diff --git a/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/validate.cmd b/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/validate.cmd
index 70ba565c40..90c5fde2a8 100644
--- a/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/validate.cmd
+++ b/apache-maven/src/assembly/shared/validate.cmd
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ title %0
 
 @REM Execute a user defined script before this one
 if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%"=="" goto skipRc
+if exist "%PROGRAMDATA%\mavenrc.cmd" call "%PROGRAMDATA%\mavenrc.cmd" %*
 @REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
 if exist "%USERPROFILE%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%USERPROFILE%\mavenrc_pre.bat" %*
 if exist "%USERPROFILE%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%USERPROFILE%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" %*