diff --git a/src/pretix/control/views/mailsetup.py b/src/pretix/control/views/mailsetup.py
index da637b785..e095a9a6f 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/views/mailsetup.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/views/mailsetup.py
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ def _check_spf_record(not_found_lookup_parts, spf_record, depth):
             rec_record = get_spf_record(hostname)
             if rec_record:
                 _check_spf_record(not_found_lookup_parts, rec_record, depth + 1)
+        elif p.startswith('redirect='):
+            _, hostname = p.split('=')
+            rec_record = get_spf_record(hostname)
+            if rec_record:
+                _check_spf_record(not_found_lookup_parts, rec_record, depth + 1)
 
 
 def check_spf_record(lookup, spf_record):
diff --git a/src/tests/control/test_events.py b/src/tests/control/test_events.py
index d6d98a58d..c76bcff29 100644
--- a/src/tests/control/test_events.py
+++ b/src/tests/control/test_events.py
@@ -587,7 +587,8 @@ class EventsTest(SoupTest):
     @staticmethod
     def _fake_spf_record(hostname):
         return {
-            'test.pretix.dev': 'v=spf1 a mx include:level2.pretix.dev ~all',
+            'test.pretix.dev': 'v=spf1 redirect=_spf.pretix.dev',
+            '_spf.pretix.dev': 'v=spf1 a mx include:level2.pretix.dev ~all',
             'level2.pretix.dev': 'v=spf1 a mx +include:level3.pretix.dev include:spftest.pretix.dev '
                                  '-include:level4.pretix.dev ~all',
             'level3.pretix.dev': 'v=spf1 a mx include:test2.pretix.dev ~all',