diff --git a/net/nut/Makefile b/net/nut/Makefile
index 25d93c48d..c2c38da98 100644
--- a/net/nut/Makefile
+++ b/net/nut/Makefile
@@ -152,6 +152,24 @@ define Package/nut-upsmon/install
 	ln -sf /var/etc/nut/upsmon.conf $(1)/etc/nut/upsmon.conf
 endef
 
+define Package/nut-upsmon-sendmail-notify
+	$(call Package/nut/Default)
+	TITLE+= (upsmon with notifications via sendmail)
+	DEPENDS:=nut +nut-upsmon
+	CONFLICTS:=nut-upssched
+endef
+
+define Package/nut-upsmon-sendmail-notify/description
+$(call Package/nut/description/Default)
+upsmon with default notification via sendmail
+endef
+
+define Package/nut-upsmon-sendmail-notify/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin $(1)/etc/uci-defaults
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/nut-sendmail-notify $(1)/usr/bin/
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/nut-sendmail-notify.default $(1)/etc/uci-defaults/nut-sendmail-notify
+endef
+
 define Package/nut-upsc
 	$(call Package/nut/Default)
 	TITLE+= (upsc command)
@@ -504,6 +522,7 @@ $(eval $(call BuildPackage,nut))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,nut-common))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,nut-server))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,nut-upsmon))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,nut-upsmon-sendmail-notify))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,nut-upsc))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,nut-upscmd))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,nut-upslog))
diff --git a/net/nut/files/nut-sendmail-notify b/net/nut/files/nut-sendmail-notify
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..749aa9bf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/nut/files/nut-sendmail-notify
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+/usr/sbin/sendmail root <<EOF
+From: root
+To: root
+Subject: UPS $NOTIFYTYPE Notification
+
+$1
+.
+EOF
diff --git a/net/nut/files/nut-sendmail-notify.default b/net/nut/files/nut-sendmail-notify.default
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54ea909f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/nut/files/nut-sendmail-notify.default
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. /lib/functions.sh
+
+REMOVEDEFAULTNOTIFY=0
+SKIPADDSYSLOG=0
+SKIPADDEXEC=0
+
+upsmon() {
+	local cfg="$1"
+	local val
+
+	config_get val "$cfg" defaultnotify
+	if [ -n "$val" ]; then
+		if echo "$val" |grep -q "IGNORE"; then
+			REMOVEDEFAULTNOTIFY=1
+		else
+			SKIPADDSYSLOG=1
+			if echo "$val" |grep -q "EXEC"; then
+				SKIPADDEXEC=1
+			fi
+		fi
+	fi
+}
+
+config_load nut_monitor
+config_foreach upsmon upsmon
+
+uci set nut_monitor.@upsmon[-1]=upsmon
+uci set nut_monitor.@upsmon[-1].notifycmd=/usr/bin/nut-sendmail-notify
+
+if [ "$REMOVEDEFAULTNOTIFY" = "1" ]; then
+	uci delete nut_monitor.@upsmon[-1].defaultnotify || true
+fi
+
+if [ "$SKIPADDEXEC" != "1" ]; then
+	uci add_list nut_monitor.@upsmon[-1].defaultnotify="EXEC"
+fi
+
+if [ "$SKIPADDSYSLOG" != "1" ]; then
+	uci add_list nut_monitor.@upsmon[-1].defaultnotify="SYSLOG"
+fi
+
+uci commit nut_monitor