---
 src/xrdb.c |   17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- src/xrdb.c
+++ src/xrdb.c	2023-08-01 06:52:49.143452069 +0000
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http
 #include <X11/X.h>
 #include <X11/Xutil.h>
 #include <X11/Xresource.h>
+#ifdef USE_X_TOOLKIT
+#include <X11/Intrinsic.h>
+#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_PWD_H
 #include <pwd.h>
 #endif
@@ -423,7 +426,15 @@ x_load_resources (Display *display, cons
   sprintf (line, "Emacs*horizontalScrollBar.background: grey75");
   XrmPutLineResource (&rdb, line);
 #endif /* not USE_MOTIF */
-
+#ifdef USE_X_TOOLKIT
+  if ((db = XtScreenDatabase(DefaultScreenOfDisplay (display))))
+    {
+      XrmCombineDatabase (rdb, &db, FALSE);
+      rdb = db;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+#endif /* not USE_X_TOOLKIT */
   user_database = get_user_db (display);
 
   /* Figure out what the "customization string" is, so we can use it
@@ -464,6 +475,10 @@ x_load_resources (Display *display, cons
 	XrmMergeDatabases (db, &rdb);
     }
 
+#ifdef USE_X_TOOLKIT
+    } /* (db != XtScreenDatabase()) */
+#endif /* not USE_X_TOOLKIT */
+
   return rdb;
 }