diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
index 4e9ed35748..596dbd29c8 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/settings.py
@@ -512,8 +512,8 @@ EXCHANGE_BACKEND = 'InvenTree.exchange.InvenTreeManualExchangeBackend'
 email_config = CONFIG.get('email', {})
 
 EMAIL_BACKEND = get_setting(
-    'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend',
-    email_config.get('backend', '')
+    'INVENTREE_EMAIL_BACKEND',
+    email_config.get('backend', 'django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend')
 )
 
 # Email backend settings
@@ -537,6 +537,11 @@ EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = get_setting(
     email_config.get('password', ''),
 )
 
+DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = get_setting(
+    'INVENTREE_EMAIL_SENDER',
+    email_config.get('sender', ''),
+)
+
 EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX = '[InvenTree] '
 
 EMAIL_USE_LOCALTIME = False
diff --git a/InvenTree/config_template.yaml b/InvenTree/config_template.yaml
index e9f32f382e..0a86d88827 100644
--- a/InvenTree/config_template.yaml
+++ b/InvenTree/config_template.yaml
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ email:
   port: 25
   username: ''
   password: ''
+  sender: ''
   tls: False
   ssl: False