diff --git a/ckan/lib/mailer.py b/ckan/lib/mailer.py
index c75e3435e96..4979ea8eb77 100644
--- a/ckan/lib/mailer.py
+++ b/ckan/lib/mailer.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 from email.mime.text import MIMEText
 from email.header import Header
 from email import Utils
-from urlparse import urljoin
 
 from ckan.common import config
 import paste.deploy.converters
@@ -33,7 +32,10 @@ def _mail_recipient(recipient_name, recipient_email,
     mail_from = config.get('smtp.mail_from')
     msg = MIMEText(body.encode('utf-8'), 'plain', 'utf-8')
     for k, v in headers.items():
-        msg[k] = v
+        if k in msg.keys():
+            msg.replace_header(k, v)
+        else:
+            msg.add_header(k, v)
     subject = Header(subject.encode('utf-8'), 'utf-8')
     msg['Subject'] = subject
     msg['From'] = _("%s <%s>") % (sender_name, mail_from)