diff --git a/src/ReceiveCommands.cc b/src/ReceiveCommands.cc
index f586fbbe..57f17751 100644
--- a/src/ReceiveCommands.cc
+++ b/src/ReceiveCommands.cc
@@ -2372,7 +2372,7 @@ void process_encryption_ok_patch(shared_ptr<ServerState>, shared_ptr<Client> c,
   send_command(c, 0x04, 0x00); // This requests the user's login information
 }
 
-void process_login_patch(shared_ptr<ServerState>, shared_ptr<Client> c,
+void process_login_patch(shared_ptr<ServerState> s, shared_ptr<Client> c,
     uint16_t, uint32_t, const string& data) {
   const auto& cmd = check_size_t<C_Login_Patch_04>(data);
 
@@ -2382,24 +2382,13 @@ void process_login_patch(shared_ptr<ServerState>, shared_ptr<Client> c,
 
   // On BB we can use colors and newlines should be \n; on PC we can't use
   // colors, the text is auto-word-wrapped, and newlines should be \r\n.
-  u16string message;
-  if (c->flags & Client::Flag::BB_PATCH) {
-    message = u"\
-$C7newserv patch server\n\
-\n\
-This server is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or in any\n\
-other way connected to SEGA or Sonic Team, and is owned\n\
-and operated completely independently.";
-  } else {
-    message = u"\
-newserv patch server\r\n\
-\r\n\
-This server is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or in any other way \
-connected to SEGA or Sonic Team, and is owned and operated completely \
-independently.";
+  const u16string& message = (c->flags & Client::Flag::BB_PATCH)
+      ? s->bb_patch_server_message : s->pc_patch_server_message;
+  if (!message.empty()) {
+    send_message_box(c, message.c_str());
   }
 
-  send_message_box(c, message.c_str());
+  // TODO: Implement patch serving for realz.
   send_enter_directory_patch(c, ".");
   send_enter_directory_patch(c, "data");
   send_enter_directory_patch(c, "scene");
diff --git a/src/ServerState.cc b/src/ServerState.cc
index f9523eef..43b951b0 100644
--- a/src/ServerState.cc
+++ b/src/ServerState.cc
@@ -389,4 +389,10 @@ void ServerState::create_menus(shared_ptr<const JSONObject> config_json) {
   try {
     this->welcome_message = decode_sjis(d.at("WelcomeMessage")->as_string());
   } catch (const out_of_range&) { }
+  try {
+    this->pc_patch_server_message = decode_sjis(d.at("PCPatchServerMessage")->as_string());
+  } catch (const out_of_range&) { }
+  try {
+    this->bb_patch_server_message = decode_sjis(d.at("BBPatchServerMessage")->as_string());
+  } catch (const out_of_range&) { }
 }
diff --git a/src/ServerState.hh b/src/ServerState.hh
index 41db60f2..4cd88c8b 100644
--- a/src/ServerState.hh
+++ b/src/ServerState.hh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 
 
-// Forwawrd declarations due to reference cycles
+// Forward declarations due to reference cycles
 class ProxyServer;
 class Server;
 
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ struct ServerState {
   std::pair<std::string, uint16_t> proxy_destination_patch;
   std::pair<std::string, uint16_t> proxy_destination_bb;
   std::u16string welcome_message;
+  std::u16string pc_patch_server_message;
+  std::u16string bb_patch_server_message;
 
   std::map<int64_t, std::shared_ptr<Lobby>> id_to_lobby;
   std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Lobby>> public_lobby_search_order;
diff --git a/system/config.example.json b/system/config.example.json
index 3e72a495..ccdb4546 100644
--- a/system/config.example.json
+++ b/system/config.example.json
@@ -189,9 +189,18 @@
   // Welcome message. If not blank, this message will be shown to PSO GC users
   // upon first connecting. (If this is blank, they will be taken directly to
   // the main menu instead.) The welcome message is never shown to PSO PC or PSO
-  // BB users.
+  // BB users, though the patch server message (below) can be used for a similar
+  // purpose.
   "WelcomeMessage": "",
 
+  // Patch server message. If not blank, these messages will be shown to PSO PC
+  // and PSO BB users (respectively) when they connect to the patch server. Note
+  // that PSO PC displays the text in a Windows edit control instead of using
+  // PSO's normal text renderer, so linebreaks must be \r\n and color escapes
+  // (e.g. $C6) do not work in PCPatchServerMessage.
+  "PCPatchServerMessage": "$C7newserv patch server\n\nThis server is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or in any\nother way connected to SEGA or Sonic Team, and is owned\nand operated completely independently.",
+  "BBPatchServerMessage": "newserv patch server\r\n\r\nThis server is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or in any other way connected to SEGA or Sonic Team, and is owned and operated completely independently.",
+
   // Default lobby event. If set, this sets the holiday event in all lobbies at
   // server start time, as well as the pre-lobby holiday event. The event can be
   // changed in each lobby independently with the $event command, or in all