diff --git a/playground/protoc/inc/message.proto b/playground/protoc/inc/message.proto
index e526472a..544de892 100644
--- a/playground/protoc/inc/message.proto
+++ b/playground/protoc/inc/message.proto
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package udp.tc.tests;
 
+import "message_inc.proto";
+
 option java_package = "com.udp.tc.tests";
 option java_outer_classname = "MessageProtos";
 option cc_generic_services = false;
diff --git a/playground/protoc/inc/message_inc.proto b/playground/protoc/inc/message_inc.proto
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a7b4b39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playground/protoc/inc/message_inc.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+message IncludeMe {
+    required int32 test = 1;
+    optional uint32 blah = 2;
+}
diff --git a/playground/protoc/wscript b/playground/protoc/wscript
index c9622dcd..836ae759 100644
--- a/playground/protoc/wscript
+++ b/playground/protoc/wscript
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ def configure(conf):
 def build(bld):
 	bld(
 		features = 'cxx cxxshlib',
-		source   = ['inc/message.proto'],
+		source   = ['inc/message_inc.proto','inc/message.proto'],
 		target   = 'somelib',
 		includes = ['inc'])
 
diff --git a/waflib/extras/protoc.py b/waflib/extras/protoc.py
index d285d88e..91ec0ce9 100644
--- a/waflib/extras/protoc.py
+++ b/waflib/extras/protoc.py
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ class protoc(Task):
 				m = re.search(r'^import\s+"(.*)";.*(//)?.*', line)
 				if m:
 					dep = m.groups()[0]
-					for incpath in self.env.INCPATHS:
-						found = self.generator.includes_nodes.find_resource(dep)
+					for incnode in self.generator.includes_nodes:
+						found = incnode.find_resource(dep)
 						if found:
 							nodes.append(found)
 							parse_node(found)