diff -ur stow-2.2.0-orig/bin/stow.in stow-2.2.0/bin/stow.in
--- stow-2.2.0-orig/bin/stow.in	2015-08-20 18:05:18.543173733 +0200
+++ stow-2.2.0/bin/stow.in	2015-08-20 18:05:58.844669895 +0200
@@ -577,15 +577,14 @@
 # Parameters: none
 # Returns   : a list of default options
 # Throws    : no exceptions
-# Comments  : prepends the contents of '~/.stowrc' and '.stowrc' to the command
+# Comments  : prepends the contents of '/etc/stowrc', '~/.stowrc' and '.stowrc' to the command
 #           : line so they get parsed just like normal arguments. (This was
 #           : hacked in so that Emil and I could set different preferences).
 #=============================================================================
 sub get_config_file_options {
     my @defaults = ();
-    for my $file ("$ENV{HOME}/.stowrc", '.stowrc') {
+    for my $file ('/etc/stowrc', "$ENV{HOME}/.stowrc", '.stowrc') {
         if (-r $file) {
-            warn "Loading defaults from $file\n";
             open my $FILE, '<', $file
                 or die "Could not open $file for reading\n";
             while (my $line = <$FILE>){