diff --git a/src/pretix/settings.py b/src/pretix/settings.py
index 4a152eea4f..b848384496 100644
--- a/src/pretix/settings.py
+++ b/src/pretix/settings.py
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ EMAIL_HOST = config.get('mail', 'host', fallback='localhost')
 EMAIL_PORT = config.getint('mail', 'port', fallback=25)
 EMAIL_HOST_USER = config.get('mail', 'user', fallback='')
 EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = config.get('mail', 'password', fallback='')
+EMAIL_USE_TLS = config.getboolean('mail', 'tls', fallback=False)
+EMAIL_USE_SSL = config.getboolean('mail', 'ssl', fallback=False)
 
 ADMINS = [('Admin', n) for n in config.get('mail', 'admins', fallback='').split(",") if n]