki->addToken($this->rule, $options);
+               // save the file location
+                $this->file = $this->getConf('base', './') . $matches[2];
+
+                // extract attribs as variables in the local space
+                $this->vars = $this->getAttrs($matches[3]);
+                unset($this->vars['this']);
+                extract($this->vars);
+
+                // run the script
+                ob_start();
+                include($this->file);
+                $this->output = ob_get_contents();
+                ob_end_clean();
+
+                // done, place the script output directly in the source
+		return $this->wiki->addToken(
+			$this->rule,
+			array('text' => $this->output)
+		);
 	}
 }
 ?>
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diff --git a/Text/Wiki/Parse/Include.php b/Text/Wiki/Parse/Include.php
index 2bdc4d22475..3be6a990871 100755
--- a/Text/Wiki/Parse/Include.php
+++ b/Text/Wiki/Parse/Include.php
@@ -24,10 +24,16 @@
 
 class Text_Wiki_Parse_Include extends Text_Wiki_Parse {
 	
-	$conf = array(
+	var $conf = array(
 		'base' => '/path/to/scripts/'
 	);
 	
+	var $file = null;
+	
+	var $output = null;
+	
+	var $vars = null;
+
 	/**
 	* 
 	* The regular expression used to find source text matching this
@@ -39,7 +45,7 @@ class Text_Wiki_Parse_Include extends Text_Wiki_Parse {
 	* 
 	*/
 	
-	var $regex = '/(\[\[include )(.+?)(\]\])/i';
+	var $regex = '/(\[\[include )(.+?)( .+?)?(\]\])/i';
 	
 	
 	/**
@@ -57,12 +63,22 @@ class Text_Wiki_Parse_Include extends Text_Wiki_Parse {
 	
 	function process(&$matches)
 	{
-		$file = $this->getConf(['base'], './') . $matches[2];
+		// save the file location
+		$this->file = $this->getConf('base', './') . $matches[2];
+
+		// extract attribs as variables in the local space
+		$this->vars = $this->getAttrs($matches[3]);
+		unset($this->vars['this']);
+		extract($this->vars);
+
+		// run the script
 		ob_start();
-		include($file);
-		$output = ob_get_contents();
+		include($this->file);
+		$this->output = ob_get_contents();
 		ob_end_clean();
-		return $output;
+	
+		// done, place the script output directly in the source
+		return $this->output;
 	}
 }
 ?>
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diff --git a/Text/Wiki/Render/Xhtml/Embed.php b/Text/Wiki/Render/Xhtml/Embed.php
index 7e9ce742ff8..4bc6fb7ddcb 100755
--- a/Text/Wiki/Render/Xhtml/Embed.php
+++ b/Text/Wiki/Render/Xhtml/Embed.php
@@ -17,12 +17,7 @@ class Text_Wiki_Render_Xhtml_Embed extends Text_Wiki_Render {
     
     function token($options)
     {
-    	$file = $this->getConf('base') . $options['path'];
-    	ob_start();
-    	include($file);
-    	$output = ob_get_contents();
-    	ob_end_clean();
-		return $output;
-	}
+    	return $options['text'];
+    }
 }
 ?>
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