diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/kscript/app/ResolveIncludes.kt b/src/main/kotlin/kscript/app/ResolveIncludes.kt
index a66da801..b9dff195 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/kscript/app/ResolveIncludes.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/kscript/app/ResolveIncludes.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import java.net.URL
  */
 
 const val PACKAGE_STATEMENT_PREFIX = "package "
-const val IMPORT_STATMENT_PREFIX = "import " // todo make more solid by using operator including regex
+const val IMPORT_STATEMENT_PREFIX = "import " // todo make more solid by using operator including regex
 
 data class IncludeResult(val scriptFile: File, val includes: List<URL> = emptyList())
 
@@ -25,30 +25,35 @@ fun resolveIncludes(template: File, includeContext: URI = template.parentFile.to
     }
 
     val includes = emptyList<URL>().toMutableList()
+    val includeLines = emptySet<String>().toMutableSet()
 
     // resolve as long as it takes. YAGNI but we do because we can!
     while (script.any { isIncludeDirective(it) }) {
-        script = script.flatMap {
-            if (isIncludeDirective(it)) {
-                val include = extractIncludeTarget(it)
+        script = script.flatMap { line ->
+            if (isIncludeDirective(line)) {
+                val include = extractIncludeTarget(line)
 
                 val includeURL = when {
                     isUrl(include) -> URL(include)
                     include.startsWith("/") -> File(include).toURI().toURL()
                     else -> includeContext.resolve(URI(include.removePrefix("./"))).toURL()
                 }
+                if (includeLines.contains(includeURL.path)) {
+                  emptyList()
+                } else {
+                  includes.add(includeURL)
+                  includeLines.add(includeURL.path)
 
-                includes.add(includeURL)
-
-                try {
+                  try {
                     includeURL.readText().lines()
-                } catch (e: FileNotFoundException) {
+                  } catch (e: FileNotFoundException) {
                     errorMsg("Failed to resolve //INCLUDE '${include}'")
                     System.err.println(e.message?.lines()!!.map { it.prependIndent("[kscript] [ERROR] ") })
                     quit(1)
+                  }
                 }
             } else {
-                listOf(it)
+                listOf(line)
             }
         }.let { script.copy(it) }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/kscript/app/Script.kt b/src/main/kotlin/kscript/app/Script.kt
index 2c72febd..51e6f0a9 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/kscript/app/Script.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/kscript/app/Script.kt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ data class Script(val lines: List<String>, val extension: String = "kts") : Iter
         val annotations = emptySet<String>().toMutableSet()
 
         stripShebang().forEach {
-            if (it.startsWith(IMPORT_STATMENT_PREFIX)) {
+            if (it.startsWith(IMPORT_STATEMENT_PREFIX)) {
                 imports.add(it)
             } else if (isKscriptAnnotation(it)) {
                 annotations.add(it)
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/Tests.kt b/src/test/kotlin/Tests.kt
index 4402476f..2bb5bdf6 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/Tests.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/Tests.kt
@@ -168,4 +168,14 @@ class Tests {
         result.includes.filter { it.protocol == "file" }.map { File(it.toURI()).name } shouldBe List(4) { "include_${it + 1}.kt" }
         result.includes.filter { it.protocol != "file" }.size shouldBe 1
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+    @Test
+    fun `test include detection - should not include dependency twice`() {
+      val result = resolveIncludes(File("test/resources/includes/dup_include/dup_include.kts"))
+
+      result.includes.map { File(it.toURI()).name } shouldBe listOf(
+            "dup_include_1.kt",
+            "dup_include_2.kt"
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/resources/includes/dup_include/dup_include.kts b/test/resources/includes/dup_include/dup_include.kts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ecfec8b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/resources/includes/dup_include/dup_include.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env kscript
+
+
+@file:Include("dup_include_1.kt")
+@file:Include("dup_include_2.kt")
+
+dup_include_2()
diff --git a/test/resources/includes/dup_include/dup_include_1.kt b/test/resources/includes/dup_include/dup_include_1.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f29669a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/resources/includes/dup_include/dup_include_1.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+@file:Include("dup_include_2.kt")
+
diff --git a/test/resources/includes/dup_include/dup_include_2.kt b/test/resources/includes/dup_include/dup_include_2.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b7cabc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/resources/includes/dup_include/dup_include_2.kt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fun dup_include_2() = println("dup_include")