do.go                 |  4 ++--
 doc/news.texi         |  9 +++++++++
 t/goredo-default.do.t | 17 +++++++++++++++++

diff --git a/do.go b/do.go
index 3daea1dd0cacf2c5ac40640972734ce57fc0bef3ef444f6e122cb6bd61ddcda3..3cce3a4c32fb719bbebe190505a94fa6ea8209b244545b04fe5dc2cc6cb98207 100644
--- a/do.go
+++ b/do.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ 		for len(exts) > 0 {
 			doFile = strings.Join(append(
 				[]string{"default"}, append(exts, "do")...,
 			), ".")
-			if len(levels) > 0 || doFile != doFileOrig {
+			if len(levels) > 0 || (doFile != doFileOrig && doFile != tgt) {
 				exists, err = existsDo(fdDep, cwd, path.Join(updir, doFile))
 				if err != nil {
 					return "", 0, err
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ 			}
 			exts = exts[1:]
 		}
 		doFile = "default.do"
-		if len(levels) > 0 || doFile != doFileOrig {
+		if len(levels) > 0 || (doFile != doFileOrig && doFile != tgt) {
 			exists, err = existsDo(fdDep, cwd, path.Join(updir, doFile))
 			if err != nil {
 				return "", 0, err
diff --git a/doc/news.texi b/doc/news.texi
index c907f128c8dfce0b214553d665de025b02b2cab880e595b138e97a8cade35d04..1471d26fd037dab0cb3f09f55cc145fbf376c946bfa9381efb2e0011a1cb1d47 100644
--- a/doc/news.texi
+++ b/doc/news.texi
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 @node News
 @unnumbered News
 
+@anchor{Release 1_19_0}
+@section Release 1.19.0
+@itemize
+@item
+    Skip target itself, when searching for corresponding @file{.do}
+    file. For example @file{default.do} must use @file{../default.do}
+    instead of the self.
+@end itemize
+
 @anchor{Release 1_18_0}
 @section Release 1.18.0
 @itemize
diff --git a/t/goredo-default.do.t b/t/goredo-default.do.t
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..131bb6fb0a1dfcd13f39b9d629f57f6fc7f9393b9e5fc55d7ac2aba2dfbbe2b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/goredo-default.do.t
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+testname=`basename "$0"`
+test_description="Building of default.do must not depend on itself"
+. $SHARNESS_TEST_SRCDIR/sharness.sh
+export REDO_TOP_DIR="`pwd`" REDO_NO_PROGRESS=1
+
+mkdir foo
+echo echo echo ok > default.do
+redo foo/default.do
+test_expect_success "repeated" "redo foo/default.do"
+test_expect_success "repeated again" "redo foo/default.do"
+redo foo/bar
+bar=`cat foo/bar`
+test_expect_success "default is fine" '[ "$bar" = "ok" ]'
+
+test_done