diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 8864154..e8dc404 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -318,7 +318,13 @@ if [[ "$PLATFORM" = "Linux" ]]; then
     # shellcheck disable=SC2155
     local NANO_VER="$(command nano --version | awk '/version/ { print $4 }' | cut -d. -f1)"
     if [[ -f "$HOME/.nanorc-$NANO_VER" ]]; then
-      command nano -f "$HOME/.nanorc-$NANO_VER" "$@"
+      if (( NANO_VER <= 4 )); then
+        ( cd "$HOME" && ln -sf ".nanorc-$NANO_VER" .nanorc )
+        command nano "$@"
+        rm -f "$HOME/.nanorc-$NANO_VER"
+      else
+        command nano -f "$HOME/.nanorc-$NANO_VER" "$@"
+      fi
     else
       printf "%s: %s\\n" "${FUNCNAME[0]}" "no .nanorc for version '$NANO_VER'" >&2
       return 1