--- rxvt-unicode/src/xdefaults.C	2007/11/15 11:36:15	1.120
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/xdefaults.C	2007/11/22 15:07:10	1.122
@@ -563,19 +563,23 @@
                 rs[optList[entry].doff] = flag;
             }
         }
-      else
 #ifdef KEYSYM_RESOURCE
-        if (!strncmp (opt, "keysym.", sizeof ("keysym.") - 1))
-          {
-            if (i+1 < argc)
-              parse_keysym (opt + sizeof ("keysym.") - 1, argv[++i]);
-          }
-        else
+      else if (!strncmp (opt, "keysym.", sizeof ("keysym.") - 1))
+        {
+          if (i+1 < argc)
+            {
+              char *res = (char *)malloc (strlen (opt) + strlen (argv[++i]) + 6);
+              sprintf (res, "*.%s: %s\n", opt, argv[i]);
+              XrmPutLineResource (&option_db, res);
+              free (res);
+            }
+        }
 #endif
-          {
-            bad_option = 1;
-            rxvt_warn ("\"%s\": unknown or malformed option.\n", opt);
-          }
+      else
+        {
+          bad_option = 1;
+          rxvt_warn ("\"%s\": unknown or malformed option.\n", opt);
+        }
     }
 
   if (bad_option)
@@ -803,6 +807,9 @@
 rxvt_term::extract_resources ()
 {
 #ifndef NO_RESOURCES
+  XrmDatabase database = XrmGetDatabase (dpy);
+  XrmMergeDatabases (option_db, &database);
+  option_db = NULL;
   /*
    * Query resources for options that affect us
    */
@@ -841,7 +848,6 @@
    * [R5 or later]: enumerate the resource database
    */
 #  ifdef KEYSYM_RESOURCE
-  XrmDatabase database = XrmGetDatabase (dpy);
   XrmName name_prefix[3];
   XrmClass class_prefix[3];