diff --git a/duplicity-backup.conf.example b/duplicity-backup.conf.example
index c81aaf7..168e28c 100644
--- a/duplicity-backup.conf.example
+++ b/duplicity-backup.conf.example
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ MAIL="mailx"     # default command for Linux mail
 #MAIL="mail"     # for CentOS, if "mailx" fails try this one
 #MAIL="ssmtp"
 #MAIL="sendmail"
+#MAIL="msmtp"
 
 # TROUBLESHOOTING: If you are having any problems running this script it is
 # helpful to see the command output that is being generated to determine if the
diff --git a/duplicity-backup.sh b/duplicity-backup.sh
index 0228866..6dec36f 100755
--- a/duplicity-backup.sh
+++ b/duplicity-backup.sh
@@ -271,6 +271,8 @@ email_logfile()
           EMAIL_SUBJECT=${EMAIL_SUBJECT:="duplicity-backup alert ${LOG_FILE}"}
           if [ "$MAIL" = "ssmtp" ]; then
             echo """Subject: ${EMAIL_SUBJECT}""" | cat - ${LOGFILE} | ${MAILCMD} -s ${EMAIL_TO}
+          elif [ "$MAIL" = "msmtp" ]; then
+            echo """Subject: ${EMAIL_SUBJECT}""" | cat - ${LOGFILE} | ${MAILCMD} ${EMAIL_TO}
           elif [ "$MAIL" = "mailx" ]; then
             EMAIL_FROM=${EMAIL_FROM:+"-r ${EMAIL_FROM}"}
             cat ${LOGFILE} | ${MAILCMD} -s """${EMAIL_SUBJECT}""" $EMAIL_FROM ${EMAIL_TO}