diff --git a/srcpkgs/opensmtpd/template b/srcpkgs/opensmtpd/template
index 08069b351b0..6d44d9c8996 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/opensmtpd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/opensmtpd/template
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ configure_args="--sysconfdir=/etc/smtpd --sbindir=/usr/bin
  --with-path-socket=/run --with-mantype=doc --with-pie --with-table-db
  --with-path-CAfile=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
  --with-path-mbox=/var/mail
+ --with-maildir=/var/mail
  ac_cv_func_arc4random=yes
  ac_cv_func_arc4random_buf=yes
  ac_cv_func_arc4random_stir=no