diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-mediagoblin b/src/freedombone-app-mediagoblin
index 3222f4e0..3def8768 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-mediagoblin
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-mediagoblin
@@ -411,6 +411,18 @@ function install_mediagoblin {
     sed -i "s|email_sender_address.*|email_sender_address = \"noreply@${DEFAULT_DOMAIN_NAME}\"|g" $MEDIAGOBLIN_BASE_DIR/mediagoblin/mediagoblin.ini
     sed -i "s|email_sender_address.*|email_sender_address = \"noreply@${DEFAULT_DOMAIN_NAME}\"|g" $MEDIAGOBLIN_BASE_DIR/mediagoblin/mediagoblin_local.ini
 
+    if ! grep 'email_smtp_host' $MEDIAGOBLIN_BASE_DIR/mediagoblin/mediagoblin.ini; then
+        sed -i '/email_sender_address/a email_smtp_host = localhost' $MEDIAGOBLIN_BASE_DIR/mediagoblin/mediagoblin.ini
+    else
+        sed -i 's|email_smtp_host.*|email_smtp_host = localhost|g' $MEDIAGOBLIN_BASE_DIR/mediagoblin/mediagoblin.ini
+    fi
+
+    if ! grep 'email_smtp_host' $MEDIAGOBLIN_BASE_DIR/mediagoblin/mediagoblin_local.ini; then
+        sed -i '/email_sender_address/a email_smtp_host = localhost' $MEDIAGOBLIN_BASE_DIR/mediagoblin/mediagoblin_local.ini
+    else
+        sed -i 's|email_smtp_host.*|email_smtp_host = localhost|g' $MEDIAGOBLIN_BASE_DIR/mediagoblin/mediagoblin_local.ini
+    fi
+
     systemctl enable mediagoblin
     systemctl daemon-reload
     systemctl start mediagoblin