Index: src/subshell/common.c
--- src/subshell/common.c.orig
+++ src/subshell/common.c
@@ -378,6 +378,21 @@ init_subshell_child (const char *pty_name)
         }
         break;
 
+    case SHELL_KSH:
+        /* Do we have a custom init file ~/.local/share/mc/kshrc? */
+        init_file = mc_config_get_full_path (MC_KSHRC_FILE);
+
+        /* Otherwise use ~/.kshrc */
+        if (!exist_file (init_file))
+        {
+            g_free (init_file);
+            init_file = g_strdup (".kshrc");
+        }
+
+        /* Put init file to ENV variable used by ksh */
+        g_setenv ("ENV", init_file, TRUE);
+        break;
+
         /* TODO: Find a way to pass initfile to TCSH and FISH */
     case SHELL_TCSH:
     case SHELL_FISH:
@@ -427,6 +442,7 @@ init_subshell_child (const char *pty_name)
 
     case SHELL_ASH_BUSYBOX:
     case SHELL_DASH:
+    case SHELL_KSH:
     case SHELL_TCSH:
     case SHELL_FISH:
         execl (mc_global.shell->path, mc_global.shell->path, (char *) NULL);
@@ -1134,6 +1150,7 @@ init_subshell_precmd (char *precmd, size_t buff_size)
          * "PRECMD=precmd; "
          * "PS1='$($PRECMD)$ '\n",
          */
+    case SHELL_KSH:
         g_snprintf (precmd, buff_size,
                     "precmd() { "
                     "if [ ! \"${PWD##$HOME}\" ]; then "