diff --git a/lib/wiki_content.rb b/lib/wiki_content.rb
index 5ed9768c..5f04fb09 100644
--- a/lib/wiki_content.rb
+++ b/lib/wiki_content.rb
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ class WikiContent < String
   def pre_render!
     unless @pre_rendered
       @chunks_by_type[Include].each{|chunk| chunk.unmask }
-      @pre_rendered = String.new(self)
+      @pre_rendered = String.new
+      @pre_rendered = self
     end
     @pre_rendered
   end
diff --git a/test/unit/page_renderer_test.rb b/test/unit/page_renderer_test.rb
index c4093538..0da31ac1 100644
--- a/test/unit/page_renderer_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/page_renderer_test.rb
@@ -626,6 +626,17 @@ END_THM
                  test_renderer(main).display_content_for_export
   end
 
+  def test_rendering_included_page_backslashes_in_equations
+    included = @web.add_page('Included', '\\\\ $\begin{matrix} a \\\\ b\end{matrix}$', Time.now, 'AnAuthor', test_renderer)
+    main = @web.add_page('Main', '[[!include Included]]', Time.now, 'AnAuthor', test_renderer)
+    
+    assert_equal "<p>\\ <math class='maruku-mathml' display='inline' " +
+                 "xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'><mrow><mtable rowspacing='0.5ex'>" +
+                 "<mtr><mtd><mi>a</mi></mtd></mtr> <mtr><mtd><mi>b</mi></mtd></mtr></mtable>" +
+                 "</mrow></math></p>", 
+                 test_renderer(main).display_content
+  end
+
   private
 
   def add_sample_pages