diff -urNp -x '*.orig' mksh-59c.org/main.c mksh-59c/main.c
--- mksh-59c.org/main.c	2020-10-01 22:29:21.000000000 +0200
+++ mksh-59c/main.c	2021-03-20 19:54:06.508364229 +0100
@@ -695,9 +695,14 @@ main_init(int argc, const char *argv[],
 		if (Flag(FLOGIN))
 			include(substitute("$HOME/.profile", 0), 0, NULL, true);
 		if (Flag(FTALKING)) {
-			cp = substitute("${ENV:-" MKSHRC_PATH "}", DOTILDE);
+			cp = substitute("${ENV}", DOTILDE);
 			if (cp[0] != '\0')
 				include(cp, 0, NULL, true);
+			else {
+				cp = substitute(MKSHRC_PATH, DOTILDE);
+				include("/etc/mkshrc", 0, NULL, true);
+				include(cp, 0, NULL, true);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	if (restricted_shell) {