diff --git a/src/fccfg.c b/src/fccfg.c
index be2e993..9844017 100644
--- a/src/fccfg.c
+++ b/src/fccfg.c
@@ -1650,6 +1650,10 @@ FcConfigSubstituteWithPat (FcConfig    *config,
     for (; FcPtrListIterIsValid (s, &iter); FcPtrListIterNext (s, &iter))
     {
 	rs = (FcRuleSet *) FcPtrListIterGetValue (s, &iter);
+	if (FcDebug () & FC_DBG_EDIT)
+	{
+	    printf ("\nRule Set: %s\n", rs->name);
+	}
 	FcPtrListIterInit (rs->subst[kind], &iter2);
 	for (; FcPtrListIterIsValid (rs->subst[kind], &iter2); FcPtrListIterNext (rs->subst[kind], &iter2))
 	{
@@ -2553,7 +2557,7 @@ FcRuleSetAddDescription (FcRuleSet	*rs,
 	FcStrFree (rs->description);
 
     rs->domain = domain ? FcStrdup (domain) : NULL;
-    rs->description = FcStrdup (description);
+    rs->description = description ? FcStrdup (description) : NULL;
 }
 
 int
@@ -2594,7 +2598,7 @@ FcRuleSetAdd (FcRuleSet		*rs,
     }
     if (FcDebug () & FC_DBG_EDIT)
     {
-	printf ("Add Rule ");
+	printf ("Add Rule(kind:%d, name: %s) ", kind, rs->name);
 	FcRulePrint (rule);
     }
     ret = FC_OBJ_ID (n) - FC_MAX_BASE_OBJECT;
diff --git a/src/fcxml.c b/src/fcxml.c
index 6128446..22b3211 100644
--- a/src/fcxml.c
+++ b/src/fcxml.c
@@ -2304,6 +2304,8 @@ FcParseInclude (FcConfigParse *parse)
 #endif
     FcChar8	    *prefix = NULL, *p;
     FcChar8	    *userdir = NULL, *userconf = NULL;
+    FcRuleSet	    *ruleset;
+    FcMatchKind	    k;
 
     s = FcStrBufDoneStatic (&parse->pstack->str);
     if (!s)
@@ -2387,6 +2389,24 @@ FcParseInclude (FcConfigParse *parse)
 		goto userconf;
 	}
     }
+    /* flush the ruleset into the queue */
+    ruleset = parse->ruleset;
+    parse->ruleset = FcRuleSetCreate (ruleset->name);
+    FcRuleSetEnable (parse->ruleset, ruleset->enabled);
+    FcRuleSetAddDescription (parse->ruleset, ruleset->domain, ruleset->description);
+    for (k = FcMatchKindBegin; k < FcMatchKindEnd; k++)
+    {
+	FcPtrListIter iter;
+
+	FcPtrListIterInit (ruleset->subst[k], &iter);
+	if (FcPtrListIterIsValid (ruleset->subst[k], &iter))
+	{
+	    FcPtrListIterInitAtLast (parse->config->subst[k], &iter);
+	    FcRuleSetReference (ruleset);
+	    FcPtrListIterAdd (parse->config->subst[k], &iter, ruleset);
+	}
+    }
+    FcRuleSetDestroy (ruleset);
     if (!FcConfigParseAndLoad (parse->config, s, !ignore_missing))
 	parse->error = FcTrue;
 #ifndef _WIN32
@@ -3351,6 +3371,8 @@ bail1:
 	FcConfigMessage (0, FcSevereError, "Cannot %s config file from %s", load ? "load" : "scan", filename);
 	return FcFalse;
     }
+    if (FcDebug () & FC_DBG_CONFIG)
+	printf ("\t%s config file from %s done\n", load ? "Loading" : "Scanning", filename);
     return FcTrue;
 }