diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/msmtp/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/msmtp/default.nix
index 1a409fc885a2..b61207bb373c 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/msmtp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/msmtp/default.nix
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     substitute scripts/msmtpq/msmtp-queue $out/bin/msmtp-queue \
       --replace @msmtpq@ $out/bin/msmtpq
 
+    ln -s msmtp $out/bin/sendmail
+
     chmod +x $out/bin/*
   '';