diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 93cfe4028b..3026314161 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 
+4.1.0-dev.277 | 2021-03-05 16:14:23 -0800
+
+  * Avoid reporting paths repeatedly in zeek-config --include_dir (Christian Kreibich, Corelight)
+
+  * Fix comment in IP analyzer (Tim Wojtulewicz, Corelight)
+
 4.1.0-dev.272 | 2021-03-01 11:36:06 -0800
 
   * Change update-zeekygen-docs.sh to set release branch in Sphinx config (Jon Siwek, Corelight)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ace324edfb..a4ce34900d 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4.1.0-dev.272
+4.1.0-dev.277
diff --git a/zeek-config.in b/zeek-config.in
index fef957633d..534608b5ad 100755
--- a/zeek-config.in
+++ b/zeek-config.in
@@ -17,11 +17,25 @@ binpac_root=@ZEEK_CONFIG_BINPAC_ROOT_DIR@
 caf_root=@ZEEK_CONFIG_CAF_ROOT_DIR@
 broker_root=@ZEEK_CONFIG_BROKER_ROOT_DIR@
 
-include_dir=${include_dir}:@ZEEK_CONFIG_PCAP_INCLUDE_DIR@
-include_dir=${include_dir}:@ZEEK_CONFIG_ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR@
-include_dir=${include_dir}:@ZEEK_CONFIG_OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR@
-include_dir=${include_dir}:@ZEEK_CONFIG_LibKrb5_INCLUDE_DIR@
-include_dir=${include_dir}:@ZEEK_CONFIG_GooglePerftools_INCLUDE_DIR@
+add_path() {
+    # $1: existing path
+    # $2: path to add
+    if test -z "$2" || test "$1" = "$2" ||
+       echo "$1" | grep -q "^$2:" 2>/dev/null ||
+       echo "$1" | grep -q ":$2:" 2>/dev/null ||
+       echo "$1" | grep -q ":$2$" 2>/dev/null; then
+        echo "$1"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    echo "$1:$2"
+}
+
+include_dir=$(add_path "$include_dir" "@ZEEK_CONFIG_PCAP_INCLUDE_DIR@")
+include_dir=$(add_path "$include_dir" "@ZEEK_CONFIG_ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR@")
+include_dir=$(add_path "$include_dir" "@ZEEK_CONFIG_OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR@")
+include_dir=$(add_path "$include_dir" "@ZEEK_CONFIG_LibKrb5_INCLUDE_DIR@")
+include_dir=$(add_path "$include_dir" "@ZEEK_CONFIG_GooglePerftools_INCLUDE_DIR@")
 
 usage="\
 Usage: zeek-config [--version] [--build_type] [--prefix] [--lib_dir] [--script_dir] [--site_dir] [--plugin_dir] [--config_dir] [--python_dir] [--include_dir] [--cmake_dir] [--zeekpath] [--zeek_dist] [--binpac_root] [--caf_root] [--broker_root]"