diff --git a/utils/main.c b/utils/main.c
index 42bd033f..1e1c28a1 100644
--- a/utils/main.c
+++ b/utils/main.c
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ mainInitFinal()
 	    }
 	}
 
-        if (getcwd(cwd, 512) == NULL || strcmp(cwd, home))
+        if (getcwd(cwd, 512) == NULL || strcmp(cwd, home) || (RCFileName[0] == '/'))
 	{
 	    /* Read in the .magicrc file from the current directory, if	*/
 	    /* different from HOME.					*/