diff --git a/org/document.go b/org/document.go
index 6fa8530..a8f6201 100644
--- a/org/document.go
+++ b/org/document.go
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Configuration struct {
-	MaxEmphasisNewLines int               // Maximum number of newlines inside an emphasis. See org-emphasis-regexp-components newline.
-	AutoLink            bool              // Try to convert text passages that look like hyperlinks into hyperlinks.
-	DefaultSettings     map[string]string // Default values for settings that are overriden by setting the same key in BufferSettings.
-	Log                 *log.Logger       // Log is used to print warnings during parsing.
+	MaxEmphasisNewLines int                                   // Maximum number of newlines inside an emphasis. See org-emphasis-regexp-components newline.
+	AutoLink            bool                                  // Try to convert text passages that look like hyperlinks into hyperlinks.
+	DefaultSettings     map[string]string                     // Default values for settings that are overriden by setting the same key in BufferSettings.
+	Log                 *log.Logger                           // Log is used to print warnings during parsing.
+	ReadFile            func(filename string) ([]byte, error) // ReadFile is used to read e.g. #+INCLUDE files.
 }
 
 // Document contains the parsing results and a pointer to the Configuration.
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ func New() *Configuration {
 			"EXCLUDE_TAGS": "noexport",
 			"OPTIONS":      "toc:t <:t e:t f:t pri:t todo:t tags:t",
 		},
-		Log: log.New(os.Stderr, "go-org: ", 0),
+		Log:      log.New(os.Stderr, "go-org: ", 0),
+		ReadFile: ioutil.ReadFile,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/org/keyword.go b/org/keyword.go
index 8752680..785b04a 100644
--- a/org/keyword.go
+++ b/org/keyword.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func (d *Document) newInclude(k Keyword) (int, Node) {
 			path = filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(d.Path), path)
 		}
 		resolve = func() Node {
-			bs, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
+			bs, err := d.ReadFile(path)
 			if err != nil {
 				d.Log.Printf("Bad include %#v: %s", k, err)
 				return k