diff --git a/include/pathnames.h b/include/pathnames.h
index 3845d4c33..fac3a0783 100644
--- a/include/pathnames.h
+++ b/include/pathnames.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
#ifndef _PATH_MAILDIR
# define _PATH_MAILDIR "/var/spool/mail"
#endif
-#define _PATH_MOTDFILE "/usr/share/misc/motd:/run/motd:/etc/motd"
+#define _PATH_MOTDFILE "/usr/share/misc/motd:/run/motd:/run/motd.d:/etc/motd:/etc/motd.d"
#ifndef _PATH_NOLOGIN
# define _PATH_NOLOGIN "/etc/nologin"