diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index de82874..2950083 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ If a change only affects particular applications, they are listed in parentheses
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- feat: Load config from /usr/share aswell (!26, thanks @fossdd)
 - feat(buffyboard): Add man pages (!23, thanks @Jarrah)
 - misc: Unify build system (!23, thanks @Jarrah)
 - misc: Ensure stable file order during builds (!24, thanks @devrtz)
diff --git a/buffyboard/README.md b/buffyboard/README.md
index decb3d7..1ff2093 100644
--- a/buffyboard/README.md
+++ b/buffyboard/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
   -C, --config-override     Path to a config override file. Can be supplied
                             multiple times. Config files are merged in the
                             following order:
+                            * /usr/share/buffyboard.conf
+                            * /usr/share/buffyboard.conf.d/* (alphabetically)
                             * /etc/buffyboard.conf
                             * /etc/buffyboard.conf.d/* (alphabetically)
                             * Override files (in supplied order)
diff --git a/buffyboard/command_line.c b/buffyboard/command_line.c
index b849876..58abf58 100644
--- a/buffyboard/command_line.c
+++ b/buffyboard/command_line.c
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ static void print_usage() {
         "  -C, --config-override     Path to a config override file. Can be supplied\n"
         "                            multiple times. Config files are merged in the\n"
         "                            following order:\n"
+        "                            * /usr/share/buffyboard.conf\n"
+        "                            * /usr/share/buffyboard.conf.d/* (alphabetically)\n"
         "                            * /etc/buffyboard.conf\n"
         "                            * /etc/buffyboard.conf.d/* (alphabetically)\n"
         "                            * Override files (in supplied order)\n"
diff --git a/buffyboard/doc/buffyboard.1.scd b/buffyboard/doc/buffyboard.1.scd
index 6699a37..a37957f 100644
--- a/buffyboard/doc/buffyboard.1.scd
+++ b/buffyboard/doc/buffyboard.1.scd
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ result.
 *-C, --config-override*
 	Path to a config override file. Can be supplied multiple times. Config
 	files are merged in the following order:
+		- /usr/share/buffyboard.conf
+		- /usr/share/buffyboard.conf.d/\* (alphabetically)
 		- /etc/buffyboard.conf
 		- /etc/buffyboard.conf.d/\* (alphabetically)
 		- Override files (in supplied order)
diff --git a/buffyboard/doc/buffyboard.conf.5.scd b/buffyboard/doc/buffyboard.conf.5.scd
index d82ff46..b16a529 100644
--- a/buffyboard/doc/buffyboard.conf.5.scd
+++ b/buffyboard/doc/buffyboard.conf.5.scd
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ one option/value pair per line:
 <option>=<value>
 ```
 
-The default configuration file is at /etc/buffyboard.conf, BUFFYBOARD will use this
-configuration file if present along with overrides placed in
-/etc/buffyboard.conf.d/ and those specified with the -C option. All config files
-will be merged in the following order:
+On launch, BUFFYBOARD searches for configuration files in various locations and
+successively merges all files together into a single configuration. Files are searched
+for and, if found, merged in the following order:
+	- /usr/share/buffyboard.conf
+	- /usr/share/buffyboard.conf.d/ (alphabetically)
 	- /etc/buffyboard.conf
 	- /etc/buffyboard.conf.d/ (alphabetically)
 	- Override files (in supplied order)
diff --git a/buffyboard/main.c b/buffyboard/main.c
index bce4496..d734f93 100644
--- a/buffyboard/main.c
+++ b/buffyboard/main.c
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
     /* Parse config files */
     bb_config_init_opts(&conf_opts);
+    bb_config_parse_file("/usr/share/buffyboard.conf", &conf_opts);
