diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/mime-mail/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/mime-mail/default.nix
index fe8a9a35176..7ba50976168 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/mime-mail/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/haskell/mime-mail/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 { cabal, base64Bytestring, blazeBuilder, filepath, hspec, random
-, text
+, text, sendmail ? "sendmail"
 }:
 
 cabal.mkDerivation (self: {
   pname = "mime-mail";
-  version = "0.4.4.1";
-  sha256 = "0jzbkrd62alvgyx9bkrzicz88hjjnnavpv6hl22cxnirz41h8hw0";
+  version = "0.4.4.2";
+  sha256 = "0s38xgv6kycnfahqi5dnrjn3wkaq35w87cv8p12pq0qq2x7dvawd";
   buildDepends = [
     base64Bytestring blazeBuilder filepath random text
   ];
   testDepends = [ blazeBuilder hspec text ];
+  configureFlags = [ "--ghc-option=-DMIME_MAIL_SENDMAIL_PATH=\"${sendmail}\"" ];
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://github.com/snoyberg/mime-mail";
     description = "Compose MIME email messages";