diff -urp mksh.orig/main.c mksh/main.c
--- mksh.orig/main.c	2016-08-04 20:52:01.000000000 +0000
+++ mksh/main.c	2016-08-18 06:47:50.115554000 +0000
@@ -611,10 +611,14 @@ main_init(int argc, const char *argv[],
 		if (Flag(FLOGIN))
 			include(substitute("$HOME/.profile", 0), 0, NULL, true);
 		if (Flag(FTALKING)) {
-			cp = substitute(substitute("${ENV:-" MKSHRC_PATH "}",
-			    0), DOTILDE);
+			cp = substitute(substitute("${ENV}", 0), 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);
+			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		include(MKSH_SUID_PROFILE, 0, NULL, true);