+    bb_config_parse_directory("/usr/share/buffyboard.conf.d", &conf_opts);
     bb_config_parse_file("/etc/buffyboard.conf", &conf_opts);
     bb_config_parse_directory("/etc/buffyboard.conf.d", &conf_opts);
     bb_config_parse_files(cli_opts.config_files, cli_opts.num_config_files, &conf_opts);
diff --git a/unl0kr/README.md b/unl0kr/README.md
index aa8d628..e898c41 100644
--- a/unl0kr/README.md
+++ b/unl0kr/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
   -C, --config-override     Path to a config override file. Can be supplied
                             multiple times. Config files are merged in the
                             following order:
+                            * /usr/share/unl0kr.conf
+                            * /usr/share/unl0kr.conf.d/* (alphabetically)
                             * /etc/unl0kr.conf
                             * /etc/unl0kr.conf.d/* (alphabetically)
                             * Override files (in supplied order)
diff --git a/unl0kr/command_line.c b/unl0kr/command_line.c
index 1831a40..2a762a4 100644
--- a/unl0kr/command_line.c
+++ b/unl0kr/command_line.c
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ static void print_usage() {
         "  -C, --config-override     Path to a config override file. Can be supplied\n"
         "                            multiple times. Config files are merged in the\n"
         "                            following order:\n"
+        "                            * /usr/share/unl0kr.conf\n"
+        "                            * /usr/share/unl0kr.conf.d/* (alphabetically)\n"
         "                            * /etc/unl0kr.conf\n"
         "                            * /etc/unl0kr.conf.d/* (alphabetically)\n"
         "                            * Override files (in supplied order)\n"
diff --git a/unl0kr/doc/unl0kr.1.scd b/unl0kr/doc/unl0kr.1.scd
index defeaab..f7557cb 100644
--- a/unl0kr/doc/unl0kr.1.scd
+++ b/unl0kr/doc/unl0kr.1.scd
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ password is printed to STDOUT. All other output happens on STDERR.
 *-C, --config-override*
 	Path to a config override file. Can be supplied multiple times. Config 
 	files are merged in the following order:
+		- /usr/share/unl0kr.conf
+		- /usr/share/unl0kr.conf.d/\* (alphabetically)
 		- /etc/unl0kr.conf
 		- /etc/unl0kr.conf.d/\* (alphabetically)
 		- Override files (in supplied order)
diff --git a/unl0kr/doc/unl0kr.conf.5.scd b/unl0kr/doc/unl0kr.conf.5.scd
index a9c181d..7608d25 100644
--- a/unl0kr/doc/unl0kr.conf.5.scd
+++ b/unl0kr/doc/unl0kr.conf.5.scd
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ one option/value pair per line:
 <option>=<value>
 ```
 
-The default configuration file is at /etc/unl0kr.conf, UNL0KR will use this 
-configuration file if present along with overrides placed in 
-/etc/unl0kr.conf.d/ and those specified with the -C option. All config files 
-will be merged in the following order:
-	- /etc/unl0kr.conf 
+On launch, UNL0KR searches for configuration files in various locations and
+successively merges all files together into a single configuration. Files are searched
+for and, if found, merged in the following order:
+	- /usr/share/unl0kr.conf
+	- /usr/share/unl0kr.conf.d/ (alphabetically)
+	- /etc/unl0kr.conf
 	- /etc/unl0kr.conf.d/ (alphabetically)
 	- Override files (in supplied order)
 
diff --git a/unl0kr/main.c b/unl0kr/main.c
index 3c9f1ce..58c5133 100644
--- a/unl0kr/main.c
+++ b/unl0kr/main.c
@@ -381,6 +381,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
     /* Parse config files */
     ul_config_init_opts(&conf_opts);
+    ul_config_parse_file("/usr/share/unl0kr.conf", &conf_opts);
+    ul_config_parse_directory("/usr/share/unl0kr.conf.d", &conf_opts);
     ul_config_parse_file("/etc/unl0kr.conf", &conf_opts);
     ul_config_parse_directory("/etc/unl0kr.conf.d", &conf_opts);
     ul_config_parse_files(cli_opts.config_files, cli_opts.num_config_files, &conf_opts);