diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 4e817a4..f9629ef 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2.63  - fix for rt.cpan.org#116340: do only consider a backslash
+        as meta escape char, but not if it appears on it's own,
+        as it happens on windows platforms. Thanks to for finding
+	and tracking it down.
+
 2.62  - fix rt.cpan.org#115326: Callback on 'pre_open' not called
         when glob expands to one include file
 
diff --git a/General.pm b/General.pm
index 867af12..1169d7e 100644
--- a/General.pm
+++ b/General.pm
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use Carp::Heavy;
 use Carp;
 use Exporter;
 
-$Config::General::VERSION = "2.62";
+$Config::General::VERSION = "2.63";
 
 use vars  qw(@ISA @EXPORT_OK);
 use base qw(Exporter);
@@ -454,9 +454,18 @@ sub _open {
     $configfile = $basefile;
   }
 
-  if ($this->{IncludeGlob} and $configfile =~ /[*?\[\{\\]/) {
+  my $glob = qr/[*?\[\{\\]/;
+  if ($^O =~ /win/i) {
+    # fix for rt.cpan.org#116340: do only consider a backslash
+    # as meta escape char, but not if it appears on it's own,
+    # as it happens on windows platforms.
+    $glob = qr/(\\[*?\[\{\\]|[*?\[\{])/;
+  }
+
+  if ($this->{IncludeGlob} and $configfile =~ /$glob/) {
     # Something like: *.conf (or maybe dir/*.conf) was included; expand it and
     # pass each expansion through this method again.
+    local $_;
     my @include = grep { -f $_ } bsd_glob($configfile, GLOB_BRACE | GLOB_QUOTE);
 
     # applied patch by AlexK fixing rt.cpan.org#41030
@@ -473,8 +482,9 @@ sub _open {
     # Multiple results or no expansion results (which is fine,
     # include foo/* shouldn't fail if there isn't anything matching)
     # rt.cpan.org#79869: local $this->{IncludeGlob};
-    for (@include) {
-      $this->_open($_);
+    foreach my $file (@include) {
+      print STDERR "CALLING __open($file)\n";
+      $this->_open($file);
     }
     return;
   }
@@ -2865,7 +2875,7 @@ Thomas Linden <tlinden |AT| cpan.org>
 
 =head1 VERSION
 
-2.62
+2.63
 
 =cut
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index 796a195..f4e88ec 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -104,4 +104,4 @@ AUTHOR
 
 
 VERSION
-	2.62
+	2.63