diff --git a/src/libutil/config.cc b/src/libutil/config.cc
index 17380b6d8..ab873b4a8 100644
--- a/src/libutil/config.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/config.cc
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ static void applyConfigInner(const std::string & contents, const std::string & p
                 try {
                     std::string includedContents = readFile(path);
                     applyConfigInner(includedContents, p, parsedContents);
-                } catch (SysError &) { }
+                } catch (SysError &) {
+                    // TODO: Do we actually want to ignore this? Or is it better to fail?
+                }
             } else if (!ignoreMissing) {
                 throw Error("file '%1%' included from '%2%' not found", p, path);
             }