diff --git a/rc/xinitrc b/rc/xinitrc
index 94c6420f..26c62c24 100644
--- a/rc/xinitrc
+++ b/rc/xinitrc
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+[[ -f ~/.Xresources ]] && xrdb -merge -I$HOME ~/.Xresources
 exec mate-session