diff --git a/yaml/matrix.go b/yaml/matrix.go
index 5cb6e3763..47b6768f1 100644
--- a/yaml/matrix.go
+++ b/yaml/matrix.go
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ func (a Axis) String() string {
 
 // ParseMatrix parses the Yaml matrix definition.
 func ParseMatrix(data []byte) ([]Axis, error) {
+
+	axis, err := parseMatrixList(data)
+	if err == nil && len(axis) != 0 {
+		return axis, nil
+	}
+
 	matrix, err := parseMatrix(data)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -98,3 +104,14 @@ func parseMatrix(raw []byte) (Matrix, error) {
 	err := yaml.Unmarshal(raw, &data)
 	return data.Matrix, err
 }
+
+func parseMatrixList(raw []byte) ([]Axis, error) {
+	data := struct {
+		Matrix struct {
+			Include []Axis
+		}
+	}{}
+
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal(raw, &data)
+	return data.Matrix.Include, err
+}
diff --git a/yaml/matrix_test.go b/yaml/matrix_test.go
index aec2ca097..d819cff13 100644
--- a/yaml/matrix_test.go
+++ b/yaml/matrix_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ func TestMatrix(t *testing.T) {
 			g.Assert(err == nil).IsTrue()
 			g.Assert(axis == nil).IsTrue()
 		})
+
+		g.It("Should return included axis", func() {
+			axis, err := ParseMatrixString(fakeMatrixInclude)
+			g.Assert(err == nil).IsTrue()
+			g.Assert(len(axis)).Equal(2)
+			g.Assert(axis[0]["go_version"]).Equal("1.5")
+			g.Assert(axis[1]["go_version"]).Equal("1.6")
+			g.Assert(axis[0]["python_version"]).Equal("3.4")
+			g.Assert(axis[1]["python_version"]).Equal("3.4")
+		})
 	})
 }
 
@@ -49,3 +59,12 @@ matrix:
     - 2.6
     - 2.8
 `
+
+var fakeMatrixInclude = `
+matrix:
+  include:
+    - go_version: 1.5
+      python_version: 3.4
+    - go_version: 1.6
+      python_version: 3.4
+`