diff --git a/CMake/cotire.cmake b/CMake/cotire.cmake
index 6260bbe..bb9feab 100644
--- a/CMake/cotire.cmake
+++ b/CMake/cotire.cmake
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ if (NOT CMAKE_SCRIPT_MODE_FILE)
 endif()
 
 set (COTIRE_CMAKE_MODULE_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}")
-set (COTIRE_CMAKE_MODULE_VERSION "1.1.6")
+set (COTIRE_CMAKE_MODULE_VERSION "1.1.7")
 
 include(CMakeParseArguments)
 
@@ -810,7 +810,11 @@ function (cotire_parse_includes _language _scanOutput _ignoredIncudeDirs _honore
 		# prevent CMake macro invocation errors due to backslash characters in Windows paths
 		string (REPLACE "\\" "/" _scanOutput "${_scanOutput}")
 	endif()
+	# canonize slashes
+	string (REPLACE "//" "/" _scanOutput "${_scanOutput}")
+	# prevent semicolon from being interpreted as a line separator
 	string (REPLACE ";" "\\;" _scanOutput "${_scanOutput}")
+	# then separate lines
 	string (REGEX REPLACE "\n" ";" _scanOutput "${_scanOutput}")
 	list (LENGTH _scanOutput _len)
 	# remove duplicate lines to speed up parsing
diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index c2e9dda..5eb9a03 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 1.1.7 (2012-10-26)
+
+* cope with double slash characters in scanned include paths.
+
 ## 1.1.6 (2012-09-22)
 
 * check result code upon scanning includes.