diff --git a/roles/mail/templates/dovecot/conf.d/90-sieve.conf b/roles/mail/templates/dovecot/conf.d/90-sieve.conf
index 6963ab3988d99064b48824a3a0c01bee452147d7..a6072222f2e704553dbe7dd9434f04682e436733 100644
--- a/roles/mail/templates/dovecot/conf.d/90-sieve.conf
+++ b/roles/mail/templates/dovecot/conf.d/90-sieve.conf
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ plugin {
   #
   # This setting is ignored when the envelope sender is "<>". In that case the
   # sender of the redirected message is also always "<>".
-  #sieve_redirect_envelope_from = sender
+  sieve_redirect_envelope_from = recipient
 
   ## TRACE DEBUGGING
   # Trace debugging provides detailed insight in the operations performed by