diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/gnupg/gnupg_2.3.1.bb b/meta/recipes-support/gnupg/gnupg_2.3.1.bb
index b8b0314d2f..411ea9579d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/gnupg/gnupg_2.3.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/gnupg/gnupg_2.3.1.bb
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "--disable-ldap \
 		--with-zlib=${STAGING_LIBDIR}/.. \
 		--with-bzip2=${STAGING_LIBDIR}/.. \
 		--with-readline=${STAGING_LIBDIR}/.. \
+		--with-mailprog=${sbindir}/sendmail \
 		--enable-gpg-is-gpg2 \
                "