diff --git a/src/librustc_save_analysis/lib.rs b/src/librustc_save_analysis/lib.rs
index 2e494fdfad8b894bee857ce1be51491e6076dbba..8232a8efd541f242f43abdfabf1c21b5a64b3d3c 100644
--- a/src/librustc_save_analysis/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_save_analysis/lib.rs
@@ -870,6 +870,17 @@ fn docs_for_attrs(&self, attrs: &[Attribute]) -> String {
                         result.push_str(&val.as_str());
                     }
                     result.push('\n');
+                } else if let Some(meta_list) = attr.meta_item_list() {
+                    meta_list.into_iter()
+                             .filter(|it| it.check_name("include"))
+                             .filter_map(|it| it.meta_item_list().map(|l| l.to_owned()))
+                             .flat_map(|it| it)
+                             .filter(|meta| meta.check_name("contents"))
+                             .filter_map(|meta| meta.value_str())
+                             .for_each(|val| {
+                                 result.push_str(&val.as_str());
+                                 result.push('\n');
+                             });
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/save-analysis/extra-docs.md b/src/test/run-make/save-analysis/extra-docs.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0605ca517ff3bdfaf4f613ef0a988ed61187a4d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/run-make/save-analysis/extra-docs.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Extra docs for this struct.
diff --git a/src/test/run-make/save-analysis/foo.rs b/src/test/run-make/save-analysis/foo.rs
index 834a7554a555d4a48a37327f686bc6f3f76e2672..5b4e4802957af8e037c62f96500fe008e1818a55 100644
--- a/src/test/run-make/save-analysis/foo.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-make/save-analysis/foo.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #![feature(box_syntax)]
 #![feature(rustc_private)]
 #![feature(associated_type_defaults)]
+#![feature(external_doc)]
 
 extern crate graphviz;
 // A simple rust project
@@ -461,3 +462,6 @@ fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
 trait Foo {
     type Bar = FrameBuffer;
 }
+
+#[doc(include="extra-docs.md")]
+struct StructWithDocs;