--- ./src/rxvttoolkit.C.orig	2015-10-11 11:23:17.000000000 -0500
+++ ./src/rxvttoolkit.C	2024-01-14 16:50:44.720416071 -0600
@@ -434,4 +434,6 @@
       && (rdb1 = XrmGetFileDatabase (xe)))
     XrmMergeDatabases (rdb1, &database);
+  else if (rdb1 = XrmGetFileDatabase ("/usr/etc/X11/app-defaults/Rxvt"))
+      XrmMergeDatabases (rdb1, &database);
   else if (homedir)
     {