diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index c894e0ac0d92224fb0e75ccf5f0be734be0abda6..fab78fd05984059dcf7621bc3a7353c5aaca3943 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ php_needs_oci8: false
 php_post_max_size: '32M'
 php_register_globals: 'Off'
 php_register_long_arrays: 'On'
-php_sendmail_path: 'sendmail -t -i'
+php_sendmail_path: '/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i'
 php_session_cache_expire: '180'
 php_session_cookie_lifetime: '0'
 php_session_gc_divisor: '1000'