diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 986f36a8..c1633858 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ New features:
 ...G...PS. [ZBXNEXT-5839] added SNI in encrypted TCP connections (yurii)
 ...G...... [ZBXNEXT-6666] added listen socket security fix for Agent 2 on Windows (ssimonenko)
 ...G...PS. [ZBXNEXT-7120] added support of OpenSSL 3.0 (Andris)
+...G...PS. [ZBXNEXT-8273] fixed failures to read relative paths based on current working directory from Include directives in Zabbix Agent config (dgoloscapov)
 
 Bug fixes:
 ..F....... [ZBX-4646] fixed month abbreviation with capital "M" (Sasha)
diff --git a/PATCHLIST.md b/PATCHLIST.md
index 23fddf08..175b3963 100644
--- a/PATCHLIST.md
+++ b/PATCHLIST.md
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@
 [ZBXNEXT-6809] changed behavior of the vmware event log, the 'skip' option of the new item resets the VMware event cache (https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBXNEXT-6809)
 [ZBXNEXT-7100] added new LLD macro HV.NETNAME to vmware.hv.discovery (https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBXNEXT-7100)
 [ZBXNEXT-7120] added support of OpenSSL 3.0 (https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBXNEXT-7120)
+[ZBXNEXT-8273] fixed failures to read relative paths based on current working directory from Include directives in Zabbix Agent config  (https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBXNEXT-8273)
 ~~~~
 
 # List of my patches (English)
diff --git a/build/win32/project/Makefile_agent b/build/win32/project/Makefile_agent
index 866633dd..8f0bdeb5 100644
--- a/build/win32/project/Makefile_agent
+++ b/build/win32/project/Makefile_agent
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ OBJS = \
 	..\..\..\src\libs\zbxwin32\fatal.o \
 	..\..\..\src\libs\zbxwin32\disk.o
 
-LIBS = ws2_32.lib psapi.lib pdh.lib Wldap32.lib advapi32.lib uuid.lib Iphlpapi.lib delayimp.lib wevtapi.lib $(LIBS)
+LIBS = ws2_32.lib psapi.lib pdh.lib Wldap32.lib advapi32.lib uuid.lib Iphlpapi.lib delayimp.lib wevtapi.lib shlwapi.lib $(LIBS)
 
 !INCLUDE Makefile_pcre.inc
 !INCLUDE Makefile_tls.inc
diff --git a/build/win32/project/Makefile_get b/build/win32/project/Makefile_get
index ab910506..f6b1aa5a 100644
--- a/build/win32/project/Makefile_get
+++ b/build/win32/project/Makefile_get
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ OBJS = \
 	..\..\..\src\zabbix_get\zabbix_get.o \
 	..\..\..\src\libs\zbxwin32\fatal.o
 
-LIBS = ws2_32.lib psapi.lib pdh.lib Wldap32.lib advapi32.lib uuid.lib Iphlpapi.lib user32.lib $(LIBS)
+LIBS = ws2_32.lib psapi.lib pdh.lib Wldap32.lib advapi32.lib uuid.lib Iphlpapi.lib user32.lib shlwapi.lib $(LIBS)
 
 !INCLUDE Makefile_pcre.inc
 !INCLUDE Makefile_tls.inc
diff --git a/build/win32/project/Makefile_sender b/build/win32/project/Makefile_sender
index 24e69797..c79dce53 100644
--- a/build/win32/project/Makefile_sender
+++ b/build/win32/project/Makefile_sender
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ OBJS = \
 	..\..\..\src\libs\zbxregexp\zbxregexp.o \
 	..\..\..\src\zabbix_sender\zabbix_sender.o
 
-LIBS = ws2_32.lib psapi.lib pdh.lib Wldap32.lib advapi32.lib uuid.lib Iphlpapi.lib user32.lib $(LIBS)
+LIBS = ws2_32.lib psapi.lib pdh.lib Wldap32.lib advapi32.lib uuid.lib Iphlpapi.lib user32.lib shlwapi.lib $(LIBS)
 
 !INCLUDE Makefile_pcre.inc
 !INCLUDE Makefile_tls.inc
diff --git a/build/win32/project/Makefile_sender_dll b/build/win32/project/Makefile_sender_dll
index 6cbb0b66..6c5c3d74 100644
--- a/build/win32/project/Makefile_sender_dll
+++ b/build/win32/project/Makefile_sender_dll
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ OBJS = \
 	..\..\..\src\libs\zbxregexp\zbxregexp.o \
 	..\..\..\src\zabbix_sender\win32\zabbix_sender.o
 
-LIBS = ws2_32.lib psapi.lib pdh.lib Wldap32.lib advapi32.lib uuid.lib Iphlpapi.lib
