diff --git a/test/recipes/90-test_includes.t b/test/recipes/90-test_includes.t
index 9cf75a1c43..5169700c4c 100644
--- a/test/recipes/90-test_includes.t
+++ b/test/recipes/90-test_includes.t
@@ -10,8 +10,16 @@ setup("test_includes");
 plan skip_all => "test_includes doesn't work without posix-io"
     if disabled("posix-io");
 
-plan tests => 3;                # The number of tests being performed
+plan tests =>                   # The number of tests being performed
+    3
+    + ($^O eq "VMS" ? 2 : 0);
 
 ok(run(test(["conf_include_test", data_file("includes.cnf")])), "test directory includes");
 ok(run(test(["conf_include_test", data_file("includes-file.cnf")])), "test file includes");
+if ($^O eq "VMS") {
+    ok(run(test(["conf_include_test", data_file("vms-includes.cnf")])),
+       "test directory includes, VMS syntax");
+    ok(run(test(["conf_include_test", data_file("vms-includes-file.cnf")])),
+       "test file includes, VMS syntax");
+}
 ok(run(test(["conf_include_test", data_file("includes-broken.cnf"), "f"])), "test broken includes");
diff --git a/test/recipes/90-test_includes_data/vms-includes-file.cnf b/test/recipes/90-test_includes_data/vms-includes-file.cnf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3b72e709a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/recipes/90-test_includes_data/vms-includes-file.cnf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#
+# Example configuration file using includes.
+#
+
+.include vms-includes.cnf
diff --git a/test/recipes/90-test_includes_data/vms-includes.cnf b/test/recipes/90-test_includes_data/vms-includes.cnf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed4367bcf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/recipes/90-test_includes_data/vms-includes.cnf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#
+# Example configuration file using includes.
+#
+
+.include [.conf-includes]