diff --git a/src/ssh_guard.py b/src/ssh_guard.py
index 1974922..41e443e 100644
--- a/src/ssh_guard.py
+++ b/src/ssh_guard.py
@@ -71,12 +71,14 @@ def parse_config(path: Path, visited: set[Path] | None = None) -> dict[str, str]
         if normalized == "match":
             break
         if normalized == "include":
-            pattern = Path(value.strip())
-            if not pattern.is_absolute():
-                pattern = path.parent / pattern
-            for included in sorted(pattern.parent.glob(pattern.name)):
-                for child_key, child_value in parse_config(included, visited).items():
-                    settings.setdefault(child_key, child_value)
+            # One Include line may list several space-separated paths, read in order.
+            for item in value.split():
+                pattern = Path(item)
+                if not pattern.is_absolute():
+                    pattern = path.parent / pattern
+                for included in sorted(pattern.parent.glob(pattern.name)):
+                    for child_key, child_value in parse_config(included, visited).items():
+                        settings.setdefault(child_key, child_value)
             continue
         settings.setdefault(normalized, value.strip().lower())
     return settings
diff --git a/tests/test_ssh_guard.py b/tests/test_ssh_guard.py
index fc35a5e..cc46108 100644
--- a/tests/test_ssh_guard.py
+++ b/tests/test_ssh_guard.py
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ def test_tab_and_equals_separators(self):
             config.write_text("PermitRootLogin\tno\nPasswordAuthentication=no\nX11Forwarding = no\n", encoding="utf-8")
             self.assertEqual(parse_config(config), {"permitrootlogin": "no", "passwordauthentication": "no", "x11forwarding": "no"})
 
+    def test_include_reads_every_listed_path(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as directory:
+            root = Path(directory)
+            (root / "a.conf").write_text("PermitRootLogin no\n", encoding="utf-8")
+            (root / "b.conf").write_text("PasswordAuthentication no\n", encoding="utf-8")
+            config = root / "sshd_config"
+            config.write_text("Include a.conf b.conf\n", encoding="utf-8")
+            self.assertEqual(parse_config(config), {"permitrootlogin": "no", "passwordauthentication": "no"})
+
     def test_effective_output_and_audit(self):
         settings = parse_effective_output("permitrootlogin no\npasswordauthentication no\nmaxauthtries 3\n")
         findings = {item.key: item for item in audit(settings)}