diff --git a/backup-config/backup.pl b/backup-config/backup.pl
index f6016efc7..587bdc166 100755
--- a/backup-config/backup.pl
+++ b/backup-config/backup.pl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 no warnings 'redefine';
 no warnings 'uninitialized';
-our (%text, %config, $no_acl_check);
+our (%text, %config, $no_acl_check, %gconfig);
 $no_acl_check++;
 require './backup-config-lib.pl';
 &foreign_require("mailboxes", "mailboxes-lib.pl");
@@ -76,11 +76,10 @@ if (($err || $backup->{'emode'} == 0) && $backup->{'email'}) {
 		       $postmsg;
 		$subject = &text('email_sok', $host);
 		}
-	&mailboxes::send_text_mail($config{'from_addr'} ||
-				   &mailboxes::get_from_address(),
-				   $backup->{'email'},
-				   undef,
-				   $subject,
-				   $msg);
+	&mailboxes::send_text_mail(
+		$config{'from_addr'} || &mailboxes::get_from_address(),
+		$backup->{'email'} eq '*' ? $gconfig{'webmin_email_to'}
+					  : $backup->{'email'},
+		undef, $subject, $msg);
 	}
 
diff --git a/backup-config/edit.cgi b/backup-config/edit.cgi
index a36b111f0..b19330894 100755
--- a/backup-config/edit.cgi
+++ b/backup-config/edit.cgi
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ our (%in, %text, %gconfig);
 &ReadParse();
 
 my $backup;
+my $wet = $gconfig{'webmin_email_to'};
 if ($in{'new'}) {
 	&ui_print_header(undef, $text{'edit_title1'}, "");
 	$backup = { 'emode' => 0,
-		    'email' => $gconfig{'webmin_email_to'},
+		    'email' => $wet ? '*' : undef,
 		    'sched' => 1,
 		    'configfile' => 1,
 		    'nofiles' => 0,
@@ -74,7 +75,10 @@ print &ui_hidden_table_start($text{'edit_header3'}, "width=100%", 2,
 
 # Show email address
 print &ui_table_row($text{'edit_email'},
-		    &ui_textbox("email", $backup->{'email'}, 40));
+	$wet ? &ui_opt_textbox("email",
+			$backup->{'email'} eq '*' ? undef : $backup->{'email'},
+			40, &text('edit_email_def', "<tt>$wet</tt>"))
+	     : &ui_textbox("email", $backup->{'email'}, 40));
 
 # Show email mode
 print &ui_table_row($text{'edit_emode'},
diff --git a/backup-config/lang/en b/backup-config/lang/en
index acf31d2b6..4fcdcb334 100644
--- a/backup-config/lang/en
+++ b/backup-config/lang/en
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ edit_header=Scheduled backup options
 edit_header2=Pre and post backup commands
 edit_header3=Backup schedule
 edit_email=Email result to address
+edit_email_def=Webmin default ($1)
 edit_emode=When to send email
 edit_emode0=Always
 edit_emode1=Only when an error occurs
diff --git a/backup-config/save.cgi b/backup-config/save.cgi
index 8ec1e9cef..99fed51ac 100755
--- a/backup-config/save.cgi
+++ b/backup-config/save.cgi
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ else {
 	$backup->{'dest'} = &parse_backup_destination("dest", \%in);
 	&cron::parse_times_input($backup, \%in);
 	$backup->{'emode'} = $in{'emode'};
-	$backup->{'email'} = $in{'email'};
+	$backup->{'email'} = $in{'email_def'} ? '*' : $in{'email'};
 	$backup->{'pre'} = $in{'pre'};
 	$backup->{'post'} = $in{'post'};
 	$backup->{'sched'} = $in{'sched'};