diff --git a/src/node/markdownToVue.ts b/src/node/markdownToVue.ts
index 151177ab..6d2ba98d 100644
--- a/src/node/markdownToVue.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdownToVue.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export async function createMarkdownToVueRenderFn(
 
     // resolve includes
     let includes: string[] = []
-    src = processIncludes(md, srcDir, src, fileOrig, includes)
+    src = processIncludes(md, srcDir, src, fileOrig, includes, cleanUrls)
 
     const localeIndex = getLocaleForPath(siteConfig?.site, relativePath)
 
diff --git a/src/node/plugins/localSearchPlugin.ts b/src/node/plugins/localSearchPlugin.ts
index 12786c8e..5687ad03 100644
--- a/src/node/plugins/localSearchPlugin.ts
+++ b/src/node/plugins/localSearchPlugin.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export async function localSearchPlugin(
     const relativePath = slash(path.relative(srcDir, file))
     const env: MarkdownEnv = { path: file, relativePath, cleanUrls }
     const md_raw = await fs.promises.readFile(file, 'utf-8')
-    const md_src = processIncludes(md, srcDir, md_raw, file, [])
+    const md_src = processIncludes(md, srcDir, md_raw, file, [], cleanUrls)
     if (options._render) {
       return await options._render(md_src, env, md)
     } else {
diff --git a/src/node/utils/processIncludes.ts b/src/node/utils/processIncludes.ts
index f6d8c870..aa98ccbd 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/processIncludes.ts
+++ b/src/node/utils/processIncludes.ts
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@ import type { MarkdownItAsync } from 'markdown-it-async'
 import path from 'node:path'
 import c from 'picocolors'
 import { findRegion } from '../markdown/plugins/snippet'
-import { slash } from '../shared'
+import { slash, type MarkdownEnv } from '../shared'
 
 export function processIncludes(
   md: MarkdownItAsync,
   srcDir: string,
   src: string,
   file: string,
-  includes: string[]
+  includes: string[],
+  cleanUrls: boolean
 ): string {
   const includesRE = /<!--\s*@include:\s*(.*?)\s*-->/g
   const regionRE = /(#[^\s\{]+)/
@@ -46,7 +47,11 @@ export function processIncludes(
         if (start === undefined) {
           // region not found, it might be a header
           const tokens = md
-            .parse(content, {})
+            .parse(content, {
+              path: includePath,
+              relativePath: slash(path.relative(srcDir, includePath)),
+              cleanUrls
+            } satisfies MarkdownEnv)
             .filter((t) => t.type === 'heading_open' && t.map)
           const idx = tokens.findIndex(
             (t) => t.attrGet('id') === regionName.slice(1)
@@ -84,7 +89,14 @@ export function processIncludes(
 
       includes.push(slash(includePath))
       // recursively process includes in the content
-      return processIncludes(md, srcDir, content, includePath, includes)
+      return processIncludes(
+        md,
+        srcDir,
+        content,
+        includePath,
+        includes,
+        cleanUrls
+      )
 
       //
     } catch (error) {