diff --git a/lang/cem/cemcom/domacro.c b/lang/cem/cemcom/domacro.c
index 5be23aa35..2639f73d4 100644
--- a/lang/cem/cemcom/domacro.c
+++ b/lang/cem/cemcom/domacro.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ do_include()
 	inctable[0] = WorkingDir;
 	if (filenm) {
 		if (!InsertFile(filenm, &inctable[tok==FILESPECIFIER],&result)){
-			lexerror("cannot find include file \"%s\"", filenm);
+			fatal("cannot find include file \"%s\"", filenm);
 		}
 		else {
 			WorkingDir = getwdir(result);