diff --git a/src/context/context.ts b/src/context/context.ts
index 957579794..a7caf8e56 100644
--- a/src/context/context.ts
+++ b/src/context/context.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Drop } from '../drop/drop'
 import { __assign } from 'tslib'
 import { NormalizedFullOptions, defaultOptions, RenderOptions } from '../liquid-options'
-import { createScope, Scope, shouldBlockScopeKeyRead } from './scope'
+import { createScope, Scope } from './scope'
 import { hasOwnProperty, isArray, isNil, isUndefined, isString, isFunction, isNumber, toLiquid, InternalUndefinedVariableError, toValueSync, isObject, Limiter, toValue, readArrayElement } from '../util'
 
 type PropertyKey = string | number;
@@ -165,6 +165,14 @@ export class Context {
   }
 }
 
+const BLOCKED_SCOPE_KEYS = new Set(['__proto__', 'constructor', 'prototype'])
+
+function shouldBlockScopeKeyRead (obj: Scope, key: PropertyKey, ownPropertyOnly: boolean): boolean {
+  if (typeof key !== 'string' || !BLOCKED_SCOPE_KEYS.has(key)) return false
+  if (ownPropertyOnly) return true
+  return !hasOwnProperty.call(obj, key)
+}
+
 export function readJSProperty (obj: Scope, key: PropertyKey, ownPropertyOnly: boolean) {
   if (shouldBlockScopeKeyRead(obj, key, ownPropertyOnly)) return undefined
   if (ownPropertyOnly && !hasOwnProperty.call(obj, key) && !(obj instanceof Drop)) return undefined
diff --git a/src/context/scope.ts b/src/context/scope.ts
index 9ae157d20..e5fd79943 100644
--- a/src/context/scope.ts
+++ b/src/context/scope.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { Drop } from '../drop/drop'
-import { hasOwnProperty } from '../util'
 
 export interface ScopeObject extends Record<string | number | symbol, any> {
   toLiquid?: () => any;
@@ -7,18 +6,6 @@ export interface ScopeObject extends Record<string | number | symbol, any> {
 
 export type Scope = ScopeObject | Drop
 
-const BLOCKED_SCOPE_KEYS = new Set(['__proto__', 'constructor', 'prototype'])
-
-function isBlockedScopeKey (key: PropertyKey): boolean {
-  return typeof key === 'string' && BLOCKED_SCOPE_KEYS.has(key)
-}
-
-export function shouldBlockScopeKeyRead (obj: Scope, key: PropertyKey, ownPropertyOnly: boolean): boolean {
-  if (!isBlockedScopeKey(key)) return false
-  if (ownPropertyOnly) return true
-  return !hasOwnProperty.call(obj, key)
-}
-
 export function createScope (from?: ScopeObject): ScopeObject {
   return Object.assign(Object.create(null), from)
 }
diff --git a/src/liquid-options.ts b/src/liquid-options.ts
index f0fc1bff6..2467755e8 100644
--- a/src/liquid-options.ts
+++ b/src/liquid-options.ts
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ export interface LiquidOptions {
   /** Catch all errors instead of exit upon one. Please note that render errors won't be reached when parse fails. */
   catchAllErrors?: boolean;
   /**
-   * Hide scope variables from prototypes, useful when you're passing a not sanitized object into LiquidJS or need to hide prototypes from templates.
-   * This only applies to property/index access on scope objects. Filter transforms and iteration operate on the resolved value with standard JavaScript semantics, so prototype-inherited array indices may still be surfaced by them.
+   * Limit template property reads on plain scope objects to own properties (no inherited prototype keys). Defaults to `true`.
+   * Proto-related keys (`__proto__`, `constructor`, `prototype`) are blocked when `true` (even as own properties); when `false`, own properties with those names are allowed and inherited prototype-chain access to those names is still blocked.
+   * Drops, iteration, `.size`/`.first`/`.last`, filters, and custom tags follow separate rules.
    */
   ownPropertyOnly?: boolean;
   /** Modifies the behavior of `strictVariables`. If set, a single undefined variable will *not* cause an exception in the context of the `if`/`elsif`/`unless` tag and the `default` filter. Instead, it will evaluate to `false` and `null`, respectively. Irrelevant if `strictVariables` is not set. Defaults to `false`. **/
diff --git a/src/tags/include.ts b/src/tags/include.ts
index a0965a617..8c7e9d228 100644
--- a/src/tags/include.ts
+++ b/src/tags/include.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Template, ValueToken, TopLevelToken, Liquid, Tag, assert, evalToken, Hash, Emitter, TagToken, Context } from '..'
-import { BlockMode, Scope } from '../context'
+import { BlockMode, Scope, createScope } from '../context'
 import { Parser } from '../parser'
 import { Argument, Arguments, PartialScope } from '../template'
 import { isString, isValueToken } from '../util'
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export default class extends Tag {
     const scope = (yield hash.render(ctx)) as Scope
     if (withVar) scope[filepath] = yield evalToken(withVar, ctx)
     const templates = (yield liquid._parsePartialFile(filepath, ctx.sync, this.currentFile)) as Template[]
-    ctx.push(ctx.opts.jekyllInclude ? { include: scope } : scope)
+    ctx.push(ctx.opts.jekyllInclude ? { include: createScope(scope) } : scope)
     yield renderer.renderTemplates(templates, ctx, emitter)
     ctx.pop()
     ctx.restoreRegister(saved)
diff --git a/test/integration/liquid/scope-security.spec.ts b/test/integration/liquid/scope-security.spec.ts
index 6bb6a483f..2c3ae8973 100644
--- a/test/integration/liquid/scope-security.spec.ts
+++ b/test/integration/liquid/scope-security.spec.ts
@@ -8,22 +8,6 @@ describe('scope security', function () {
     liquid = new Liquid()
   })
 
-  it('should not read __proto__ from passed scope', async function () {
-    const scope = JSON.parse('{"__proto__": {"polluted": true}, "name": "Alice"}')
-    await expect(liquid.parseAndRender('{{ name }}', scope)).resolves.toBe('Alice')
-    await expect(liquid.parseAndRender('{{ __proto__.polluted }}', scope)).resolves.toBe('')
-  })
-
-  it('should not read constructor from passed scope', async function () {
-    const scope = { name: 'Alice', constructor: { name: 'Object' } }
-    await expect(liquid.parseAndRender('{{ constructor.name }}', scope)).resolves.toBe('')
-  })
-
-  it('should block inherited constructor when ownPropertyOnly=false', async function () {
-    await expect(liquid.parseAndRender('{{ foo.constructor.name }}', { foo: {} }, { ownPropertyOnly: false })).resolves.toBe('')
-    await expect(liquid.parseAndRender('{{ constructor.name }}', { name: 'Alice' }, { ownPropertyOnly: false })).resolves.toBe('')
-  })
-
   it('should iterate plain objects via inherited Symbol.iterator (ownPropertyOnly exception)', async function () {
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-extend-native
     (Object.prototype as any)[Symbol.iterator] = function * () { yield 'inherited' }