diff --git a/main/pbx_include.c b/main/pbx_include.c
index 1bdc39605f..188bce1ad1 100644
--- a/main/pbx_include.c
+++ b/main/pbx_include.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ struct ast_include *include_alloc(const char *value, const char *registrar)
 	new_include->rname = p;
 	strcpy(p, value);
 	/* Strip off timing info, and process if it is there */
-	if ((c = strchr(p, ',')) ) {
+	if ( (c = strchr(p, '|')) || (c = strchr(p, ',')) ) {
 		*c++ = '\0';
 		new_include->hastime = ast_build_timing(&(new_include->timing), c);
 	}
diff --git a/main/pbx_timing.c b/main/pbx_timing.c
index b3ef0891ed..1f76ab81a6 100644
--- a/main/pbx_timing.c
+++ b/main/pbx_timing.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ int ast_build_timing(struct ast_timing *i, const char *info_in)
 
 	/* count the number of fields in the timespec */
 	for (j = 0, num_fields = 1; info[j] != '\0'; j++) {
-		if (info[j] == ',') {
+		if (info[j] == '|' || info[j] == ',') {
 			last_sep = j;
 			num_fields++;
 		}
diff --git a/utils/extconf.c b/utils/extconf.c
index 674f5df479..afc893c48f 100644
--- a/utils/extconf.c
+++ b/utils/extconf.c
@@ -3822,7 +3822,7 @@ int ast_build_timing(struct ast_timing *i, const char *info_in)
 
 	/* count the number of fields in the timespec */
 	for (j = 0, num_fields = 1; info[j] != '\0'; j++) {
-		if (info[j] == ',') {
+		if (info[j] == '|' || info[j] == ',') {
 			last_sep = j;
 			num_fields++;
 		}
@@ -4525,7 +4525,7 @@ static int ast_context_add_include2(struct ast_context *con, const char *value,
 	new_include->rname = p;
 	strcpy(p, value);
 	/* Strip off timing info, and process if it is there */
-	if ( (c = strchr(p, '|')) ) {
+	if ( (c = strchr(p, '|')) || (c = strchr(p, ',')) ) {
 		*c++ = '\0';
 		new_include->hastime = ast_build_timing(&(new_include->timing), c);
 	}