diff --git a/acme.sh b/acme.sh
index 2459404a..b7284db7 100755
--- a/acme.sh
+++ b/acme.sh
@@ -3161,9 +3161,9 @@ _checkConf() {
       FOUND_REAL_NGINX_CONF="$2"
       return 0
     fi
-    if cat "$2" | tr "\t" " " | grep "^ *include +.*;" >/dev/null; then
+    if cat "$2" | tr "\t" " " | grep "^ *include *.*;" >/dev/null; then
       _debug "Try include files"
-      for included in $(cat "$2" | tr "\t" " " | grep "^ *include +.*;" | sed "s/include //" | tr -d " ;"); do
+      for included in $(cat "$2" | tr "\t" " " | grep "^ *include *.*;" | sed "s/include //" | tr -d " ;"); do
         _debug "check included $included"
         if ! _startswith "$included" "/" && _exists dirname; then
           _relpath="$(dirname "$_c_file")"