diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/gnupg/gnupg_2.2.27.bb b/meta/recipes-support/gnupg/gnupg_2.2.27.bb
index 1181c8341b..18bb855769 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/gnupg/gnupg_2.2.27.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/gnupg/gnupg_2.2.27.bb
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-ldap \
 		--with-zlib=${STAGING_LIBDIR}/.. \
 		--with-bzip2=${STAGING_LIBDIR}/.. \
 		--with-readline=${STAGING_LIBDIR}/.. \
+		--with-mailprog=${sbindir}/sendmail \
 		--enable-gpg-is-gpg2 \
                "