diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index c3d5869..8077cac 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if HOST_LINUX
         login_SOURCES += os/linux.c
 endif
 
-login_SOURCES += login.c
+login_SOURCES += login.c motd.c
 login_SOURCES += compat/explicit_bzero.c
 login_SOURCES += compat/timingsafe_memcmp.c
 
diff --git a/login.c b/login.c
index 8e9691b..533ce67 100644
--- a/login.c
+++ b/login.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "login.h"
+#include "motd.h"
 #include "os/os.h"
 
 static bool do_login(struct passwd* pwd, int pflag)
@@ -104,6 +105,8 @@ static bool do_login(struct passwd* pwd, int pflag)
 	(void)signal(SIGQUIT, SIG_DFL);
 	(void)signal(SIGINT, SIG_DFL);
 
+	motd();
+
 	execve(
 		pwd->pw_shell,
 		(char *[]){pwd->pw_shell,"-l",0},
diff --git a/motd.c b/motd.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56c5197
--- /dev/null
+++ b/motd.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+void motd(void)
+{
+	int fd, size;
+	char buf[8192];
+
+	if((fd = open("/etc/motd", O_RDONLY, 0)) == -1)
+		return;
+
+	while((size = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0)
+		write(STDOUT_FILENO, buf, size);
+
+	close(fd);
+}
diff --git a/motd.h b/motd.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..197ef59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/motd.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+void motd(void);