Index: newsyslog.c
===================================================================
--- newsyslog.c	(revision 286461)
+++ newsyslog.c	(working copy)
@@ -823,9 +823,15 @@
 	STAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&inclist, inc, inc_nextp);
 
 	STAILQ_FOREACH(inc, &inclist, inc_nextp) {
-		if (strcmp(inc->file, "-") != 0)
+		if (strcmp(inc->file, "-") != 0) {
+			struct stat st;
+
+			if (stat(inc->file, &st) < 0)
+				err(1, "%s", inc->file);
+			if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
+				continue;
 			f = fopen(inc->file, "r");
-		else {
+		} else {
 			f = stdin;
 			inc->file = "<stdin>";
 		}