diff --git a/roles/home-gui/files/xsession b/roles/home-gui/files/xsession
index cb29c9f..e917051 100644
--- a/roles/home-gui/files/xsession
+++ b/roles/home-gui/files/xsession
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin
+xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
 exec ck-launch-session mate-session