diff --git a/inc/load.php b/inc/load.php
index d2a0e34427cde39a3079472e2f9cc10756d56921..9432e733a93ee7e02f7afb91aefd5fe6e3ee44ae 100644
--- a/inc/load.php
+++ b/inc/load.php
@@ -135,8 +135,11 @@ function load_autoload($name){
 
     // our own namespace
     if(substr($name, 0, 9) == 'dokuwiki/') {
-        require substr($name, 9) . '.php';
-        return true;
+        $file = DOKU_INC . 'inc/'. substr($name, 9) . '.php';
+        if(file_exists($file)) {
+            require $file;
+            return true;
+        }
     }
 
     // Plugin loading