diff --git a/ddclient.conf.in b/ddclient.conf.in
index dd4189e..fc89163 100644
--- a/ddclient.conf.in
+++ b/ddclient.conf.in
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ daemon=300                      # check every 300 seconds
 syslog=yes                      # log update msgs to syslog
 mail=root                       # mail all msgs to root
 mail-failure=root               # mail failed update msgs to root
+# mail-from=root                # send mail from root, by default unset and handled by system sendmail
 pid=@runstatedir@/ddclient.pid  # record PID in file.
 # postscript=script             # run script after updating.  The new IP is
                                 # added as argument.
diff --git a/ddclient.in b/ddclient.in
index b37eed3..3def280 100755
--- a/ddclient.in
+++ b/ddclient.in
@@ -704,6 +704,7 @@ our %cfgvars = (
         'priority'            => setv(T_STRING,0, 'notice',             undef),
         'mail'                => setv(T_EMAIL, 0, undef,                undef),
         'mail-failure'        => setv(T_EMAIL, 0, undef,                undef),
+        'mail-from'           => setv(T_EMAIL, 0, '',                   undef),
         'max-warn'            => setv(T_NUMBER,0, 1,                    undef),
 
         'exec'                => setv(T_BOOL,  0, 1,                    undef),
@@ -1427,6 +1428,7 @@ my @opt = (
     ["max-warn",          "=i", "--max-warn=<max>       : log at most <max> warning messages for undefined IP address"],
     ["mail",              "=s", "--mail=<address>       : e-mail messages to <address>"],
     ["mail-failure",      "=s", "--mail-failure=<addr>  : e-mail messages for failed updates to <addr>"],
+    ["mail-from",         "=s", "--mail-from=<addr>     : send status e-mail messages from <addr>"],
     ["exec",              "!",  "--{no}exec             : do {not} execute; just show what would be done"],
     ["debug",             "!",  "--{no}debug            : print {no} debugging information"],
     ["verbose",           "!",  "--{no}verbose          : print {no} verbose information"],
@@ -2399,20 +2401,34 @@ sub logger {
 }
 sub sendmail {
     my $recipients = opt('mail');
+    my $sender = opt('mail-from');
 
     if (opt('mail-failure') && ($result ne 'OK' && $result ne '0')) {
         $recipients = opt('mail-failure');
     }
     if ($emailbody && $recipients && $emailbody ne $last_emailbody) {
-        pipecmd("sendmail -oi $recipients",
-                "To: $recipients",
-                "Subject: status report from $program\@$hostname",
-                "\r\n",
-                $emailbody,
-                "",
-                "-- ",  # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signature_block#Standard_delimiter
-                "   $program\@$hostname (version $version)"
-        );
+        if ($sender) {
+            pipecmd("sendmail -oi $recipients",
+                    "To: $recipients",
+                    "From: $sender",
+                    "Subject: status report from $program\@$hostname",
+                    "\r\n",
+                    $emailbody,
+                    "",
+                    "-- ",  # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signature_block#Standard_delimiter
+                    "   $program\@$hostname (version $version)"
+            );
+        } else {
+            pipecmd("sendmail -oi $recipients",
+                    "To: $recipients",
+                    "Subject: status report from $program\@$hostname",
+                    "\r\n",
+                    $emailbody,
+                    "",
+                    "-- ",  # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signature_block#Standard_delimiter
+                    "   $program\@$hostname (version $version)"
+            );
+        }
     }
     $last_emailbody = $emailbody;
     $emailbody      = '';