diff --git a/General.pm b/General.pm
index 85508b8..33d7e70 100644
--- a/General.pm
+++ b/General.pm
@@ -432,13 +432,13 @@ sub _open {
 
     # applied patch by AlexK fixing rt.cpan.org#41030
     if ( !@include && defined $this->{ConfigPath} ) {
-    	foreach my $dir (@{$this->{ConfigPath}}) {
-		my ($volume, $path, undef) = splitpath($basefile);
-		if ( -d catfile( $dir, $path )  ) {
-	    		push @include, grep { -f $_ } bsd_glob(catfile($dir, $basefile), GLOB_BRACE | GLOB_QUOTE);
-			last;
-		}
-    	}
+      foreach my $dir (@{$this->{ConfigPath}}) {
+	my ($volume, $path, undef) = splitpath($basefile);
+	if ( -d catfile( $dir, $path )  ) {
+	  push @include, grep { -f $_ } bsd_glob(catfile($dir, $basefile), GLOB_BRACE | GLOB_QUOTE);
+	  last;
+	}
+      }
     }
 
     if (@include == 1) {
@@ -722,12 +722,29 @@ sub _read {
 
       # bugfix rt.cpan.org#38635: support quoted filenames
       if ($this->{UseApacheInclude}) {
-         if (/^\s*include\s*(["'])(.*?)(?<!\\)\1$/i) {
-           $incl_file = $2;
-         }
-         elsif (/^\s*include\s+(.+?)\s*$/i) {
-           $incl_file = $1;
-         }
+	my $opt = '';
+	if (/^\s*(include|includeoptional)\s*(["'])(.*?)(?<!\\)\2$/i) {
+	  $incl_file = $3;
+	  $opt = $1;
+	}
+	elsif (/^\s*(include|includeoptional)\s+(.+?)\s*$/i) {
+	  $incl_file = $2;
+	  $opt = $1;
+	}
+	if ($incl_file) {
+	  if ($this->{IncludeGlob} && $opt =~ /opt/i && $incl_file !~ /[*?\[\{\\]/) {
+	    # fix rt#107108
+	    # glob enabled && optional include && file is not already a glob:
+	    # turn it into a singular matching glob, like:
+	    # "file" => "[f][i][l][e]"  and:
+	    # "dir/file" => "dir/[f][i][l][e]"
+	    # which IS a glob but only matches that particular file. if it
+	    # doesn't exist, it will be ignored by _open(), just what
+	    # we'd like to have when using IncludeOptional.
+	    my ($vol,$dirs,$file) = splitpath( $incl_file );
+	    $incl_file = catpath($vol, $dirs, join '', map { "[$_]" } split //, $file);
+	  }
+	}
       }
       else {
 	if (/^\s*<<include\s+(["'])(.+?)>>\\s*$/i) {
diff --git a/General/Extended.pm b/General/Extended.pm
index 0c73ff2..0e9e1c0 100644
--- a/General/Extended.pm
+++ b/General/Extended.pm
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ at the bottom if it exists.  You can also search partway down the tree
 and ->find should return where you left off.
 
 For example, given the values B<find (qw (A B C))> and the following
-tree (</end> tags ommitted for brevity):
+tree (</end> tags omitted for brevity):
 
  <A>
         <FOO>
diff --git a/t/notincluded.conf.not b/t/notincluded.conf.not
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40ea569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/notincluded.conf.not
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+honk=NONONO
diff --git a/t/run.t b/t/run.t
index 766d119..854b88b 100644
--- a/t/run.t
+++ b/t/run.t
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 
 use Data::Dumper;
-use Test::More tests => 72;
+use Test::More tests => 73;
 #use Test::More qw(no_plan);
 
 # ahem, we deliver the test code with a local copy of
@@ -462,6 +462,19 @@ is_deeply( \%C38, { bit => { one => { honk=>'bonk' },
                            two => { honk=>'bonk' } 
                 }        }, "Apache-style include" );
 
+
+# verify fix for rt#107108, test support for IncludeOptional
+my $conf38n = Config::General->new( -ConfigFile => "t/apache-include-opt.conf",
+				    -IncludeAgain => 1, -IncludeGlob => 1,
+				    -UseApacheInclude => 1 );
+my %C38n = $conf38n->getall;
+is_deeply( \%C38n, { bit => { one => { nink=>'ack' },
+			      two => { honk=>'bonk' }
+			    }        }, "Apache-style IncludeOptional" );
+
+
+
+
 #### 39 verifies bug rt#27225
 # testing variable scope.
 # a variable shall resolve to the value defined in the current