diff --git a/file_entity/file_entity.module b/file_entity/file_entity.module
index d652bc3..914ee78 100644
--- a/file_entity/file_entity.module
+++ b/file_entity/file_entity.module
@@ -10,11 +10,10 @@
  * functions to the 'file' namespace. For organization, those are kept in the
  * 'file_entity.file_api.inc' file.
  */
-require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/file_entity.file_api.inc';
+module_load_include('inc', 'file_entity', 'file_entity.file_api');
 
 // @todo Remove when http://drupal.org/node/977052 is fixed.
-require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/file_entity.field.inc';
-
+module_load_include('inc', 'file_entity', 'file_entity.field');
 
 /**
  * Implements hook_help().