diff --git a/roles/forgejo/meta/main.yml b/roles/forgejo/meta/main.yml
index 69891c7..c40e638 100644
--- a/roles/forgejo/meta/main.yml
+++ b/roles/forgejo/meta/main.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 dependencies:
   - role: nginx
+  - role: opensmtpd
diff --git a/roles/forgejo/tasks/main.yml b/roles/forgejo/tasks/main.yml
index 69ec569..32152cc 100644
--- a/roles/forgejo/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/forgejo/tasks/main.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
     - { section: other, option: SHOW_FOOTER_TEMPLATE_LOAD_TIME, value: 'false' }
     - { section: cron.update_checker, option: ENABLED, value: 'false' }
     - { section: security, option: INSTALL_LOCK, value: 'true' }
+    - { section: mailer, option: ENABLED, value: 'true' }
+    - { section: mailer, option: PROTOCOL, value: 'sendmail' }
+    - { section: mailer, option: FROM, value: 'noreply@{{ dns_name }}' }
+    - { section: mailer, option: SEND_AS_PLAIN_TEXT, value: 'true' }
   notify: restart forgejo
 
 - name: Enable forgejo service