diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index 6962204..afaf9e1 100644
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ A) To send as user 'myuser', edit the function 'do_sendmail' in
     su myuser -s /bin/sh -c "/usr/sbin/sendmail -oi \"$MAILTO\""
   }
 
+Q) How can I pass extra options to sendmail ?
+
+A) Add a line in /etc/popularity-contest.conf as follow
+MTAOPS="-opt1 -opt2 -opt3"
+
 Q) How can I prevent popularity-contest from sending reports via email?
 
 A) This is not recommended. Reports are sent by email only when the HTTP
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ed1b49c..ec02e12 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -7,14 +7,17 @@ popularity-contest (1.52) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
   [ Bill Allombert ]
   * Allow cron.daily to run if last run was more than 7 day ago. 
-    Patch from Vagrant Cascadian. Closes: #610876 
-  * FAQ: document how to disable sending report by email. Thanks, Ryo Furue.
-    Closes: #502159
+    Patch from Vagrant Cascadian.  Closes: #610876 
+  * FAQ: document how to disable sending report by email.  Closes: #502159
+    Thanks, Ryo Furue.
   * prepop.pl popcon-stat.pl popcon-process.sh popcon.pl:
     - sync with popcon.debian.org version: rename all-popcon-results.txt.gz to
       all-popcon-results.gz to avoid issues with content negotiation.
   * popularity-contest:
     - Check whether open(pkg.list) succeed.
+  * debian/cron.daily, FAQ:
+    - Add variable MTAOPS to pass extra options to sendmail.  Closes: #403916.
+      Thanks Michelle Konzack
 
  -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org>  Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:01:48 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/cron.daily b/debian/cron.daily
index 621f923..6efb140 100644
--- a/debian/cron.daily
+++ b/debian/cron.daily
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ unset MY_HOSTID
 unset PARTICIPATE
 unset SUBMITURLS
 unset USEHTTP
+unset MTAOPS
 
 # get configuration information
 . /usr/share/popularity-contest/default.conf
@@ -55,9 +56,9 @@ run_popcon()
 do_sendmail()
 {
 	if [ -n "$MAILFROM" ]; then
-		sendmail -oi -f "$MAILFROM" $MAILTO
+		sendmail -oi $MTAOPS -f "$MAILFROM" $MAILTO
 	else
-		sendmail -oi $MAILTO
+		sendmail -oi $MTAOPS $MAILTO
 	fi
 }