diff --git a/libs/sysplugins/internal.compile_include.php b/libs/sysplugins/internal.compile_include.php
index 9d9ea212..95654244 100644
--- a/libs/sysplugins/internal.compile_include.php
+++ b/libs/sysplugins/internal.compile_include.php
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class Smarty_Internal_Compile_Include extends Smarty_Internal_CompileBase {
         } 
         // was there an assign attribute
         if (isset($_assign)) {
-            $_output .= "\$_smarty_tpl->assign($_assign,\$_smarty_tpl->smarty->fetch(\$_template); ?>";
+            $_output .= "\$_smarty_tpl->assign($_assign,\$_smarty_tpl->smarty->fetch(\$_template)); ?>";
         } else {
             $_output .= "echo \$_smarty_tpl->smarty->fetch(\$_template); ?>";
         }