diff --git a/lib/shell.c b/lib/shell.c
index d3889e7f1..eb149def4 100644
--- a/lib/shell.c
+++ b/lib/shell.c
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ mc_shell_get_installed_in_system (void)
         mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("/bin/zsh");
     else if (access ("/bin/tcsh", X_OK) == 0)
         mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("/bin/tcsh");
+    else if (access ("/bin/csh", X_OK) == 0)
+        mc_shell->path = g_strdup ("/bin/csh");
     /* No fish as fallback because it is so much different from other shells and
      * in a way exotic (even though user-friendly by name) that we should not
      * present it as a subshell without the user's explicit intention. We rather