1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/eval.c b/eval.c
index 94a702072c..8abfbb8af6 100644
--- a/eval.c
+++ b/eval.c
@@ -7328,9 +7328,13 @@ search_required(fname, featurep, path)
     const char *ext, *ftptr;
     int type;
 
+    if (*(ftptr = RSTRING_PTR(fname)) == '~') {
+	fname = rb_file_expand_path(fname, Qnil);
+	ftptr = RSTRING_PTR(fname);
+    }
     *featurep = fname;
     *path = 0;
-    ext = strrchr(ftptr = RSTRING_PTR(fname), '.');
+    ext = strrchr(ftptr, '.');
     if (ext && !strchr(ext, '/')) {
 	if (strcmp(".rb", ext) == 0) {
 	    if (rb_feature_p(ftptr, ext, Qtrue)) {