diff --git a/src/cfgparse.c b/src/cfgparse.c
index 2a5f178..1398e4c 100644
--- a/src/cfgparse.c
+++ b/src/cfgparse.c
@@ -584,6 +584,22 @@
 		goto out;
 #endif
 	}
+  else if (!strcmp(args[0], "email_alert")) {
+    global.email_alert = 1;
+    if (*(args[1]) == 0) {
+      Alert("parsing [%s:%d] : email_alert Expects email address as argument.\n", file, linenum);
+      global.email_alert = 0;
+      err_code |= ERR_ALERT;
+      goto out;
+    }
+    if (*(args[2]) != 0) {
+      strncpy(global.email_from,args[2],50);
+    }
+    else {
+      strncpy(global.email_from,"na",50);
+    }
+    strncpy(global.email_to,args[1],50);
+  } 
 	else if (!strcmp(args[0], "daemon")) {
 		global.mode |= MODE_DAEMON;
 	}