diff --git a/apache-maven/src/bin/mvn b/apache-maven/src/bin/mvn
index 1d429303a6b..cc2cdacba09 100755
--- a/apache-maven/src/bin/mvn
+++ b/apache-maven/src/bin/mvn
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 
 if [ -z "$MAVEN_SKIP_RC" ] ; then
 
+  if [ -f /usr/local/etc/mavenrc ] ; then
+    . /usr/local/etc/mavenrc
+  fi
+
   if [ -f /etc/mavenrc ] ; then
     . /etc/mavenrc
   fi