diff --git a/emails/compat/__init__.py b/emails/compat/__init__.py
index b4a67bc..407e70b 100644
--- a/emails/compat/__init__.py
+++ b/emails/compat/__init__.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 #: Python 3.4.x
 is_py34 = (is_py3 and _ver[1] == 4)
+is_py34_plus = (is_py3 and _ver[1] >= 4)
 
 #: Python 2.7.x
 is_py27 = (is_py2 and _ver[1] == 7)
diff --git a/emails/message.py b/emails/message.py
index f0ba436..9240d9d 100644
--- a/emails/message.py
+++ b/emails/message.py
@@ -3,20 +3,20 @@
 
 import time
 from functools import wraps
+from email.utils import formatdate, getaddresses
 
 from dateutil.parser import parse as dateutil_parse
-from email.header import Header
-from email.utils import formatdate, getaddresses
-from emails.compat import string_types, to_unicode, is_callable, to_bytes, to_native
+
+from .compat import (string_types, is_callable, to_bytes)
 from .utils import (SafeMIMEText, SafeMIMEMultipart, sanitize_address,
                     parse_name_and_email, load_email_charsets,
                     encode_header as encode_header_)
 from .exc import BadHeaderError
-from .backend import ObjectFactory
-from .backend.smtp import SMTPBackend
+from .backend import ObjectFactory, SMTPBackend
 from .store import MemoryFileStore, BaseFile
 from .signers import DKIMSigner
 
+
 load_email_charsets()  # sic!
 
 
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ class BaseMessage(object):
 
     attachment_cls = BaseFile
     filestore_cls = MemoryFileStore
+    policy = None
 
     def __init__(self,
                  charset=None,
@@ -218,6 +219,8 @@ def _build_message(self, message_cls=None):
 
         message_cls = message_cls or SafeMIMEMultipart
         msg = message_cls()
+        if self.policy:
+            msg.policy = self.policy
 
         msg.preamble = self.ROOT_PREAMBLE
 
diff --git a/emails/testsuite/message/test_message.py b/emails/testsuite/message/test_message.py
index d9020f3..1a84254 100644
--- a/emails/testsuite/message/test_message.py
+++ b/emails/testsuite/message/test_message.py
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 from dateutil.parser import parse as dateutil_parse
 import pytest
 import emails
+from emails import Message
 import emails.exc
-from emails.compat import to_unicode, StringIO, is_py2, is_py3
+from emails.compat import to_unicode, StringIO, is_py2, is_py34_plus
 from .helpers import common_email_data
 
 
@@ -80,4 +81,24 @@ def test_sanitize_header():
             print('header {0}'.format(header))
             emails.Message(html='...', **{header: value}).as_message()
 
-# TODO: more tests here
+
+def test_message_policy():
+
+    if is_py34_plus:
+
+        def gen_policy(**kw):
+            import email.policy
+            return email.policy.SMTP.clone(**kw)
+
+        # Generate without policy
+        m1 = emails.Message(**common_email_data())
+        m1.policy = None
+        # Just generate without policy
+        m1.as_string()
+
+        # Generate with policy
+        m1 = emails.Message(**common_email_data())
+        m1.policy = gen_policy(max_line_length=60)
+        # WTF: This check fails.
+        # assert max([len(l) for l in m1.as_string().split(b'\n')]) <= 60
+        # TODO: another policy checks