diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 43fe083..28954b8 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v4.1.0
+    rev: v4.2.0
     hooks:
       - id: check-added-large-files
       - id: check-ast
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bef5b6e..4c6de29 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ As user specifications are the most complicated, they are most likely the area t
   * Run As notations
   * Commands
 
+One caveat to add is, this module currently does not do anything with `#include`, `#includedir`, `@include` and `@includedir` lines, but simply ignores them. You can, however, parse any included files individually if needed, but any interdependencies between the files will not be resolved.
+
 ## Installing
 
 You can use pip to install pysudoers:
diff --git a/pysudoers/__init__.py b/pysudoers/__init__.py
index 32b4a8e..5a6a1d4 100644
--- a/pysudoers/__init__.py
+++ b/pysudoers/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 """Manage a sudoers file."""
-
 import logging
 import re
 
@@ -217,8 +216,13 @@ def parse_rule(self, line):
         :rtype: dict
         """
         rule_re = re.compile(r"([\S\s]*)=([\S\s]*)")
+        include_re = re.compile(r"^(@|#)include(dir)?\s+")
         rule = {}
 
+        # Ignore includes for now
+        if include_re.search(line):
+            return []
+
         # Do a basic check for rule syntax
         match = rule_re.search(line)
         if not match:
diff --git a/tests/test_sudoers.py b/tests/test_sudoers.py
index c8a34cf..e0fd4e9 100644
--- a/tests/test_sudoers.py
+++ b/tests/test_sudoers.py
@@ -240,6 +240,38 @@ def test_escaped_split(self):
             sudoobj = Sudoers(path=self.fake_path)
             self.assertEqual(sudoobj.cmnd_aliases, result)
 
+    def test_hash_include(self):
+        """An include with a hash will not cause an exception."""
+        # Find the path to the test sudoers file
+        data = "#include /test/dir/file\n"
+        mopen = self.get_mock_open(data)
+        with mock.patch(self.open_patch_id, mopen) as _:
+            _ = Sudoers(path=self.fake_path)
+
+    def test_at_include(self):
+        """An include with an @ will not cause an exception."""
+        # Find the path to the test sudoers file
+        data = "@include /test/dir/file\n"
+        mopen = self.get_mock_open(data)
+        with mock.patch(self.open_patch_id, mopen) as _:
+            _ = Sudoers(path=self.fake_path)
+
+    def test_hash_includedir(self):
+        """An includedir with a hash will not cause an exception."""
+        # Find the path to the test sudoers file
+        data = "#includedir /test/dir/file\n"
+        mopen = self.get_mock_open(data)
+        with mock.patch(self.open_patch_id, mopen) as _:
+            _ = Sudoers(path=self.fake_path)
+
+    def test_at_includedir(self):
+        """An includedir with an @ will not cause an exception."""
+        # Find the path to the test sudoers file
+        data = "@includedir /test/dir/file\n"
+        mopen = self.get_mock_open(data)
+        with mock.patch(self.open_patch_id, mopen) as _:
+            _ = Sudoers(path=self.fake_path)
+
 
 class TestResolution(TestSudoers):
     """Test the alias resolution methods."""