diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 341413a1..af8e8651 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
     test/conf/include1_hmac_access.conf \
     test/conf/include2_hmac_access.conf \
     test/conf/include3_hmac_access.conf \
+    test/conf/include_r1_hmac_access.conf \
+    test/conf/include_r2_hmac_access.conf \
     test/conf/gpg_access.conf \
     test/conf/gpg_hmac_access.conf \
     test/conf/gpg_no_pw_access.conf \
diff --git a/test/conf/include_r1_hmac_access.conf b/test/conf/include_r1_hmac_access.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eaa02550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/conf/include_r1_hmac_access.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+%include                conf/include_r2_hmac_access.conf
+
+SOURCE                  ANY
+KEY_BASE64              wzNP62oPPgEc+kXDPQLHPOayQBuNbYUTPP+QrErNDmg=
+HMAC_KEY_BASE64         Yh+xizBnl6FotC5ec7FanVGClRMlsOAPh2u6eovnerfBVKwaVKzjGoblFMHMc593TNyi0dWn4opLoTIV9q/ttg==
+FW_ACCESS_TIMEOUT       3
+
+
+SOURCE                  99.9.9.9
+KEY_BASE64              wzNP62oPPgEc+kXDPQLHPOayQBuNbYUTPP+QrErNDmg=
+HMAC_KEY_BASE64         Yh+xizBnl6FotC5ec7FanVGClRMlsOAPh2u6eovnerfBVKwaVKzjGoblFMHMc593TNyi0dWn4opLoTIV9q/ttg==
+FW_ACCESS_TIMEOUT       3
diff --git a/test/conf/include_r2_hmac_access.conf b/test/conf/include_r2_hmac_access.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74a8e7a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/conf/include_r2_hmac_access.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+%include                conf/include_r1_hmac_access.conf
+
+SOURCE                  ANY
+KEY_BASE64              wzNP62oPPgEc+kXDPQLHPOayQBuNbYUTPP+QrErNDmg=
+HMAC_KEY_BASE64         Yh+xizBnl6FotC5ec7FanVGClRMlsOAPh2u6eovnerfBVKwaVKzjGoblFMHMc593TNyi0dWn4opLoTIV9q/ttg==
+FW_ACCESS_TIMEOUT       3
+
+
+SOURCE                  55.5.5.5
+KEY_BASE64              wzNP62oPPgEc+kXDPQLHPOayQBuNbYUTPP+QrErNDmg=
+HMAC_KEY_BASE64         Yh+xizBnl6FotC5ec7FanVGClRMlsOAPh2u6eovnerfBVKwaVKzjGoblFMHMc593TNyi0dWn4opLoTIV9q/ttg==
+FW_ACCESS_TIMEOUT       3
diff --git a/test/test-fwknop.pl b/test/test-fwknop.pl
index da2f01a3..b898c568 100755
--- a/test/test-fwknop.pl
+++ b/test/test-fwknop.pl
@@ -412,6 +412,8 @@ our %cf = (
     'hmac_access'                  => "$conf_dir/hmac_access.conf",
     'include1_hmac_access'         => "$conf_dir/include1_hmac_access.conf",
     'include2_hmac_access'         => "$conf_dir/include2_hmac_access.conf",
+    'include_r1_hmac_access'       => "$conf_dir/include_r1_hmac_access.conf",
+    'include_r2_hmac_access'       => "$conf_dir/include_r2_hmac_access.conf",
     'hmac_cmd_access'              => "$conf_dir/hmac_cmd_access.conf",
     'hmac_cmd_setuid_access'       => "$conf_dir/hmac_cmd_setuid_access.conf",
     'hmac_cmd_giduid_access'       => "$conf_dir/hmac_cmd_giduid_access.conf",
diff --git a/test/tests/basic_operations.pl b/test/tests/basic_operations.pl
index 72efe56a..a2b78b88 100644
--- a/test/tests/basic_operations.pl
+++ b/test/tests/basic_operations.pl
@@ -465,6 +465,16 @@
         'exec_err' => $YES,
         'cmdline' => "$fwknopdCmd $default_server_conf_args --sudo-exe /etc/hosts"
     },
+    {
+        'category' => 'basic operations',
+        'subcategory' => 'server',
+        'detail'   => 'access.conf recursion limit',
+        'function' => \&generic_exec,
+        'exec_err' => $YES,
+        'cmdline'  => "$fwknopdCmd --exit-parse-config -a $cf{'include_r1_hmac_access'} " .
+                "-c $cf{'def'} -d $default_digest_file -p $default_pid_file",
+        'positive_output_matches' => [qr/Refusing to go deeper than/],
+    },
     {
         'category' => 'basic operations',
         'subcategory' => 'server',