1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/irb/init.rb b/lib/irb/init.rb
index 25059e26e9..0fd54ee806 100644
--- a/lib/irb/init.rb
+++ b/lib/irb/init.rb
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ module IRB
   # enumerate possible rc-file base name generators
   def IRB.rc_file_generators
     if irbrc = ENV["IRBRC"]
-      yield proc{|rc| irbrc}
+      yield proc{|rc| rc == "rc" ? irbrc : irbrc+rc}
     end
     if home = ENV["HOME"]
       yield proc{|rc| home+"/.irb#{rc}"}