diff --git a/task_test.go b/task_test.go
index 9fc018b1..f51e0635 100644
--- a/task_test.go
+++ b/task_test.go
@@ -891,6 +891,20 @@ func TestIncorrectVersionIncludes(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.EqualError(t, e.Setup(), expectedError)
 }
 
+func TestIncludesIncorrect(t *testing.T) {
+	const dir = "testdata/includes_incorrect"
+
+	var buff bytes.Buffer
+	e := task.Executor{
+		Dir:    dir,
+		Stdout: &buff,
+		Stderr: &buff,
+		Silent: true,
+	}
+
+	assert.Error(t, e.Setup())
+}
+
 func TestIncludesEmptyMain(t *testing.T) {
 	tt := fileContentTest{
 		Dir:       "testdata/includes_empty",
diff --git a/taskfile/read/taskfile.go b/taskfile/read/taskfile.go
index 7c6f8685..9035f58b 100644
--- a/taskfile/read/taskfile.go
+++ b/taskfile/read/taskfile.go
@@ -189,7 +189,10 @@ func readTaskfile(file string) (*taskfile.Taskfile, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	var t taskfile.Taskfile
-	return &t, yaml.NewDecoder(f).Decode(&t)
+	if err := yaml.NewDecoder(f).Decode(&t); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", file, err)
+	}
+	return &t, nil
 }
 
 func exists(path string) (string, error) {
diff --git a/testdata/includes_incorrect/Taskfile.yml b/testdata/includes_incorrect/Taskfile.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d9ee884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/includes_incorrect/Taskfile.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+version: '3'
+
+includes:
+  included: incomplete.yml
diff --git a/testdata/includes_incorrect/incomplete.yml b/testdata/includes_incorrect/incomplete.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d5221276
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/includes_incorrect/incomplete.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+version: '3'
+
+name:
+  'test