+LIBS = ws2_32.lib psapi.lib pdh.lib Wldap32.lib advapi32.lib uuid.lib Iphlpapi.lib shlwapi.lib
 
 !INCLUDE Makefile_pcre.inc
 !INCLUDE Makefile_targets.inc
diff --git a/src/libs/zbxconf/cfg.c b/src/libs/zbxconf/cfg.c
index dad2524c..28a8086b 100644
--- a/src/libs/zbxconf/cfg.c
+++ b/src/libs/zbxconf/cfg.c
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
 #include "log.h"
 #include "comms.h"
 
+#if defined(_WINDOWS) || defined(__MINGW32__)
+#include <shlwapi.h>
+#else
+#include <libgen.h>
+#endif
+
 extern unsigned char	program_type;
 
 char	*CONFIG_FILE		= NULL;
@@ -295,6 +301,52 @@ static int	parse_cfg_dir(const char *path, const char *pattern, struct cfg_line
 }
 #endif
 
+static char	*expand_include_path(char *raw_path)
+{
+#if defined(_WINDOWS) || defined(__MINGW32__)
+	wchar_t	*wraw_path;
+
+	wraw_path = zbx_utf8_to_unicode(raw_path);
+
+	if (TRUE == PathIsRelativeW(wraw_path))
+	{
+		wchar_t	*wconfig_path, dir_buf[_MAX_DIR];
+		char	*dir_utf8, *result = NULL;
+
+		zbx_free(wraw_path);
+
+		wconfig_path = zbx_utf8_to_unicode(CONFIG_FILE);
+		_wsplitpath(wconfig_path, NULL, dir_buf, NULL, NULL);
+
+		zbx_free(wconfig_path);
+
+		dir_utf8 = zbx_unicode_to_utf8(dir_buf);
+		result = zbx_dsprintf(result, "%s%s", dir_utf8, raw_path);
+
+		zbx_free(raw_path);
+		zbx_free(dir_utf8);
+
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	zbx_free(wraw_path);
+#else
+	if ('/' != *raw_path)
+	{
+		char	*cfg_file, *path;
+
+		cfg_file = zbx_strdup(NULL, CONFIG_FILE);
+		path = zbx_dsprintf(NULL, "%s/%s", dirname(cfg_file), raw_path);
+		zbx_free(cfg_file);
+
+		zbx_free(raw_path);
+
+		return path;
+	}
+#endif
+	return raw_path;
+}
+
 /******************************************************************************
  *                                                                            *
  * Purpose: parse "Include=..." line in configuration file                    *
@@ -317,6 +369,8 @@ static int	parse_cfg_object(const char *cfg_file, struct cfg_line *cfg, int leve
 	if (SUCCEED != parse_glob(cfg_file, &path, &pattern))
 		goto clean;
 
+	path = expand_include_path(path);
+
 	if (0 != zbx_stat(path, &sb))
 	{
 		zbx_error("%s: %s", path, zbx_strerror(errno));
diff --git a/tests/libs/zbxconf/parse_cfg_file.c b/tests/libs/zbxconf/parse_cfg_file.c
index 15c4acdc..4b2a6a0e 100644
--- a/tests/libs/zbxconf/parse_cfg_file.c
+++ b/tests/libs/zbxconf/parse_cfg_file.c
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ void	zbx_mock_test_entry(void **state)
 	cfg = zbx_realloc(cfg, (parameter_count + 1) * sizeof(struct cfg_line));
 	cfg[parameter_count].parameter = NULL;
 
+	CONFIG_FILE = cfg_file;
+
 	parse_cfg_file(cfg_file, cfg, ZBX_CFG_FILE_REQUIRED, strict);
 
 	if (ZBX_MOCK_NO_EXIT_CODE != (error = zbx_mock_exit_code(&exit_code)))
diff --git a/tests/libs/zbxconf/parse_cfg_file.yaml b/tests/libs/zbxconf/parse_cfg_file.yaml
index 5a5c9de2..7f1bc8a1 100644
--- a/tests/libs/zbxconf/parse_cfg_file.yaml
+++ b/tests/libs/zbxconf/parse_cfg_file.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ files:
     Include= db.conf
     LoadModule=smarty.so
     #LoadModule=beauty.so
-  db.conf: |
+  ./db.conf: |
     DBPassword=r3ally_$tr0ng_pa$$w0rd
 ---
 test case: recursive self inclusion
@@ -65,23 +65,23 @@ in:
 files:
   1.conf: |
     Include=2.conf
-  2.conf: |
+  ./2.conf: |
     Include=3.conf
-  3.conf: |
+  ./3.conf: |
     Include=4.conf
-  4.conf: |
+  ./4.conf: |
     Include=5.conf
-  5.conf: |
+  ./5.conf: |
     Include=6.conf
-  6.conf: |
+  ./6.conf: |
     Include=7.conf
-  7.conf: |
+  ./7.conf: |
     Include=8.conf
-  8.conf: |
+  ./8.conf: |
     Include=9.conf
-  9.conf: |
+  ./9.conf: |
     Include=10.conf
-  10.conf: |
+  ./10.conf: |
 ---
 test case: too many inclusion levels
 in: