lib/faster_require.rb in faster_require-0.7.2 vs lib/faster_require.rb in faster_require-0.7.3

@@ -182,10 +182,15 @@
                 relative_full_path = known_loc.sub(libs_path, '')[1..-1]
             #    $LOADED_FEATURES << relative_full_path.gsub('.rb', '') # don't think you need this one
                 $LOADED_FEATURES << relative_full_path # add in with .rb, too. 
                   
                 # load(known_loc, false) # too slow
-                eval(File.open(known_loc, 'rb') {|f| f.read}, TOPLEVEL_BINDING, known_loc) # note the 'rb' here--this means it's reading .rb files as binary, which *typically* works...maybe unnecessary though?
+                contents = File.open(known_loc, 'rb') {|f| f.read}
+                if contents =~ /require_relative/ # =~ is faster than .include? it appears
+                  load(known_loc, false) # slow, but dependent on a ruby core bug: http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/4487
+                else
+                  eval(contents, TOPLEVEL_BINDING, known_loc) # note the 'rb' here--this means it's reading .rb files as binary, which *typically* works...maybe unnecessary though?
+                end
               ensure
                 raise 'unexpected' unless IN_PROCESS.pop == known_loc
               end
               # --if it breaks re-save the offending file in binary mode, or file an issue on the tracker...
               return true