diff --git a/racket/src/gracket/grmain.c b/racket/src/gracket/grmain.c
index 156506f8e2..415ce62132 100644
--- a/racket/src/gracket/grmain.c
+++ b/racket/src/gracket/grmain.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static void pre_filter_cmdline_arguments(int *argc, char ***argv);
 #define MACOS9_INIT_FILENAME "PREFERENCES:gracketrc.rktl"
 #define INIT_FILENAME_CONF_SYM "gui-interactive-file"
 #define DEFAULT_INIT_MODULE "racket/gui/interactive"
+#define USER_INIT_MODULE "gui-interactive.rkt"
 #if WIN32
 # define NEED_CONSOLE_PRINTF
 # define DEFER_EXPLICIT_EXIT
diff --git a/racket/src/racket/cmdline.inc b/racket/src/racket/cmdline.inc
index ed81e2b370..fbad6aba1d 100644
--- a/racket/src/racket/cmdline.inc
+++ b/racket/src/racket/cmdline.inc
@@ -670,7 +670,10 @@ static int finish_cmd_line_run(FinishArgs *fa, Repl_Proc repl)
 #ifndef DONT_LOAD_INIT_FILE
   if (fa->a->use_repl && !fa->a->no_init_file) {
     Scheme_Object *a[2];
-    a[0] = get_init_filename(fa->global_env, INIT_FILENAME_CONF_SYM, DEFAULT_INIT_MODULE);
+    a[0] = get_init_filename(fa->global_env,
+                             INIT_FILENAME_CONF_SYM,
+                             DEFAULT_INIT_MODULE,
+                             USER_INIT_MODULE);
     if (a[0]) {
         mz_jmp_buf * volatile save, newbuf;
         Scheme_Thread * volatile p;
diff --git a/racket/src/racket/main.c b/racket/src/racket/main.c
index 40b14155ee..91a2cd87bb 100644
--- a/racket/src/racket/main.c
+++ b/racket/src/racket/main.c
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ extern BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE inst, ULONG reason, LPVOID reserved);
  */
 static Scheme_Object *get_init_filename(Scheme_Env *env,
                                         char *init_filename_sym,
-                                        char *default_init_module)
+                                        char *default_init_module,
+                                        char *user_init_module)
 {
   Scheme_Object *f, *a[2], *build_path;
   Scheme_Thread * volatile p;
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ static Scheme_Object *get_init_filename(Scheme_Env *env,
     f = scheme_builtin_value("find-system-path");
     a[0] = scheme_intern_symbol("addon-dir");
     a[0] = _scheme_apply(f, 1, a);
-    a[1] = scheme_make_path("interactive.rkt");
+    a[1] = scheme_make_path(user_init_module);
     f = _scheme_apply(build_path, 2, a);
     if (SCHEME_PATHP(f)) {
       char *filename;
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ extern Scheme_Object *scheme_initialize(Scheme_Env *env);
 # define MACOS9_INIT_FILENAME "PREFERENCES:racketrc.rktl"
 # define INIT_FILENAME_CONF_SYM "interactive-file"
 # define DEFAULT_INIT_MODULE "racket/interactive"
+# define USER_INIT_MODULE "interactive.rkt"
 # define PRINTF printf
 # define PROGRAM "Racket"
 # define PROGRAM_LC "racket"