diff --git a/core/src/plugins/mailer.phpmailer-lite/class.PhpMailLiteMailer.php b/core/src/plugins/mailer.phpmailer-lite/class.PhpMailLiteMailer.php
index a3007df5bc..b5177e6e56 100644
--- a/core/src/plugins/mailer.phpmailer-lite/class.PhpMailLiteMailer.php
+++ b/core/src/plugins/mailer.phpmailer-lite/class.PhpMailLiteMailer.php
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ protected function sendMailImpl($recipients, $subject, $body, $from = null)
         // NOW IF THERE ARE RECIPIENTS FOR ANY REASON, GO
         $mail = new PHPMailerLite(true);
         $mail->Mailer = $this->getFilteredOption("MAILER");
+        $mail->Sendmail = $this->getFilteredOption("SENDMAIL_PATH");
         $from = $this->resolveFrom($from);
         if (!is_array($from) || empty($from["adress"])) {
             throw new Exception("Cannot send email without a FROM address. Please check your core.mailer configuration.");
diff --git a/core/src/plugins/mailer.phpmailer-lite/manifest.xml b/core/src/plugins/mailer.phpmailer-lite/manifest.xml
index 553d31d0c7..757f9863b4 100644
--- a/core/src/plugins/mailer.phpmailer-lite/manifest.xml
+++ b/core/src/plugins/mailer.phpmailer-lite/manifest.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
              xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="file:../core.ajaxplorer/ajxp_registry.xsd">
     <server_settings>
         <param name="MAILER" type="select" choices="sendmail|sendmail,mail|mail" label="CONF_MESSAGE[Mailer]" description="CONF_MESSAGE[Php mailer to use (see phpmail-lite documentation).'.]" mandatory="true" default="sendmail"/>
+        <param name="SENDMAIL_PATH" type="string" label="CONF_MESSAGE[Sendmail Path]" description="CONF_MESSAGE[Path to sendmail if not the default one]" mandatory="true" default="/usr/sbin/sendmail"/>
     </server_settings>
 	<class_definition filename="plugins/mailer.phpmailer-lite/class.PhpMailLiteMailer.php" classname="PhpMailLiteMailer"/>
 </ajxp_plugin>